Jamal Crawford: Michael Jordan tried to trade for me

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: Bro, this man was up at 6:00 in the morning, on the track. Then he’d have breakfast, then he’d be in the gym working out by 8:00 in the morning. After that, he’d have lunch and hit the weight room. Then, after a short break, he was back at it—getting shots up. He was working out three or four times a day. I’m like, ‘Damn, this is actually harder than I thought it was gonna be.’ So I’m sitting there thinking, ‘Man, I came here for this? I came here to get my ass kicked?’ You know what I’m saying? I thought he was just gonna show me a couple of hang dribbles. But no, it was enlightening to see someone like that work as hard as he did and make the game look so easy. Dudes like y’all, when you go back to the passing—bro, I’ve never seen somebody who’s really smart who couldn’t pass. And I’ve never seen someone who could really pass who wasn’t smart. -via YouTube / December 10, 2024

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. -via YouTube / December 10, 2024

Jamal Crawford: I honestly think—personally, to be very honest with you—I think we weren’t mentally tough. And I thought, as a group—not any one person—I thought when adversity hit, we sometimes went like this; we didn’t come together like this. And I think, you know, we had injuries at the wrong time, bro. There’s one stretch in the playoffs—in a five-minute stretch—we lost our two best players. Blake got hurt. It’s important—you can look it up. Five minutes later, CP gets hurt. They’re done for the playoffs. I’m like, 'What, God?' It was stuff like that, bro. Like, weird stuff happened—like, weird stuff. And we know CP, he stayed injured, so yeah. God damn it. It was just tough, bro. It was tough. -via YouTube / December 10, 2024

Stephon Marbury: I think that as a player, LeBron is the most all-around basketball player to ever touch a basketball. There’s nobody like him. Magic was that for me, but then I saw LeBron and what he’s done. You know, on the winning side, as far as playing, taking everything into account—he’s incredible. "But as far as basketball players go—come on, man—you shouldn’t even be mentioning him in the same breath as Michael Jordan. -via YouTube / December 10, 2024

Stephon Marbury: "They didn’t want him to play on that team. He didn’t fit for that team, and he still won, so it’s cool. MVP talks—I don’t know. I feel like they were mad he didn’t get the MVP. And this goes back to my story about the media being mad at me because they think I’m a LeBron James hater. I’m like, I love LeBron James as a basketball player. They get mad because I don’t agree that he’s better than Jordan. I’m like, I played against all three of them. I’ve never seen Jordan or Kobe shoot an air ball at the free throw line. Have you? -via YouTube / December 10, 2024

Metta World Peace: The last time I spoke to (Michael Jordan) was after the brawl. He was the only player who called me. He said, ‘Don’t worry, young fella, I’m gonna try to get you back.’ When he said that, I thought, ‘Wow, if MJ believes in me, I’ll be back.’ But not even Michael could fix things with David Stern. He was tough." -via YouTube / December 9, 2024

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