Marko Jaric
Marko Jaric
Marko Jarićis a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.01 m, he played the shooting guard position. He also represented the Yugoslavian national basketball team internationally...
NationalitySerbian
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth12 October 1978
CountrySerbia
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coming couple definitely eight games knowing last lost road tough
Important win, knowing that we lost eight of that last 10 games we played. We've got a couple of tough games on the road coming up, so definitely this was a must-win.
dream exhausting fans five game lost people realize team teams tough win
It's tough, we lost the game and (the fans) were very, very tough on us, ... Because we were like a dream team 10 years ago, much better than other teams five or 10 years ago, the fans are used to winning. Now, people in Serbia and Montenegro can't realize why we don't win so easy. ... Mentally, it was exhausting though.
angry change consider defend deserve despite hope national order playing several time
I really hope so. I think despite our disappointing EuroBasket, we deserve to defend the World Championship title. And I hope that we can do better. Several things need to change in order for me to consider playing for the national team. At this time I'm very angry but we will see what happens.
atmosphere best chemistry couple definitely good guys kevin pieces players point team teams together
Me as a point guard, I want to try and put all those pieces together and make a good atmosphere and team chemistry and try to make all those players better players, ... With Wally, with Kevin (Garnett), with a couple young guys we've got, we're definitely one of the best teams in the West.
afterwards apart coach federation following forever national needs next nobody players protected stood team tear year
They let one coach who declared that he was done forever with the national team tear us apart - the players that this federation needs for next year, the following year and afterwards - down. Nobody stood up for the players and protected players from all this stuff.
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I'm very angry about everything that happened here. I am the kind of man that doesn't run away from responsibility and if they think I did something for my team not to win, and if it was true, then I would take responsibility.
chances last playoff race soon wake
This (road trip) is one of the last chances for us to get in the playoff race. We need to wake up as soon as possible.
apart coming emotional frustrated happened happens hard hate knew locker newspapers normal people torn words
We are emotional players, there were a lot of hard words said. We were very disappointed and it's normal that this happens in the locker room, and not because we hate each other; only we were just frustrated with what happened and we knew that we were going to be torn apart by the newspapers and by the people in the coming days.
anytime ball drop fault missed open shot tried
The play was to drop the ball to Kevin, but they overplayed, so we tried to play pick-and-roll. I had a wide-open shot for the lead; I missed it. That's my fault right there, but there's nothing I can do about it now. Anytime I have an open shot like that, I'll take it.