Eddie Jones (Eddie Jones) was born on October 20, 1971 in Florida, USA.
Eddie Jones graduated from Temple University, and Aaron McKie is the same college teammate. Although Jones did not play as a rookie, he was still ranked 13th in school history when he graduated from his senior year and became the first player to get more than 100 assists and 100 steals.
In 1994, because the Lakers failed to qualify for the playoffs, they held the tenth overall pick in the first round and selected Eddie Jones. The same height of 1.98 meters, the same ability to attack and defend, made the Lakers at the time involuntarily think of the old gangster (in that era, as long as the height was the same, there was no way not to compare it with the old gangster, but the facts proved that the old gangster There is only one rogue). Jones shined in his rookie season, especially in steals, with an average of 2.05 steals the highest among rookies. Jones even won the Most Valuable Player award in the NBA Rookie Challenge, and was naturally selected as the All-Rookie First Team. In the following two seasons, Jones still maintained an excellent defensive standard.
The good time with the Lakers will soon come to an end. In the summer of 1996, the Lakers tried their best to trade O'Neal and Kobe, and Jones became the number two player on the team. As soon as he was in the top position, O'Neal was firmly pressed in front. Jones was of course a bit uncomfortable, but he also knew O'Neal's position, so he still tried his best to fight for O'Neal. But soon he found that he could not only compete with O'Neal, even the high school student.
Jones and Kobe have known each other before entering the NBA. Jones has also taken good care of Kobe. In addition, they have the same position and similar styles. Therefore, both are regarded as the hope of the Lakers in the future. However, the team executives believed that Kobe was more worthy of cultivation than Jones, and Kobe also made rapid progress, so the team traded Jones to the Charlotte Hornets in 1999 in exchange for Glenn Rice.
Jones is the main player in the Hornets. In the 1999-2000 season, he made his career best results (20.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2.67 steals). He was selected to the All-Defensive Second Team of the Year for the third consecutive year, and was also selected to the Third Team of the All-NBA Team; in 2000, he was selected as the starter of the Eastern Conference All-Star team. But for Jones, glory has always been short-lived.
Jones spent a season with the Hornets and was traded to the Miami Heat in the summer of 2000. He was paired with star players Alonzo Mourning, Tim Hardaway, Anthony Mason, Brian Grant, etc. , Led the Heat to a 50-32 record. Unfortunately, Hardaway retired, Mourning suffered from kidney disease, other players or injuries, or aging. Even if Jones still worked hard, the team's performance was worse from season to season. Until 2002 and 2003, they were elected to Caron Butler and Dway. After En Wade, he made the playoffs again in 2004.
In 2004, the Heat sent Butler, Grant and Lamar Odom, who had just recruited the year before, to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Shaquille O’Neal. Jones once again worked with the league's best center. Although his scoring set a career low, due to his excellent perimeter defense, Wade's rise and O'Neal's strong inside offensive power, the Heat finally made it to the playoffs Eastern Conference finals again, losing to Detroit in Game 7 The hands of the Pistons.
Due to Wade's rapid rise, O'Neal also criticized his style of playing too weak, coupled with the Grizzlies general manager Jerry West soliciting. Jones was traded to the Grizzlies in the summer of 2005 and became the spiritual leader of the team. His steals were the third highest in team history. In the 2006 season, the Grizzlies did not perform well. Jones was not happy with the team and was abandoned by the team in January 2007. He ended his short career in Memphis and returned to the Miami Heat. 2 It is a pity that the team was swept 4-0 by the Chicago Bulls in the playoffs, and Jones' performance was average. After the season, Jones returned to free and moved to the Dallas Mavericks.
When he entered the NBA, Jones's goal was the old gangster. He has been working hard and has seen the light. But Jones also found that no matter how hard it is, sometimes it is not worth mentioning before the talent.
I remember when he first went to the Heat, Jones once said that he wanted to be the second Scottie Pippen and do things on the court that are of great benefit to the team despite the fact that the statistics can’t reflect. Because only every player becomes no longer selfish, a team can hope to win. He did the same. He has been doing this for the rest of his career, but Pippen has only one, so Jones can only be himself.
In the 98 All-Star Game that year, the four Lakers were selected for the Western Conference All-Star, O'Neal, Kobe, Jones, and Van Exel. Perhaps Jones was the happiest moment at that time.
