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Though their bond couldn’t have been predicted, a dog with Haven’s unwavering loyalty—and the size and aptitude for outdoor adventures—is what Booker was hoping to find when he began his search for a four-legged companion. His canine preference did not fall on deaf ears: “Bro, are you still looking for a dog?” Booker’s former teammate Jamal Crawford texted one day. “He had retired, but he remembered me talking about wanting to get a dog,” Booker says. Crawford, who owns Haven’s cousin, urged Booker to look into cane corsos. “Everything I read up on them I loved,” says Booker, “and yeah, the rest is history.”
After a two-year hiatus, Jamal Crawford is even bringing his popular pro-am basketball league back next summer. “The Crawsover will be back,” Crawford said. “Next year I have it planned out, because I know I’ll be coaching, but still there’ll be a better plan going forward for sure.” Crawford said NBA stars such as Stephen Curry and Zion Williamson have expressed interest in playing in the event.
Crawford can be seen and heard most everywhere in NBA circles on podcasts and TV these days. After two breakout NBA seasons on TNT as an in-studio analyst and calling playoff games this spring, Crawford is set to become a lead game analyst for NBC this fall as the network returns to hosting NBA games. “It wasn’t in the cards where I had this illustrious plan (with broadcasting). But the fact that it’s happened this way, I feel like it’s my duty now because I love the game so much and I want to bring the fans closer to the game and, you know, entertain but hopefully they learn a little something while I’m talking.”
If the Sonics return, Crawford will be at Climate Pledge Arena on opening night — hopefully, he says, broadcasting the game. “They don’t have to pay me for that one. I’m flying up here and calling that one myself.”
Anthony, who has not previously held any role in sports broadcasting, is expected to work one or more days per week. He is the first official studio hire announced by NBC and joins an NBA roster that includes the previously announced Mike Tirico, Noah Eagle, Jamal Crawford and Reggie Miller.
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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.
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
"If you took out all his free throws SGA would still lead the league in scoring..
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) May 21, 2025
It's not his fault he's just playing the game"@JCrossover #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/YpuAfRUc9B
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.'
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.”
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."
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.
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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