“In a sixth-man role, I could average low 20s. In a starting role, I could average really high 20s.” [https://www.nba.com/news/nba-mailbag-november-7-2023](https://www.nba.com/news/nba-mailbag-november-7-2023)
For context, his highest scoring season was 20.6 points on 41% from the field, in 39.9 minutes per game. His career average was 14.6 PPG on 41% FG in 29.4 minutes. Personally, I think that’s kind of a delusional take, even though he was a great scorer, he was inefficient and had inflated numbers due to playing a lot of minutes while being a 6th man.
by Puzzleheaded_Fox4684
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Crawford smoking on that good bud
He could average high 20s on 33% shooting I’m sure
mixtape hoopers ego is through the roof
I mean Jamal Crawford could definitely average high 20s but that team would be in lottery with a Top 5 pick of he end up being the one that is averaging high 20s in PPG.
Once you start talking shit about the league, you’re officially an old head. Pretty soon we’ll here “they wouldn’t score a bucket in the 2010s.”
I mean if Kyle Kuzma can do it…
yeah I doubt it
He probably could but whether the he would be efficient or the team be good is another story
If he was a tank commander yeah
if he got a super green light on a tanking team, yeah he definitely could.
it wouldn’t benefit anyone though
Honestly? If he took more threes and was the main man on a team, I think he could pull it off. However. He would be even more inefficient than usual and that team would be absolutely completely dreadful, so no one should want him to take that role.
I mean yeah he could, he would also give up 50 easily on the other end.
This isn’t outrageous to say. Don’t know why everyone up in arms over it. He never said he’d shoot efficiently hahaha
he was never that good of a defender, didn’t do much but score in isolation. why would a coach even start him and play him more than 30 mpg if they were trying to win?
Jordan Poole is a pretty good comparison to Crawford. Obviously Jamal had significantly better handles and highlights, but in terms of percentages and pure volume scoring they’re not far off.
Poole has shown how much harder it is to come in to a starting line-up and be the guy, it’s much easier coming off the bench as that heat-check guy.
Name 1 old hesd that doesn’t say this
He would also give up 40
Yes on 32% from the field.
Yes, and he’d give up 30. He may be the worst defender I ever ever seen. I’ve seen him run away from the opponent ball handler on a fast break.
In the year 2008 when Jamal Crawford average 20.6 ppg he was the 22nd in PPG
Last year Jimmy Butler was 22nd in PPG averaging 22.9. Using that alone we can say Jamal Crawford could have averaged more points, but we can’t know if Jamal’s game would have translated better in the modern era with less physical defense
Crawford wasn’t even a great scoring usually when u take more shots ur point and fg% go up a little bit. His just stayed the same according to the stats u brought up. Even inefficient guys who are productive today usually aren’t 41% from the field bad and can provide other things
Nah, he was at his prime during the GSW days and he was good but not great. Other players on the team definitely out shined him. So idk wtf he talking about.
I think he could maybe do it. It just would harm the team more than help it.
20 on 41% in 40 minutes is his career best.
He’s not sniffing high twenties. Besides the defense and playmaking problems (which would keep him from starting), the minutes leader last year was 37. He’d need to score 7ppg more per game on fewer minutes.
His best bet to reach that would actually be early 2000s when inefficiency wouldn’t keep you on the bench and you could conceivably play 45 minutes a game.
Maybe 22 max.
Lmao dude being first option would be the perfect tank commander, even more so than guys like Pool 💀
Even though I still think he was really good, Jamal Crawford has to be one of the most overrated NBA players that wasn’t a star player.
Yes, he had “the bag,” but brought absolutely nothing else to the table. Consistently one of the worst defenders in the league and just did his own thing offensively for his entire career.
another chapter of an older player thinking they’re better than they really are
I mean, he’s right, but the team would also be God awful. Rashad McCants could probably average 20 in the league today with enough attempts; doesn’t mean it’ll contribute to any sort of success.
Sure. If he was on a bad team
High 20s for JSmoove? Sure, if he’s on a lottery team where he has the green light
Question is, what would his defensive matchup average?
Current cam Thomas is a better scorer than crawford
Man has the same mentality as Isaiah Thomas. It’s a wrap, bro.
No I don’t.
I was down with him thinking ya he could probably get a season at like 26, then I looked at his FG% on his most points seasons, and there is no way a coach is letting him get over 20 points with his nasty 40% fg lmao, if he’s lucky he becomes Jordan poole
Jamal was nice, but high 20s nice? Last season there were 13 players who score more than 25ppg. 13. Fox has exactly 25.0, so 14 if we count that.
I think he would get humbled after getting his floater sent to the third row by goga bitadze
and leak 40 points a game.
Yes, on 36 shots a night and the team would be 5-77
Bro is acting like he played in the 80s lmaoo
Idk, it’s hard for me to see him scoring more than 10ppg at 43 years old
Jamal Crawford averaging high 20s on a lottery team means pretty much nothing, but I don’t doubt he could do it in his prime.
He’d score 27 a night and still have a +/- of -20
Sure, on a 15 win team.
I was high for a lot of my 20s and I never even played basketball, so I’m not impressed.