Jae Crowder stood to the side of the Utah Jazz’s practice facility Tuesday afternoon, motoring through responses to queries about his weight loss, his fit on the roster, the benefits derived from going through a full training camp with the team.
And every time he turned his head just so, you’d get a glimpse of the black rubber band holding his thick braids — inconspicuous if not for featuring a single word, printed in white capital letters and outlined in green: BOSTON.
That’s where he’s played his best professional basketball thus far. That’s the place he displayed the form he’s trying to recapture.