Jamal Crawford: "I 1,000% know I'm going to be an NBA coach one day. And I've never said that publicly. I just know it. I literally turned down three NBA jobs this summer. So my son made USA, so we're in Turkey, and I got three offers between assistants and actually going through the process of being a head coach for one of them this summer. And I was like, no, just the timing, because he is going through his journey. But I know 1,000% once he goes through high school, I'll be an NBA coach. No doubt about it."
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He will become the 13th player in NBA history to reach a 20th season, joining LeBron James, Vince Carter, Chris Paul, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Willis, Robert Parish, Kyle Lowry, Udonis Haslem, Jamal Crawford, Kobe Bryant
and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. "I knew a few off the top of my head, but I hadn't seen the list," Al Horford told ESPN. "It's hard to believe. It's something that, for me, I'm very grateful. It's just so hard to be in this league for that amount of years. There's a lot of commitment, a lot of sacrifice and time. I still feel like I'm able to contribute and have an impact on a team." — 6/25/2026 ESPN
Jamal Crawford: I know for a fact I can coach in the NBA...1,000% — 6/9/2026 x.com
Why does the city love the Knicks so much? Jamal Crawford: That fanbase and the connection to the fanbase, it’s one of the truly remarkable things in sports — in any sport. They’re like how the Cowboys are loved, how the Yankees are loved, how the Lakers are loved. It’s a different type of love. Here’s an example: I came to a game a couple of years back, playoffs against Cleveland. And when I left, it was like I played and I had 30 in the Garden the night before, the fans were going crazy. I’m like, “This is crazy, I have not played here in almost 20 years at that point, and they still show that kind of love.” Once A Knick, Always A Knick, and they truly make you feel that. — 6/2/2026 New York Post
Sean Elliott on Victor Wembanyama: At 22 years old, he's still getting there. I still think he hasn't really begun to reach his true potential. I don't think he's even close, actually. Dan, I feel like he's going to fill out a lot more. He's going to continue to figure out the game a lot more. He's going to continue to work on his game because that's the kind of person he is and that's the kind of basketball player he wants to be. You saw what he did with the monks in China last summer. He worked with Kevin Garnett. He worked with Jamal Crawford. He worked with Hakeem Olajuwon. He wants to be great. I believe this is just the beginning for him. — 6/1/2026 YouTube
Austin Rivers: I didn't get in the league because of my dad. And I didn't stay in the league because of my dad. Now, do I get to be a part of a team and an opportunity with a with a staff that believed in me and a coach that I knew I could play freely for? Absolutely, man. That's why I came back. That's why when Portland offered me 40 million, that's why when Phil Jackson was trying to explain the goddamn Triangle offense in my living room, I didn't go to New York. I went back to LA to get that bag so I could go play for my pops and I could play freely and be myself, which I actually ended up doing pretty f*cking solid as a role player under Chris Paul and Jamal Crawford. — 5/10/2026 YouTube
Austin Rivers: I didn’t get in the league because of my dad, and I didn’t stay in the league because of my dad. Now, did I get to be a part of a team and an opportunity with a staff that believed in me, and a coach that I knew I could play freely for? Absolutely, man. That’s why I came back. That’s why, when Portland offered me $40 million, that’s why, when Phil Jackson was trying to explain the goddamn Triangle offense in my living room, I didn’t go to New York. I went back to L.A. to get that bag so I could go play for my pops, and I could play freely and be myself, which I actually ended up doing pretty solid as a role player under Chris Paul, Jamal Crawford. That’s what my role was. That’s all I ever was in the NBA: a role player. I was never a star. — 5/8/2026 YouTube
Crawford spoke to him last summer, telling him the next step for him was to not let a few missed shots deter him from being aggressive. “I know a lot of guys, they work on things, but then when it comes to the game, it’s not their role. So they’re comfortable in their role or they do their role, and then they forget some of the things they’re working on,” Crawford said. — 2/25/2026 New York Times
Crawford beamed watching McDaniels finish the game with flair, perhaps a little nod to a hooper who always loved to lay on the style points. On the broadcast, Crawford likened the dunk to Kyle Lee Watson throwing it down in “Above The Rim.” “To see it all come together tonight was just so cool because it was like, man, this is the kid we saw when he was in high school,” Crawford said. “You knew what he could be.” — 2/25/2026 New York Times
Even when McDaniels was 16 years old, Crawford knew he was different. “I always look at the height-to-skill ratio,” Crawford said by phone after McDaniels and the Minnesota Timberwolves edged the Blazers, 124-121, on Tuesday night. “His height and how skilled he was, he loved to play. A lot of guys play and a lot of guys like it, but he loved to play, loved to compete and I saw that even at a young age.” — 2/25/2026 New York Times
Exuberant broadcaster John Fanta is slated to make his NBA on NBC Sports debut as a play-by-play announcer next week, Front Office Sports has learned. Fanta will be on the call for Timberwolves–Trail Blazers on Tuesday night, working alongside color commentator Jamal Crawford and sideline reporter Grant Liffmann. The game will air on Peacock and NBC Sports Network. — 2/18/2026 Front Office Sports
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