Jeff Malone
Jeff Malone
Jeffrey Nigel Maloneis a retired American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Mississippi State University, and is mostly known for his time with the Washington Bulletsof the NBA, where he was an NBA All-Star twice, playing the shooting guard position. He also played for the Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, and Miami Heat...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 June 1961
andre bring case empty left point
I wanted to bring in another point guard, just in case Andre would get called up. I didn't want to be left empty handed.
apartment call gets goes player talk team watching worry
I've been watching that for a while. Another player on another team gets called and it goes to guys' egos. 'How'd he get a call-up?' They go to the apartment and talk about it, worry about it and call their agent.
ball
I wanted to get more athletic. We need to get back to defending, and I really want to get the ball down the court. We really need to do that more.
good hear
Dorrell Wright, he's a young guy. I hear he's a good defender.
heart knew start
There's not enough heart on this team. I knew it was going to come to this even when we were winning. We have to start over.
bored gotta next played second
We played real well in the first half, but then I think we got bored in the second half. Next week, we've gotta be ready.
guys soft
We're a little soft right now. Guys who play that way will not play for me. We need toughness.
coach locker pull song watch
If I pull this off and get in the playoffs, I should get Coach of the Year. I'm going to play that 'Rocky' song in the locker room. We're going to watch 'Hoosiers,' and 'Rudy.' We're going to be scrappy.
charter coaches coming concerned excited flying guys hope nba playing problems receptive run side time understand
You hope these guys understand that they're coming down because the coaches want them to get playing time and want them to develop. I hope they're receptive to it, but we may run into some problems with guys feeling, 'Hey, man, I was in the NBA on the charter flights. Now, I'm flying commercial.' That's the one side that we can be concerned about, but I'm excited about it as a coach.
ball moved tonight
We moved the ball better tonight than we did with that 20-10 team.
exciting guys prepared top
You have to be on top of your game, be prepared and guys have to compete. It's one of the most exciting things in sports.
count guys lane
You can't count on just one person. We need different guys to get in the lane and make plays. It's going to have to be everybody.
appreciate battle beautiful beg believe contract earn guys hard level trying wish
The battle is trying to make these guys believe you're trying to make them better, not just being hard on them. I wish everyone on this level got a five-day contract ? not a 10-day ? to go up and see how beautiful it is and appreciate it. You have to earn it. Some guys want to take shortcuts. You have to beg them to play hard, to compete.
experience hard
It's hard to get better just in practice. There's nothing like the experience of the game.