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
There was a lot built up, all those cameras out there when he walked out. I'm sure that can get to anybody. But he handled it really well and he played it cool, and he never stopped coaching us.
I can't really say I've seen him show signs of stress because he's never really stopped coaching us.
It makes you put everything in perspective. Whatever the reason is we're crying about playing time or whatever, it just makes you look at the big picture. His health is more important than trying to rush back and coach us.
Coach didn't want to call a timeout so they could set up their defense. Then it was up to me. I knew I was shooting the ball.
I think when he yelled at Nate (Robinson), that's when I knew he was back to being coach.
For whatever reason, I'm really, really focused in the fourth quarter. I know that's winning time. My teammates put me in great positions, and Coach has a lot of confidence in me.
I kind of got Chauncey with the cross over early. So I wanted to keep going straight without hesitating. My teammates did a great job of setting me up and coach drew up a great play. They did a great job of getting me open and I had the easy part of knocking down the shot.
The chemistry is getting better. We are getting used to the new guys out there. We're starting to execute what Coach wants. Ever since the Memphis game, we have taken off. We should be 4-0 but we lost the close one to Memphis and really we should have beaten Chicago.
We just had to slow down. As a guard, I'll take responsibility for that.
We turned the ball over way too many times. I think we had 17 turnovers in the first half. There is no way you give yourself a chance to win that way.
We're very confident. We're a confident group and I think we're pretty dangerous, because we're a pretty deep team and we have a great coach. So the sky's the limit.
I've seen him play so well against people like Shaq and Yao Ming, ... a dominant low-post presence - someone that can get you 20 points and 10 rebounds and block shots.
It was a lot going on. We didn't think all that would be going on. Antonio going in the stands, that was the scary thing. All you could think about was Detroit-Indiana when that happened. I'm glad everyone is all right.
Each loss was frustrating, going through each loss and seeing how far we had dropped. Because we know we're not this bad. It was a rough year for us, and next year will not be like this.