Three-time Sixth Man of the Year Jamal Crawford formally announced his retirement on Monday. Crawford ranks eighth in NBA history with 2,221 career three pointers and is the all-time leader with 55 regular-season four point plays.
Crawford hasn’t played for an NBA team in the past two seasons. “Goodbye to the game, all the spoils the adrenaline rush,” Crawford said on Twitter on Monday. “Thank you basketball, I owe you everything …”
Jamal Crawford shared a "Goodbye to the game" message on Twitter early Monday morning.
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Crawford played for nine teams in 20 seasons and averaged a career-best 20.6 points for the New York Knicks during the 2007-08 season. Crawford started just 433 of 1,327 games played and pretty much a coming off the bench. He was the league’s top sixth man during the 2009-10 season for the Atlanta Hawks and won the award twice with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2014 and 2016.
He played his first four seasons with the Chicago Bulls and then his next five seasons with the Knicks. In addition, Crawford played five seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Not only he average 14.6 points per ga during his career, Crawford made 86.2 percent from the free-throw line.
Crawford also played for the Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves, Phoenix Suns and Brooklyn Nets.