Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
Three-time All-Star shooting guard who scored 14,155 points during his 15-year career.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth20 October 1971
CityPompano Beach, FL
CountryUnited States of America
affect coast cost figure fuel gallon gets increased miles per run team trips west
As a team the increased fuel costs, naturally, affect your budget. Figure this: the transporter that we run gets about 6 1/2 to 7 miles per gallon at best, 4 1/2 at worst. Obviously, the increased fuel cost makes a considerable difference, especially with all of these trips we're making to the West Coast now.
certainly competition few final left might name next players squad three trying yes
What we need is competition for places. We are certainly trying to engender that. When we name the final squad you could find that yes there might be a few established players left out of the squad. We'll find that out over the next two or three weeks.
develop guys test
We've said to all the guys they are not there to just develop on tour, they are there to get in the test 22,
defensive games teams win
We're a defensive team. We have to be a defensive teams. The other teams that win games are teams that are in the top, defensively.
ball best hands move unselfish
We're an unselfish team. When you move the ball, you get the best shot. The ball is getting into the right people's hands at the right time.
caps eight further less level players selected ten test
We've selected eight players who are uncapped at test level and a further eight with less than ten caps to their name,
changes court expected home
Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.
We got guys who can score. Everybody knows guys can score.
saved season
Pau has been doing it for us all season and he did it again. He saved us.
came felt fourth half mind second shots though upset
I was pretty upset with myself in the first half because I felt as though I had so many wide-open looks, and the shots weren't going down for me. In the fourth quarter, shots came my way, and I had my mind made up they were going to go in in the second half.
against bench competing great heck players run watching
I was on the bench watching and I wanted to be out there competing against him. He's a heck of a player. When you run into great players you want to be out there competing with them.
develop doom gloom lining silver
I know there's a lot of gloom and doom around at the moment, the silver lining for us is that we are going to be able to develop some players.
chances game knew somehow tough winning
I knew if we could somehow take him away from his game or make it tough for him to score, our chances of winning the game were high.
continued good hand happened matt trail
I just continued to trail Matt Carroll. He's a very good shooter. I just happened to get my hand on the ball.