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.