Jameer Nelson
Jameer Nelson
Jameer Nelsonis an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for Saint Joseph's University before being drafted 20th overall in the 2004 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets. He was later traded to the Orlando Magic on draft night and went on to play ten seasons with the franchise, earning his only All-Star nod in 2009. In July 2014, he signed with the Dallas Mavericks, who traded him to the...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 February 1982
CityChester, PA
Steve told me to keep shooting and he's the team leader. When he tells you to keep shooting, you keep shooting. I know he's going to keep shooting, so if he tells me to, why not?
If Steve is back at point guard, that's four point guards. I'm not trying to make decisions for anybody, but the mathematics of that just don't add up.
They keyed on Steve so much, they left me wide open. He told me to keep shooting, keep shooting. I know he's going to keep shooting, so why not?
It was great playing with Steve because he complements your game. He's out there getting rebounds, assists and steals. He fills up the stat sheet.
It was unbelievable. It's scary because he's only going to get better.
People can talk about playoffs, playoffs, but we're just trying to get better. If we don't make the playoffs and just carry it onto next season, this is good.
Every game, the team gets better. Everybody's getting better, individually and collectively.
Every game counts from here on out. And whether we get to the playoffs or not, (the goal is) just to get better.
We care, we care about each other and we care about winning. I can't say anybody in this locker room is competing against one another. We're competing for one another.
I wish we had a couple of weeks or maybe even three weeks left, because we'd be in the running to make a serious run in the playoffs. We're a heck of a team. We were down and out of it with 15 games to play and we kept playing. That says a lot about the guys on this team.
It feels like I'm starting to get my rhythm now. If we had lost, the nine assists and all the points I scored would have gone out the window, but because we won, I had an exciting game.
We just beat the best teams in the league. If we get the opportunity to face someone in a series, it should be fun to watch.
I think I've shown people that I can play in this league. But now, I have to show them that I can win and take a team deep in the playoffs.
We came out with a lot of intensity, and we had to because they knew we played last night. We knew they were going to come out and throw a big first punch. We survived that and threw some of our own.