“If you put it in perspective, I loved basketball before I loved everything else, you know what I mean? Before I had a girlfriend or even childhood friends, I had my basketball. So it's my first love.”

American former professional basketball player

Jamal Crawford is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 2000 to 2020. Known as "J-Crossover," he is remembered for his ball handling and for his long career as one of the league’s most effective sixth men. Crawford won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year award three times, a mark he shares with Lou Williams. His reputation rests on his control of the ball, his ability to create offense, and the consistency he brought off the bench over two decades in the league.