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
His wife and kids were up there. If you see your family in harm's way, you're going to go protect them. You're the man of the house, and at that point you're thinking like a regular human instead of an athlete.
He never stops teaching, ever. He just gave me some advice, and I'll definitely take it to heart.
But it was just good to see him back out there. He looked better.
I love being in that position. Ever since I was a kid, I've always liked the big shot. I'm just glad it's going in now. More importantly, we're winning.
I felt overwhelmed by ticket demands and people wanting something from me. I said, I've got to get me a home team.
I guess I throw it in the air a bit.
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 can't really say I've seen him show signs of stress because he's never really stopped coaching us.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't - not really disappointed - but just caught off guard
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.
We didn't know how it happened or how it started. Antonio is our family, and his family is our family, so when you see that, you're concerned.
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.