[jbduke]

I think that Jones brings a particular type of fire to the team that is badly needed. I'm not happy, however, with some of what comes with that. Throwing the ball off the face of an opponent on several occasions when falling out of bounds, baiting other players, these are things that I can do without, and which for the most part, the program has done without over the years.

As for the comparisons to Wallace, I don't like them, because it's not fair to either player. I'm certainly not crazy about Rasheed's conduct as a professional, but it's totally different from the things that Dahntay has been criticized for. Further, I don't remember ever seeing anything objectionable in Rasheed's behavior under Coach Smith. The guys from Carolina whose on-court I remember taking issue with are McInnis, Ndiaye, and King Rice, although Jones doesn't exactly fit into any of those profiles either. I think Dahntay's a really good kid who simply needs to be a little more selective with his aggressiveness.