<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/spurs-news-jamal-crawford-adding-victor-wembanyama-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jamal Crawford reveals how he’s adding to Spurs star Victor Wembanyama’s game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Jamal-Crawford-reveals-how-hes-adding-to-Victor-Wembanyamas-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Jamal Crawford reveals how he’s adding to Spurs star Victor Wembanyama’s game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-20T19:07:55-07:00">June 20th, 7:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-20T19:07:55-07:00">June 20th, 7:07pm</time><address><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LedesmaHector">Hector Ledesma</a>Hector Ledesma has been covering the Spurs in San Antonio since 2005, but he has been following them for even longer than that. An award-winning journalist born and raised in San Antonio, Hector has worked across all types of television and radio platforms. His work extends online and through social media (@HectorLedesmaTV) where he continues that work with ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Generational talent Victor Wembanyama actually is trying to do it all. The 20-year-old marvel is continuing to work with Jamal Crawford, who’s considered one of the NBA’s best ever ball handlers as well as a three-time Sixth Man of the Year winner. It appears to be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-victor-wembanyama-will-be-a-problem-for-nba-in-2024-25-per-paul-george">another step Wembanyama</a>, who carried loads of expectations before a Rookie of the Year campaign with the San Antonio Spurs announced he was for real.</p><p>Crawford joined the Dan Patrick Show to discuss <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-jamal-crawford-convinced-victor-wembanyama-better-than-hype">working with Wembanyama</a> this summer. It’s a relationship <a href="https://x.com/dpshow/status/1803480363823448085" rel="noopener">that started when</a> the former top overall draft pick appeared on TNT.</p><p>“We go back to earlier this season when we had him on the show,” Crawford said of his first interaction with the Spurs leading scorer.</p><p>“He had been doing some crazy moves so I asked him if he could do this particular move and he’s like, ‘Yeah, I’ve been doing that for years.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, OK,'” Crawford continued. “We hooked up at All-Star and I just showed him some freestyle moves and from there our relationship kind of took off.”</p><p>Wembanyama qualified for All-Star Weekend courtesy of the Rising Stars Challenge.</p><p>“I showed him a wrap around move where he wraps around his body; it’s only reserved for tall guards, guys with long arms that could pull this off. I thought he could take it to the next level,” Crawford said. “But, it was funny, when I started showing him, all the other rookies, sophomores on the court – all the attention, they stopped shooting, they went over there. I’m like, ‘Ok, let’s just keep this surface level because everybody’s watching right now.'”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">If Victor Wembanyama develops the Jamal Crawford dribble package, how on Earth will he be guarded? 🤯</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/YahooSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YahooSports</a>)<a href="https://t.co/ySpbu2UfUy">pic.twitter.com/ySpbu2UfUy</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1758576983192252922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Victor Wembanyama, Jamal Crawford team up </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/TNT-analyst-Jamal-Crawford-second-from-left.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>A recent picture that Wemby posted on his Instagram account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C8UwrP6Jwuy/?img_index=1" rel="noopener">showed him working with</a> the man regarded by many as the greatest reserve to ever play. Crawford went on to describe what would help Wembanyama’s game going forward.</p><p>“They absolutely can,” Crawford answered the host’s thoughts about whether San Antonio will add a veteran floor general.</p><p>“I can see why it would take a little bit because he’s such a unique talent and you can use him in so many different places on the court,” Crawford continued. “You can use him bringing up the ball, you can use him in the mid post area, you can use him in the post area. He can shoot transition threes and he do everything in between so I understand Pop [Gregg Popovich] and those guys’ thinking because you just don’t know exactly what you have until you have it and, even then, he can stretch the imagination.”</p><p>“But, you’re right, getting that point guard to grow with him and that fits him will definitely serve him well,” Crawford concluded.</p><p>Including the one game he logged for the Brooklyn Nets in 2020, Crawford played in twenty NBA seasons. He suited up for nine teams over a career that averaged at least 17 points per game for the better part of that two decade career. That’s tons of knowledge he can share with a young man who’s just starting his legacy. Wembanyama appears to be well on his way with every aspect he adds to an already scary combination of size and skill.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jamal Crawford reveals how he’s adding to Spurs star Victor Wembanyama’s game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/clippers-news-jj-redick-jamal-crawford-fx-clipped');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ex-Clippers’ JJ Redick, Jamal Crawford reveal the truth behind FX’s Clipped');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Clippers-news-JJ-Redick-Jamal-Crawford-reveal-the-truth-behind-FXs-Clipped.jpg"></figure><h1>Ex-Clippers’ JJ Redick, Jamal Crawford reveal the truth behind FX’s Clipped</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-14T12:53:27-07:00">June 14th, 12:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-14T12:53:27-07:00">June 14th, 12:53pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former Los Angeles Clippers players have been reacting to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clipped-review-fx-limited-series-donald-sterling-racist">FX’s new show Clipped</a>. Chris Paul <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-chris-paul-clipped-show">previously shared his thoughts</a> on the show, which focuses on Donald Sterling’s controversy when he was the owner of the team. JJ Redick and Jamal Crawford are the latest ex-members of the team to weigh in on Clipped.</p><p>Redick played for LA from 2013-2017. Crawford was a member of the team from 2012-2017. Both players were impactful for the mid-2010’s Clippers.</p><p>Redick was one of the best three-point shooters in the league, while Crawford implemented a mixture of shooting and elite dribbling to make him one of the best sixth men of all-time. In fact, Crawford won two of his three NBA Sixth Man of the Year Awards in LA.</p><p>So what do Redick and Crawford <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9zHLa53LxQ&amp;t=1530s" rel="noopener">think about the show</a>?</p><p>“I’ve watched two, I can’t wait to watch three,” Crawford said, via The Old Man and The Three podcast. “It’s hilarious because some things I remember and some things like that did not happen but I understand it’s entertainment. But my hair, I’ve never used a piece of spray paint in my life, why do they have my hair looking like that.”</p><p>“Some of the stuff with my free agency was actually accurate,” Redick said later. “We had a charity golf tournament at Palos Verdes at the Trump Course there and that was the only interaction I ever had with him (Donald Sterling). This was after he tried to cancel my deal because he woke up and decided he didn’t want to sign a white player. I went up to him just to say hello and I said hey Mr. Sterling, ‘nice to meet you’, and he said ‘hey JJ I’ve heard a lot about you.’ That was the only words I ever spoke to him.”</p><h2><b>Clipped draws mixed reviews from former Clippers players</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Clippers-players-Blake-Griffin-Matt-Barnes-Jamal-Crawford-and-JJ-Redick-in-2015.jpg"><figcaption>Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The mid-2010’s Clippers featured no shortage of potential. They failed to win a championship, but produced plenty of memorable moments and highlights. Chris Paul and Blake Griffin led the “Lob City” era Clippers. Deandre Jordan also played an impactful role along with Redick and Crawford.</p><p>Paul called out one specific scene that <a href="https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1798773423214358878" rel="noopener">he said never happened</a> while speaking on The Pat McAfee Show.</p><p>“Me and my wife watched the first episode,” Paul said in early June. “It was kind of cringy, right? Honestly, because you got somebody who’s telling their vantage point… One perspective. I seen my wife kicking it with Donald Sterling’s wife. And I was  like ‘what? That ain’t ever happened.'”</p><p>The show has received mixed reviews from others as well. Many NBA fans have tuned in. Of course, only those involved with the Clippers truly know what occurred since they lived it.</p><p>The idea for the show is interesting. The Donald Sterling era was obviously far from ideal, and Steve Balmer has done an impressive job since taking over. The inside look at the team itself will catch fans’ attention.</p><p>It just needs to be remembered that some of it may not be completely accurate. With that being said, Redick did mention that some of the show was “actually accurate.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ex-Clippers’ JJ Redick, Jamal Crawford reveal the truth behind FX’s Clipped

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-jamal-crawford-kyrie-irving-guarantee-celtics');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jamal Crawford’s Kyrie Irving Mavericks guarantee will worry Celtics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Mavericks-news-Jamal-Crawfords-Kyrie-Irving-guarantee-will-worry-Celtics.jpg"></figure><h1>Jamal Crawford’s Kyrie Irving Mavericks guarantee will worry Celtics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-03T22:40:42-07:00">June 3rd, 10:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-03T22:40:42-07:00">June 3rd, 10:40pm</time><address><a>Peter Sampson</a>Peter Sampson is ClutchPoints' Portland Trail Blazers reporter and also serves as an Associate Editor. He has been covering all things sports (with a focus on the Blazers) for more than a decade, most recently hosting "The Pulse with Peter Sampson" in Afternoon Drive for 750 The Game. Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks are taking on the favored Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals, which get underway on Thursday night.</p><p>As we ramp up to Game 1, NBA commentator and former sharpshooter Jamal Crawford had a bold prediction for the Mavericks’ star guard, while appearing on the ‘Bully Ball’ podcast.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“He’s definitely going to average 25 PPG [in the NBA Finals]… I think if Dallas wins this series, I think this championship can mean more to Kyrie [Irving] than the one he got in Cleveland.”</p><p>– Jamal Crawford 🤔</p><p>(via “Bully Ball”, <a href="https://twitter.com/allthesmokeprod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@allthesmokeprod</a>)<a href="https://t.co/tATkrx8FH6">pic.twitter.com/tATkrx8FH6</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1797809765730628035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>“He’s definitely going to average 25 [points per game]. He’s saging, he’s playing Sade on the way to the gym, he’s averaging 25 in that place., he’s gotta average 25 for [the Mavericks] to win, and I think he knows that.</p><p>So far in his 17 playoff games for the Mavericks this season, Irving has averaged 22.8 points per game, to go along with 3.9 rebounds and 5.2 assists. He’s also shot better than 42 percent from beyond the 3-point line in that span.</p><p>That follows an impressive regular season where Kyrie dropped more than 25 points per game in making up half of the best offensive backcourt in the NBA – certainly this season and probably among the list of best backcourts in NBA history.</p><h2><b>Crawford thinks Mavericks-Celtics means more to Kyrie Irving</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Kyrie-Irving-1.jpg"><figcaption>© Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Crawford went a step further when talking about Kyrie Irving’s thoughts on this series between the Mavericks and Celtics.</p><p>Said Crawford, “If Dallas wins this series, I think this championship can mean more to Kyrie than the one he got in Cleveland.”</p><p>After everything that Irving has been through over the last several years, whether self-inflicted or not, it makes sense that coming back and winning a championship would be all the sweeter, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-kyrie-irving-admits-boston-stint">especially against the Celtics</a> – his former team whose fans immediately turned on him when he signed with the Nets in the summer of 2019.</p><p>It’s been a rocky last several years for Irving. After making it sound like he would re-sign with the Celtics, Irving forced his way out and joined Kevin Durant and James Harden with the Brooklyn Nets. Due to injury and Irving’s unwillingness to get vaccinated for Covid-19, the trio only managed to play a handful of games together before Harden forced his way to the Philadelphia 76ers.</p><p>As the team broke up, the Nets shipped Irving to the Mavericks in a deal that was widely panned around the NBA as one that could potentially cause enough problems to upset star Luka Doncic should Irving continue to be a perceived distraction.</p><p>Now, Irving and the Mavericks are getting the last laugh, as the team sits just four wins away from an NBA Championship.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jamal Crawford’s Kyrie Irving Mavericks guarantee will worry Celtics

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He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Other</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Behind superstar Luka Doncic, the Dallas Mavericks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-kyrie-irving-kobe-bryant-nba-finals">have reached</a> the NBA Finals for only the third time in franchise history. Doncic <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-luka-doncic-dallas-jason-kidd-nba-finals">has led</a> the Mavericks as a No. 5 seed, beating three higher-seeded teams in the process without homecourt advantage. On a recent appearance on the Bully Ball Podcast hosted by Rachel Nichols and DeMarcus Cousins, former NBA player Jamal Crawford <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1797785816753672387" rel="noopener">referred to</a> Doncic as a ‘gangster,’ in the most endearing way possible.</p><p>“Luka’s a gangster, and I mean that in the most respectful way. What Luka’s seen, where he came from in Slovenia, Luka is really like that,” Crawford said. “We know in the league, there’s some real like dogs and there’s some dogs that are dogs when it’s okay, they’re kind of puppies a little bit, they ain’t really dogs like that.”</p><p>“Luka’s a real dog, like he’s going to get it. The bigger the moment, the bigger the play, the better Luka is. Even some greats don’t do that. He’s different. . .and he’s playing like he got headphones on. You can’t speed him up, he’s just out here doing his thing. . .it’s his pace but his pace can make you go his pace and then he just dissects you. He’s something different.”</p><p>Luka Doncic was No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks who traded his rights to the Mavericks. He’s developed into one the best players in the league and he finished in the top three in the MVP award voting this past season.</p><h2>L<b>uka Doncic searching for his first ring<br></b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Luka-Doncic-after-winning-the-Western-Conference-Finals.jpg"><figcaption>Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>With the Mavericks in the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics, Luka Doncic is looking for his first NBA championship. It’s the third time the Mavericks have made an NBA Finals appearance.</p><p>The first time the Mavericks reached the NBA Finals was during the 2005-06 season when they lost to the Miami Heat in six games. The second time they reached the Finals was during the 2010-11 season when they defeated the Heat in six games. Both of those times, the franchise was led by Dirk Nowitzki.</p><p>Nowitzki is widely considered to be the greatest player in Mavericks franchise history and also the top overseas player in NBA history. Doncic has a chance to achieve both once his career is over.</p><p>This past season, Doncic appeared in 70 games for the Mavericks at a little over 37 minutes per game. He averaged a career-high and league-leading 33.9 points, 9.2 rebounds, 9.8 assists and 1.4 steals with splits of 48.7 percent shooting from the field, 38.2 percent shooting from the three-point line and 78.6 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>Throughout the Mavericks playoff run so far, Doncic has been averaging 28.8 points, 9.6 rebounds, a league-leading 8.8 assists and 1.6 steals with splits of 43.8 percent shooting from the field, 34.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line and 80.6 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>Last season, the Mavericks paired Doncic with a second star in Kyrie Irving whom they acquired at the 2023 NBA trade deadline from the Brooklyn Nets. The team struggled though to close the season and ended up missing the playoffs.</p><p>That enabled them to get a lottery pick that turned into Dereck Lively II who has been an immediate contributor as a rookie. 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He has covered everything from Major League Baseball to the NFL, UFC, and College Football.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The ‘Inside the NBA’ crew on TNT has been a staple of NBA gamedays since its introduction way back in 1989.</p><p>Recently, the tea leaves have revealed that there is a real chance the popular show could go the way of the dinosaur next season, if the league shifts to new outlets like Disney Plus and Amazon Prime as expected. Charles Barkley, the former NBA MVP with the Phoenix Suns and longtime ‘Inside the NBA’ host, said that he’d be open to moving to another network if asked, although it’s not known exactly how things will shake out at this particular time.</p><p>The show was compared to the popular sitcom ‘Golden Girls’ recently by former NBA sixth man extraordinaire Jamal Crawford for one crucial and some might say unique reason.</p><p>Crawford revealed the comments during a colorful time for the NBA. Western Conference Finals star Anthony Edwards spoke about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/timberwolves-news-watching-anthony-edwards-live-ended-nfl-nba-debate-travis-kelce">an NFL legend recently</a> and whether or not he could hack it in the NBA. An embattled but previously successful NBA coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-tyronn-lue-reacts-to-new-5-year-70-million-deal-with-la">received a new contract</a> that had fans talking.</p><p>Crawford’s comments were shared in a video that was viewed over 100,000 times as of Wednesday night.</p><h2><b>Crawford’s Golden Girls/Inside the NBA Shout-out</b></h2><p>Crawford compared ‘Inside the NBA’ to a sitcom in his comments on the video, which was shared by <a href="https://x.com/awfulannouncing/status/1795855064986271964">the Awful Announcing page</a> on Twitter. The comments were originally made on the Pat McAfee Show.</p><p>“They got their own sitcom, they’re bigger than just the sport,” Crawford said, adding that he is in the growing camp of current and former players who would love to see the iconic ‘Inside the NBA crew’ of Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie Johnson, Kenny ‘The Jet’ Smith and Barkley return for another season.</p><p>“We have to have them.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jamal Crawford on the popularity of ‘Inside the NBA’: “They transcend sports, they’re almost like ‘The Golden Girls.’ They got their own sitcom, they’re bigger than just the sport…we have to have them.” <a href="https://t.co/sCjvnFCfKW">pic.twitter.com/sCjvnFCfKW</a></p><p>— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href="https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1795855064986271964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>NBA’s Western Conference Finals Continue </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Charles-Barkley-laughing.jpg"><figcaption>© Jake Crandall / USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption></figure><p>The Western Conference Finals continue on Thursday, May 30 with the Mavericks traveling to Minneapolis to take on Coach Chris Finch’s Minnesota Timberwolves.</p><p>The Mavericks lead the series three games to one and are hoping to punch their ticket to the league’s Finals against the Boston Celtics, who recently beat the Indiana Pacers in a clean four-game sweep.</p><p>It could be the Inside the NBA team’s last game of the season if Dallas wins.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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