Jaren Jackson
Jaren Jackson
Jaren Jacksonis an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player. A 6'4"shooting guard born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jackson played at Georgetown University from 1985 to 1989 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance. He was never drafted into the NBA but played 13 season for multiple teams. He is best known for his tenure with the San Antonio Spurs, who he helped win their first NBA Championship in 1999...
coming dates games good great hope lately people playing refreshing
It's refreshing to see them get off to such a good start. We have been playing some great games lately and have some good dates that are coming up so I hope the people will come out to see us.
major
Major is not a big scorer but he can play defense.
clutch rebounds sure win
Big rebounds in clutch situations. That's what it's going to take for us to win -- defense. We can shoot. But we've got to make sure we play with intensity.
beat continue high level might opportunity team
Like I told the guys, we're here now. Might as well go for it all. Continue to play at your high level and we have an opportunity to beat any team in this league.
expect front great physical series
I expect it to be a physical series, a great series for the fans. I'd be in the front row, if I wasn't coaching.
battle
That's the battle you face. They play with a lot of pride.
basketball coming envisioned guys playing unselfish
They're ready. Everybody's playing unselfish basketball, which I've always preached. I envisioned guys playing competitive basketball. I envisioned us doing well coming into the job.
almost encourage guys open shot took
Amazing. If we have open shots, I encourage the guys to take them. Almost every (jump) shot we took was an open shot.
guys played stepped
The guys did it, they really stepped up and played some defense.
hold timing waited
The timing is just awful. But he's waited long enough. I won't hold him back.
guys hold money objective priority situations
From Day 1, my whole priority and my objective is to get these guys into situations where they can get some money out of this game. I'm not going to hold any of 'em back at all.
case difficult focus issue last learn punish team teams time
It's always the case when you are up by 30 or so points, to keep up the intensity. Every team has that issue and it's difficult for them to keep the focus up. But we have to learn to punish teams and make a statement. I don't think this will be the last time we do this.
dealt everybody win
This was a big win after what we just dealt with. Everybody contributed; everyone made plays.
example gave guys maybe pocket pride
We had the game. We had it in our pocket and gave it to them. Maybe we were confident. Maybe we thought we were going to win. But it's just an example of how much pride these guys have, especially the opposing team.