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Damon Jones hit more than a couple big shots as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers.  He didn't really play much defense and couldn't really dribble too well when he was here, but he did come up real huge a few times. Never more so than when he came off the bench to hit a three pointer in 2006 to clinch that Game 6 win for the Cavs over the Wizards. A shot he'll always have my respect for, if nothing else. He played fourteen seconds in the game, came in and "hit a dagger" as an ex-teammate of his once said.  After sitting out all of last season, Jones has been making appearances on the barnstroming circuit of exhibition games throughout this extended off-season too as he looks to make one final team in one final season of NBA Basketball.  I saw him out in Vegas for the Impact Games, and he was also most recently in Josh Howard's Charity game in Dallas this past weekend too.  A game in which Damon Jones out-scored Kevin Durant by 30 points.This from The Wash...
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