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Posted: Sat 18:45, 31 Aug 2013 Post subject: MJ's kid starring at unbeaten UCF |
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MJ's kid starring at unbeaten UCF
Then he inserted his star sophomore guard,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], clad in a pair of new blue Air Jordans the only sneakers that Jordan was able to get his swollen foot in with 15 minutes remaining in the game.
"He was like Superman, Jones later joked. "He took off the cape. didn evoke memories of his father in the final 15 minutes by any means, but he was effective enough down the stretch. He made 5 of 6 free throws,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], refused to come off the court after he entered the game,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and more importantly, provided toughness and a winning mentality that gave UCF its 11th consecutive win to begin the season.
"I wouldn have believed this,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], acknowledged Jones, whose team is ranked 19th and one of eight undefeated schools left in the Division I ranks heading into a Wednesday night home game against Furman.
"That doesn mean I don believe in this team,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but I a new coach trying to figure out who to play. It all new. Jordan: "We weren supposed to do this."
There were plenty shaking their heads last spring when they learned that Jones was leaving Marshall just minutes down the road from where he grew up in West Virginia for another Conference USA team.
Jones had gotten it going with the Thundering Herd,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but he saw the potential at Central Florida. There the draw of Orlando,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the campus population,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the weather and the facilities.
However, no one envisioned this happening. Not now and maybe not ever.
And while no one is certain how long it continue, the unlikely duo of Jones and Jordan is leading the way and everyone is enjoying the ride.
"Why not? Jordan replied when asked if the Knights, tabbed to finish 10th in the C-USA preseason poll,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], could continue their winning ways.
The 6-foot-3,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 205-pound Jordan is averaging 15.2 points, good for second on the team.
"He been terrific, Jones said. "I didn realize he was this good. there underrated sophomore power forward Keith Clanton, a holdover from the Kirk Speraw regime who acknowledged he had thoughts of going elsewhere when Jones was hired in April.
"Sure,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I thought about it, said Clanton, who is nearly averaging a double-double (16.4 ppg, 8.7 rpg). "And I wasn alone, but at the end of the day,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I decided to stick it out, and now it the best feeling ever. Clanton leading the team in scoring, this is Jordan team and everyone is just fine with that.
The kid who who can possibly live up to the legend of his father and who was crucified for his offseason tweet about dropping a large chunk of change in a Las Vegas club finally is beginning to carve his own identity in this game.
"People think it so easy for him,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Rompza said. "But they have no idea how hard it is and people also have the wrong perception of who he is. career began under difficult circumstances as he struggled and was held scoreless in his first two games, and four of his first nine.
"If he any other freshman,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], no one says anything, Rompza said. "But since he who he is,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], everyone attacks him. He just needed time. Jordan walked out of the Mullins Center in Amherst with his left foot enveloped in a boot following the victory over UMass, he flashed a grin similar to the one of his famous father.
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