Jamal Crawford
Jamal Crawford
Aaron Jamal Crawfordis an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. Crawford played his high school basketball for Rainier Beach High School, a basketball powerhouse in Seattle, before committing to play for the University of Michigan. Crawford was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers but was traded on draft day to the Chicago Bulls. In his career, he has also played for the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks and Portland Trail...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth20 March 1980
CitySeattle, WA
It feels good to get a win; this is just a start. But now all that pressure's off. Now we can just concentrate on playing.
Just his presence down there, he's so athletic, ... We're going to get the best out of him.
We could have easily given up and moved on with our lives. We all wanted to compete. That was embarrassing (in the first three quarters). Nobody wants to be embarrassed, so we had to get out there and play as hard as we can.
We could have easily given up and moved on with our lives. But we wanted to continue and keep playing. ... Nobody wants to be embarrassed.
He's a calming influence for us, a great veteran, a great leader and we're going to miss him.
He's a calming factor. You do kind of take it for granted. He's so used to doing it. He's had the ball in his hands ever since he was a kid. It's second nature for him. But you do kind of take it for granted being out there because he takes so much pressure off of everybody. But now we all have to step up.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't - not really disappointed - but just caught off guard
But it was just good to see him back out there. He looked better.
I guess I throw it in the air a bit.
Nobody thought they would shoot this good. And it wasn't just one guy we could key on because it was everybody tonight.
More importantly than that, his health is the No. 1 issue. If he can, if there's any way he can be back, I'm sure he will. But we need him to get healthy.
I felt overwhelmed by ticket demands and people wanting something from me. I said, I've got to get me a home team.
I can't really say I've seen him show signs of stress because he's never really stopped coaching us.
We all care so much about Coach, we wanted to play our best and not quit. We just wanted to compete, and we did that.