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Turning Heads: Dominique Jones

As the Summer league has come to an end a lot of us have seen things that excited us in different ways. What has excited people outside of the Mavericks organization the most? Possible the very thing that excites within the organization.

Dominique Jones.

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When news broke of Dallas acquiring Dominique Jones many were thrilled, and it gave fans who don't closely follow every youngster in Dallas a reason to watch us in the Summer League in Vegas. "Dojo" as he is now commonly referred to has done our excitement justice. Dominique has displayed great ability in many aspects of his game en route to being named onto the All tournament team.

Jones has also climbed his way up to #4 on the NBA.com Rookie Ladder. On a summer where our hope, Roddy has showed up but not wow'ed, this is a breath of fresh air. I'm not trying to talk bad about Beaubois. I still have high hopes and still believe he is more valuable than Jones, but it's nice to have one player getting attention for strong play while Rodrique goes through a very human like, much more importantly rookie like, slump in his short basketball career. A slump I'm more than confident he will break by, if not at training camp.

Back to Jones. Dominique did his best damage against the Washington Wizards, and John Wall. The first pick in the draft had torn through any in his way in Vegas, but things changed when he faced Jones. Not only did Dominique outscore Wall in the game, but he did so in a game where he scored 28. 28 points, in a summer league game with short quarters and 10 fouls being allowed, on the number 1 prospect(arguably) in any professional sport today. Oh, should i mention he held Wall to 4/19 shooting from the field? All of this seems pretty impressive from a 25th pick in the draft, one that we acquired for cash considerations.

Dojo has shown an uncanny ability to defend and score for Dallas. The impressive scoring is the scoring he did at the rim. Many rookies come into the league able to shoot well and never develop the hunger to actually attack the rim. Learning to shoot is no impossible task(Look at Parker, Kidd, and thank god Rondo hasn't figured this out) so I'm glad he's already got the harder of the 2 down, the aggressiveness. He has great promise as a Maverick, and with Roddy possibly having to upgrade from promising Rookie to depended upon role player, maybe Jones can take Roddy's old place as the guy we all complain about not getting enough minutes.

Since Free Dominique doesn't have the same zing and cool ring to it, Now all we need is a cool slogan as fans to beg Rick to play him more.

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This dude impressed me a lot. IMO he is Dallas' MVP this summer.

He’s more consistent and showed us he can play on both ends of the court.

"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot." - Bill Russell

by Marjun Raposon on Jul 19, 2010 2:16 AM CDT reply actions  

great news definitely

this is perhaps the best ,line in the article

“Oh, should i mention he held Wall to 4/19 shooting from the field”

by huebone on Jul 19, 2010 2:39 PM CDT reply actions  

So did everyone else.

by Why on Jul 19, 2010 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

correction (sorry forgot to block quote it)

this is perhaps the best ,line in the article

bq."Oh, should i mention he held Wall to 4/19 shooting from the field"

by huebone on Jul 19, 2010 2:40 PM CDT reply actions  

I am a Kings fan here.

Dominique Jones was in my opinion, going to be the steal of the draft. The Mavs have quite a player on their hands.

His ability to get to the hoop as a guard is uncanny. His finishing ability at the hoop is only matched by a couple of other guards out there.

My comparison for him has always been a poor man’s Tyreke Evans. They both struggle with their shot and can get to the hoop. They are both solid defenders. They are both big guards. They were both considered combo guards coming out of the draft. At the very worst, I see this guy becoming a Rodney Stuckey, which is pretty good.

"Morrison beats Casspi 1 on 1". - MarcusC

by Surprise Team on Jul 19, 2010 5:18 PM CDT reply actions  

my thought is this.....

From what ive seen and read it appears that Dojo is a better passer than Roddy B…..
if that is the case why not end the Roddy B experiment @PG and leave him at SG? wouldnt it make more sense to put the better passer @PG?
 

by I draft the Cowboys!!!! on Jul 20, 2010 2:20 AM CDT reply actions  

Technically, yes

and don’t get me wrong, I agree with you. We need Roddy at PG and Dojo at SG. However there is so much more to a point guard than passing. The mentality, quickness, ability to see a play develop before it does etc. etc. Like i said, I agree Dojo needs to play PG, but not because he’s a better passer.

~Karim!

by KarimTheDream on Jul 20, 2010 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions  

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