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
A lot of times when you're down and you have an overall record like we have, it's easy to look up at the score and say 'here we go again. We pulled together, we persevered, and obviously were not going to take is as more than one game, but it does feel good to get a win on the road.
Coach! You're a rookie and you're going to miss practice already?
Somebody put a memo in my locker, saying I was turning 33 this month, so I figured I had to step my game up.
The bottom line is they did a good job of denying our play. Guys were trying to do what they could to get open. ... I heard him say 1-1,000, but I think he forgot the other four.
Nothing feels better than spoiling another team's playoff chances.
A lot of guys contributed. Jamal made a huge shot at the end of the game. We didn't get down. A lot of times when things don't go your way and you only have 19 wins or so on the season, you tend to get discouraged.
It probably wasn't the prettiest game you'll see but at least we gave the effort.
This is one of the only gyms I get a chance to run up and down the court where I contributed some blood and some sweat to the banners that are hanging up. So it does feel good to get back here.
Fortunately the good Lord was looking down on me because I had missed my X number of previous shots. It was a total team win.
I'm a dresser, so it's not going to be that much of a change for me.
It just leaves a bad taste in your mouth when you have the overall record that we do.
The thing about professional sports is anything can happen. Obviously, that vote of confidence along with it being after the trade deadline, means we intend on staying with the guys we got. I think we have 20-plus games remaining, let's try to finish them strong and we'll see what happens from here on out.
The Bad News Bears coach wouldn't tell (his team) that.
The guys are doing what they can to help us win ball games and they need me to step up and play the way I'm capable of playing.