Jamal Crawford

Jamal Crawford is one of those players who made me genuinely love basketball as a craft. A Seattle kid out of Rainier Beach High who turned the crossover dribble into something closer to performance art — hence "J-Crossover" — he spent two decades in the NBA never quite being the star but somehow always being the most fun guy on whatever roster he landed on. Three NBA Sixth Man of the Year awards, a record he shares with Lou Williams, tells you everything: he was the guy coaches reached for when the bench needed a spark and the crowd needed a reason to stand up. Pure bucket-getter, fearless shot-taker, and by all accounts one of the most respected vets in the league. The fact that he kept getting signed well into his late thirties says it all.

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Name (English)

Jamal Crawford

Name (Japanese)

ジャマール・クロフォード

Reading

じゃまーる・くろふぉーど

Born

March 20, 1980 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

Origin

Seattle, Washington, United States

Height

196 cm

Occupation

basketball player

High school

Rainier Beach High School

University

University of Michigan

• Official sitehttp://www.jamalcrawford.org
• Xhttps://x.com/JCrossover
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal%20Crawford
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447286

Tags

• Washington
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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