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Jamal Crawford: know what's crazy, sometimes ill have a second in a random game where I feel like a rookie all over again, like what am I doing out here lol Twitter @JCrossover

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford 

"Unbelievable," Clippers guard Jamal Crawford said of playing for Del Negro. "This is the most fun I've had since high school. He gives me a lot of freedom. He trusts me on the court. We have a great rapport, talk about everything. He knows how to communicate with his players. I love playing for him." Chicago Tribune

Los Angeles Clippers, Vinny Del Negro, Coaching, Jamal Crawford 

“People have been shocked for the most part, but I knew that I hadn’t lost a step or anything,” Crawford told HOOPSWORLD. “I’ll be the first to tell you when I’ve lost a step. I watch a lot of basketball and I play every single day so I’ll be the first to tell you when that happens. That wasn’t it at all. It was just that the last two years were tough. In Atlanta, I was going through the contract situation. In Portland, both sides knew that it was going to be kind of short-lived and the fit may not have been the best. I knew it wasn’t anything that was going on with me physically. I knew it was situational.” HoopsWorld

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford 

It started with Jamal Crawford. The Los Angeles Clippers’ offseason import was instantly struck by how dynamic an athlete his new backcourt mate was, and so he needed a nickname that fit. “Mini-LeBron.” Thanks to Crawford, it’s what most of the Clippers are calling Eric Bledsoe these days. And now even his nickname-sake is joining in. “[LeBron] actually called me that when we left the court,” said Bledsoe after the Clippers’ 107-100 victory over the Miami Heat at Staples Center. “Yeah, he did. He said, ‘This is Baby LeBron.’” ESPN.com

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford 

Tracy McGrady: My dude Jamal Crawford @Jamal Crawford is a cold brother. He's putting that work in. 6th man of the year easy. Twitter @Real_T_Mac

Los Angeles Clippers, Tracy McGrady, Jamal Crawford 

Gary Forbes: Wherever @Jamal Crawford workin out at next summer, I'm there! My dude got odeeee shuugz! Ankle Bone Collector! Twitter @GForbz3

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford, Gary Forbes 

Crawford, 32, said he is having more fun this season than he has had playing basketball since he was in high school, and it shows. “I’m just comfortable,” Crawford said. “I’ve never felt this comfortable. Knowing I worked at my game and knowing my teammates and coaches have confidence in me, we feel like we can do anything, honestly. I feel like out there, there’s nothing that can’t be done when you have that confidence from your teammates and your coaching staff. It makes you go enjoy it and that’s what I’m trying to do.” ESPN.com

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford 

Jamal Crawford: Not worried about being on the all star ballot, long as we win I'm good..if it's mean to be, it will be...#preciateyalltho!!! Twitter @JCrossover

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford 

Dan Woike: I asked Blake Griffin if he thought Ray Allen would sign w/ the #Clippers this past offssn: "Honestly, no." Knew team was focused on Jamal Twitter @DanWoikeSports

Los Angeles Clippers, Free Agency, Ray Allen, Blake Griffin, Jamal Crawford 

When Crawford first entered the game late in the first quarter, he received a rash of boos. He said when he heard those rumblings of displeasure, he just took it and grinned. “I smiled, actually. I smiled,” Crawford said. “Because anybody who was a part of what happened last year, I think deserves to get booed. I don't have any hard feelings for the fans here. I took less to come here. I just wanted to get out here and get a win and that's what we did.” CSNNW.com

Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, Jamal Crawford 

Chris Haynes: Former #Blazers assistant, Bob Ociepka, now a Clippers assistant, told me he has Jamal Crawford playing defense now. We shall see. Twitter @ChrisBHaynes

Los Angeles Clippers, Bob Ociepka, Jamal Crawford 

But every year, he had to find himself, plus a new house. "I felt like I'd found a home with the Knicks," he said. "We got off to a good start that year, and Zach Randolph and I were leading the team. But they were trying to clear cap space to sign LeBron James. And I totally understand that. "Everything was good at Golden State, but Don Nelson thought Monta Ellis and I were pretty much the same player, so I moved on, went to Atlanta, got Sixth Man of the Year ... but then they committed a lot of money to their core, and there wasn't any for me. "I've had the same coach in back-to-back years only twice. I've always been on the fly, always changing. I've been blessed, overall, but I'm comfortable here." Orange County Register

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford 

For one thing, Crawford signed a four-year contract with the Clippers, which disappointed Mayflower and Bekins. This is his fifth team since the beginning of the 2008-09 season. "Somebody told me today that I've played for 16 coaches, counting interim guys, in 12 years," he said Monday morning at the team shootaround. "That's unbelievable." But he has not forgotten his first two tours of duty in Los Angeles, when he came to live with his father, Clyde, in Inglewood, "maybe seven minutes for The Forum." There was nothing fabulous about it. Orange County Register

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford 

Gang violence dissuaded Crawford from even going to school, much less playing. Clyde, who played with Stan Love (Kevin's dad) at Oregon and was a friend of Ahmad Rashad's, put up a basket in the backyard, a sanctuary for which Jamal would yearn. Crawford was 15 when he and his friend, Jalal Shams, were trying to catch a bus from a Dorsey High football game. They were approached by an older, more numerous group, and after some conversation Crawford watched Shams die of a gunshot to the head. Weird, indeed. "I was here when I was in the fourth and fifth grade, and then again when I was 13 until I was 16," Crawford said. "Just a lot of stuff going on. I wasn't focused like I should have been, on school and a lot of other stuff. I needed to get back to Seattle, where the rest of my family was. "It's a sad reality. I knew anything could happen at any moment. When I came back to Seattle my dad came the next year. It was just different there." Orange County Register

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford 

Only the first two years of Jamal Crawford’s five-year, $21.4 million deal with the Clippers are fully guaranteed, at $10.2 million. New York Daily News

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford 

Chris Palmer: Kobe: "Jamal Crawford will probably win Sixth Man." Twitter @ESPNChrisPalmer

Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Jamal Crawford 

Now, one week into the season, all three of those teams already have a loss while the undefeated Clippers sit atop the West standings. There is still plenty of basketball to be played, but it’s time to stop overlooking the Clippers. With their talent and depth, they’re undoubtedly one of the West’s elite. “It’s still early, but everyone around here believes the sky is the limit for us,” Crawford told HOOPSWORLD. “We know we’re overlooked, but that’s okay with us. The group that we have here is motivated. We know we can do something special.” HoopsWorld

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford 

“I’m biased, but I think we’re the deepest team in the league,” Crawford said. “This would have to be the most talented team I’ve played on. That’s no disrespect to any team I’ve played on in the past, but we’re ten deep and maybe even deeper than that. This is the deepest team I’ve been on, by far. And these are guys who aren’t worried about anything but winning. That’s all it’s about.” HoopsWorld

Los Angeles Clippers, Jamal Crawford 

Jamal Crawford: I don't even no Austin Rivers, but I hope he is ok after that fall...#damn Twitter @JCrossover

New Orleans Hornets, Injuries, Jamal Crawford, Austin Rivers 

Mike Trudell: Clips coach Vinny del Negro said that Jamal Crawford and Chris Paul (rest) will not play tonight. Odom, Hill, Billups also out. Twitter @LakersReporter

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