“Certain loves don’t end, they take immense turns and then come back” sang Antonello Venditti. A verse that goes perfectly with Jamal Crawford and there New York Knicks.
In fact, after having worn the blue and orange shirt on 299 occasions from 2004 to 2008, Crawford will return to the Big Apple to take on a totally different role, that of commentator of New York Knicks games for MSG Network as an analyst for the 2024-2025 season.
Selected with the eighth overall pick in Draft 2000 from the Cleveland Cavaliers, he was immediately sent to the Chicago Bulls where he spent four seasons before arriving, as mentioned, at the New York Knicks.
In four seasons with the Knickerbockers, the Seattle native averaged 17.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists on 35.3 percent from three in nearly 37 minutes. After his New York experience, Crawford wandered around the entire NBA wearing the shirts of the Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns and then returned to the Big Apple, but on the other side of the Hudson River, and wear the Brooklyn Nets jersey for just one game. Known to most for his great finishing skills and for being one of the greatest ball-handler in the history of the league, Crawford spent 20 seasons in the NBA with 1,327 regular season games under his belt and 19,419 points scored in his career.
He also won the award three times Sixth Man of the Year (with the Hawks in 2009-2010 and with the Clippers in 2013-2014 and 2015-2016), the award of Teammate of the Year in 2017-2018 with the Minnesota Timberwolves and holds the record for most 4-point plays in NBA history.
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