Jamal Crawford was quite the controversial player this season with the Phoenix Suns. He could be used in team debates ranging from Igor Kokoskov’s rotation to veteran importance to the misdirection of the team to guard play. So just how should fans feel about Crawford?
To have expected Crawford to come in this season and contribute in a way that led to winning basketball would have been foolish. Crawford’s style of play, a shoot happy and inefficient scoring guard who is a below average defender, does not fit with modern trends for good basketball and with his age his best skill (scoring) has greatly declined.