Jumper Quotes

You've got to make a choice: Do you come out and have him go by you or do you back off and watch him hit a jumper? He's got that versatility where he can do both. Same thing with Eric Gordon; just tough to guard. - Mark Galloway

You knew he was long and would be a factor that way. But he has very quick reactions. He's a quick second-jumper. He has not only blocked a lot of shots but changed a lot of shots. - Brian Hill

You have to take your hat off to Kobe. Kobe hit some tough shots. We double-teamed him and I thought we were there and contesting the shots on the four jumpers he hit. Down the stretch, he won the game for them. - Mike Brown

You have to do a complete package program. The new rules are good for a skater like him because he is a complete skater, a good jumper with good spins. He has everything that they're asking for. He doesn't have the quad (four rotation jump), but he can make it up by proper spins and footwork. - Tammy Gambill

You can't take him (James) on full court because he's an aggressive driver and you can't sag off him because then he'll hit his jumper. You have to pick your poison. - Damon Jones

Wow. Marco. I can't tell you what I was thinking when he took that shot. You guys (the media) would have killed me if he missed. Between the legs, pull-up jumper. I felt like I was watching an And-One video. I've never seen him do that, even in practice. He went to his Michael Jordan move. - Mike Davis

With my size, and I'm not much a jumper, I'm a spot-up shooter. That's been kind of my role throughout the year, and that's what it was tonight. - Wes Miller

When you've got Gilbert, Caron and myself knocking down jumpers and then you have to worry about [Daniels], it opens things up. He's really flourishing in an important stretch for this team. It's good to see him getting back to doing things he's been doing his whole career. - Antawn Jamison

When you're contesting those jumpers, yeah, it's tough to watch. But you know, it happened and you've got to deal with it. When you play ball, when you play sports, your failures go with success. You've got to be able to endure both. - Jalen Rose