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
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 didn't want to leave a sour taste in our fans mouths. The positive that I take from this season is that I am very comfortable with my teammates. I feel like I am becoming a leader. We have to build chemistry, work hard this summer, and come into training camp jelling with each other.
It was embarrassing. I thought we played hard for the last three quarters. It was hard playing catch-up. We ended up losing by six but the first quarter was devastating.
It's hard to sit and watch. If you can jog a little, you should be out there. I was going to play and if it hurt too much, I'll sit down.
I think when he yelled at Nate (Robinson), that's when I knew he was back to being coach.
That was embarrassing. We have to have a better effort than that.
It feels good. You hate to be in that position because we were up.
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.
We have lost some games earlier (this season) and guys have taken it to heart and are really working on it.
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.
You do kind of take him for granted because he's so used to doing it. He's had the ball in his hand ever since he was a kid, so it's second nature for him.
We didn't really talk about it. But any great leader is going to challenge his troops, so we took it as a challenge. We think we do have the makeup, so we're going to go out there and hopefully the wins can show that we have that makeup.
We're not saying it's going to turn around in a year. We all want it to happen immediately, but we're just going to give our best effort.
We feel a little bit better going in on a win. Hopefully we can turn this thing around in the second half.