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Jorge Sierra: Anthony Edwards (age 23) passed all these players in playoff scoring in tonight's loss Toni Kukoc Jamal Crawford Hedo Turkoglu Hersey Hawkins Bryon Russell Eddie Jones He's No. 229 all-time now.

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Pat McAfee: "If you took out all his free throws SGA would still lead the league in scoring.. It's not his fault he's just playing the game" @JCrossover #PMSLive

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NBA on ESPN: Jamal Crawford says there’s nothing Nikola Jokic can’t do 🙌 “He’s the one guy in this era who’s blended the old school of the 90’s and this new generation.” (via @PatMcAfeeShow)

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Jamal Crawford: I think Channing was obviously giving this generation props—as they should get—but I didn't agree with why he thought that nostalgia was killing this generation and why this game is hated on right now. It's not about that. It's things that are going on that are not cool—let's just call it what it is. Like the load management thing. I said 15 years ago: If we're going to load manage, load manage in practice. Let these dudes play. We don't want to see—if we buy tickets months in advance—that they're not playing. The game looks the same, Channing. It's plug-and-play in most places. 90% of the league looks the same, so the creativity is kind of gone. I'm not knocking the players, but as we all know, it's a copycat league. So with that, there's going to be, 'Oh, if they're successful doing it, we're going to try to copy.'

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Jamal Crawford: Certain guys—the ones who stand out—LeBron, Steph, Jokic, Luka—all these dudes stand out because they don’t look like everybody else. They're not falling into the trap of, 'Our teams have to play this way for us to be successful.' They're not doing that. So I hear what you were saying, but I didn't agree, because you're basically using the fact that we're so caught up in the old eras that we're not appreciating this new era—and to me, that's false."

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Prior to Wednesday night, only seven players had scored at least 50 points in a game in NBA history after turning 35 years old: Alex English, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Jamal Crawford, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry. Harden is the first player in NBA history to score at least 50 points in a game at the age of 35 or older while on the second night of a back-to-back that his team won. “To see him come out and score 50 on a back-to-back at the age of 35 just says a lot about him and competing every night,” said Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue, whose Clippers team improves to 33-29, good enough for eighth in the Western Conference with 20 games left to play. “Playing 38 minutes again on a back-to-back, but we needed every bit of it.”

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Jamal Crawford on Victor Wembanyama: "Man, it’s like this—you see something from a distance, and you’re like, ‘Oh man, he’s a unicorn. He’s 7'5". He can do this. Yes, he can shoot threes, he can dribble.’ But that’s not the most impressive part about him. Seeing him up close, going to dinners with him, hearing his mind and how he thinks—it’s like, man, my guy’s conversations would make you think you’re talking to a 50-year-old man. He’s so brilliant. The way he prepares and how much the game means to him? It’s incredible." "He’s like a role player and a unicorn all in one. He’s not out there thinking, ‘I’m a unicorn. I should’ve gotten the ball right there.’ He’s like, ‘If I didn’t get it, I’ll chase the rebound. I’ll sprint down the court.’ He doesn’t care about anything other than winning. That’s all he cares about. He knows he’s different, but he respects and appreciates it. His respect for the game is unreal. He wants to talk to the greats, see what pushed them, and figure out how it can make him better. He’s almost like Kobe, LeBron, and MJ in that sense—absorbing information from everywhere."

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Tirico will work “one or more” games per week after the 2026 Winter Olympics are over, but will call select games before that, including the NBA season opener that will mark the sport’s return to NBC. NBC Sports is in the process of building out its NBA talent roster. Joining Tirico in the broadcast booth as lead analyst will be Jamal Crawford, with other studio hosts, analysts, and reporters to come.

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Jamal Crawford, a 20-season NBA veteran and three-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year, is joining NBC Sports as a lead game analyst when its coverage of the association begins in October 2025 across NBC and Peacock.

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“I’m thrilled to join the NBC Sports family and their new NBA package,” said Crawford. “I grew up reenacting the game highlights that I watched on the network’s classic NBA coverage, so I’m truly honored to be a part of the new broadcast team that will bring the game to a different generation of fans. NBC Sports’ productions are top-notch across the board, and I can’t wait for hoop fans to see what we have in store for the new era of basketball content.”

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Jorge Sierra: Giannis Antetokounmpo moved to No. 59 in scoring last night after passing Jamal Crawford. Paul George and Nikola Vucevic moved up to No. 74 and No. 121, respectively. Also: Al Horford is Top 60 in rebounds now.

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NBC secured a deal with Jamal Crawford, sources briefed on the discussions said Tuesday. The contracts aren’t signed yet, nor is Crawford’s exact place on NBC’s depth chart fully defined, but he is expected to call games, per the sources.

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Jamal Crawford: He was so cold, bro. I went to his house, played with him there, and he showed me around his house. Like, he really invested in me. He even tried to trade for me. Yeah, he even got my eye doctor for LASIK surgery. He’s the one that told me to go get it done. I flew to Alabama because that’s where Dr. Andrews was at the time, back when he wasn’t the big Dr. Andrews we all know now. He did my surgery.

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Jamal Crawford: "I’m saying, no, they were, bro. Honestly, I never once—and I was with them for five years—I never once saw those two have a blow-up. That’s what was weird about it. Like, I never once saw them just go at each other—not in a film session, not in a meeting, not in any of that. It was more so like we didn’t really talk about those things. If there was something, it was never like an 'air out' session with those two. It was none of that. So, you know what I’m saying, it was always like, 'Weird, like damn,' because it was never like, 'Oh, that’s why they’re mad at each other. That doesn’t work because of that.' It was never that. So, that’s why it was weird.

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