Jalen Rose
Jalen Rose
Jalen Anthony Roseis an American retired professional basketball player and current sports analyst with ESPN. In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' "Fab Five"that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both freshmen and sophomores. Rose played in the NBA for six teams, most notably alongside Reggie Miller on the Indiana Pacers teams that made three consecutive Eastern Conference finals, including the 2000 NBA Finals. Rose was primarily a...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth30 January 1973
CityDetroit, MI
You never get what you deserve; only what you have the leverage to negotiate.
We don't know what's going to happen this summer or who's going to be here next year. We have no control over any of that. So, we're going to play our [22 remaining] games and do the best we can and show up for the New York Knick fans. That's the most important thing.
I remember draft night, I shook David Stern's hand while rocking a red suit with white pinstripes and red gators I've always been a trendsetter.
I don't mind being a professional. As an athlete you are a role model, people are watching what you wear, listening to everything you say,
There's always going to be criticism when your name is Jalen. You have to wear a bulletproof vest and be ready for it.
I remember an incident overseas about five years ago where a player punched a referee and knocked him cold. I don't think anything like that will ever happen in the NBA. Emotions run rampant. The games are so intense, and the stakes are so high. (But) At the end of the day, players and coaches really respect officials and really appreciate that they try to do a good job.
I really like Rafer Alston. We get along great. We have a lot of fun times together that I can’t share with you guys.
Even bad teams have optimism. You don't want to take away the optimism so early in the season. The Bad News Bears coach wouldn't even tell (his team) that.
When you have a young team like we do, the No. 1 thing they have to learn is how to compete.
We gave them way too many fast-break points and that was the difference in the game. The bottom line is we just didn't get it done.
We've got to learn to communicate better on offense and play better on defense. That's what winning teams do.
Whatever Coach Brown needs me to do to help the team is my focus. I am thrilled to be a Knick.
When you're 0-4, things just aren't going your way. We're just not getting it done, our record indicates that, and I'm not going to make any excuses for it.
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