Jamal Crawford

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Jamal Crawford

Position	Guard
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Team	New York Knicks
Nationality	United States
Born	March 20, 1980 (age 27) Seattle, Washington
College	Michigan
Draft	8^th overall, 2000 Cleveland Cavaliers
Pro career	2000–present
Former teams	Chicago Bulls 2000-04

Jamal Crawford (born March 20, 1980 in Seattle, Washington) is an American NBA shooting guard currently with the New York Knicks.

Crawford attended the University of Michigan, but after being drafted in 2000 as a freshman by the Cleveland Cavaliers, he was traded on draft day to the Chicago Bulls for their pick, Chris Mihm. After four seasons in Chicago, he was traded (along with Jerome Williams) to the Knicks prior to the 2004-05 season, where he started alongside Stephon Marbury at shooting guard.

On November 30, 2005, Crawford had one of the most successful halves of basketball in his young career as he torched his former team, the Chicago Bulls, for 23 second half points. The New York Knicks overcame an 8 point 4th quarter deficit in this game to beat the Bulls 109-101. The Chicago Tribune quoted ex-Bulls teammate Kirk Hinrich saying "I've seen Jamal do that a lot, It's unfortunate he did it against us."

Crawford's uniform number (23) is retired at Rainer Beach High School in Seattle. His current uniform number, 11, is in honor of former Detroit Pistons guard and current Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas.^[1] On December 6, 2005, he scored 31 second half points in front of friends and family, as he and fellow Rainier Beach alum Nate Robinson enjoyed a road victory over the Seattle SuperSonics. This occurred just hours after Crawford unveiled Crawford Court, the $100,000 stadium for Rainer Beach HS.

Crawford is praised as a deadly clutch player as he has scored six game-winners in the final 10 seconds in the two seasons he has played with the Knicks.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2005-06 NBA season, Jamal Crawford was projected to be the starting shooting guard alongside Stephon Marbury following the retirement of Allan Houston, but instead came off the bench. After some early-season struggles, he became a favorite of now-former coach Larry Brown for his work ethic and commitment to defense.

On January 26, 2007, Crawford scored a career high 52 points, putting him 6th on the all-time list. He hit 8 three pointers, one shy of the team record set by Latrell Sprewell in 2002.^[2]

In February 2007, Crawford learned he would need surgery to mend a stress fracture in his right ankle, which would likely force him to miss the remainder of the 2006-07 season. ^[3]

[edit] Notes

^ Jamal Crawford bio
^ Knicks get revenge on Heat, who lose fourth out of five, January 26, 2007
^ Knicks' Crawford may be out for season, Feb. 27, 2007

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2000 NBA Draft
First Round Kenyon Martin \| Stromile Swift \| Darius Miles \| Marcus Fizer \| Mike Miller \| DerMarr Johnson \| Chris Mihm \| Jamal Crawford \| Joel Przybilla \| Keyon Dooling \| Jérome Moïso \| Etan Thomas \| Courtney Alexander \| Mateen Cleaves \| Jason Collier \| Hidayet Türkoğlu \| Desmond Mason \| Quentin Richardson \| Jamaal Magloire \| Speedy Claxton \| Morris Peterson \| Donnell Harvey \| DeShawn Stevenson \| Dalibor Bagarić \| Jake Tsakalidis \| Mamadou N'diaye \| Primož Brezec \| Erick Barkley \| Mark Madsen
Second Round Marko Jarić \| Dan Langhi \| A. J. Guyton \| Jake Voskuhl \| Khalid El-Amin \| Mike Smith \| Soumaila Samake \| Eddie House \| Eduardo Nájera \| Lavor Postell \| Hanno Möttölä \| Chris Carrawell \| Olumide Oyedeji \| Michael Redd \| Brian Cardinal \| Jabari Smith \| DeeAndre Hulett \| Josip Sesar \| Mark Karcher \| Jason Hart \| Kaniel Dickens \| Igor Rakočević \| Ernest Brown \| Dan McClintock \| Cory Hightower \| Chris Porter \| Jaquay Walls \| Scoonie Penn \| Pete Mickeal