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2017 Player Reviews: Jordan Crawford enjoyed instant success but aims to help Pelicans make playoffs next season

Jordan Crawford is cooler than a polar bear’s toenails and he believes in talking that shit. He runs on confidence — a confidence that had him sometimes looking off an open DeMarcus Cousins for a contested jumper, trying to crush his cover’s spirit into a urine-soaked diamond.

Yet, the journeyman may have found himself a semi-permanent home in New Orleans after posting the highest PER of his career (17.6) in Alvin Gentry’s system. Crawford also drastically improved his perimeter shooting, converting on a career best 38.9% in his 19 games with the squadron — along with a very solid 48.