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Former Warrior Jamal Crawford gives behind the scenes tour of the NBA’s Orlando Bubble

In a video with the Boardroom, Former Warrior turned Nets guard Jamal Crawford gave a behind the scenes tour of the NBA’s Orlando Bubble.

Although Golden State won’t be represented inside the Orlando Bubble, a group of former Warriors will be on the court at Disney World. Twelve former Golden State Warriors are slated to play across nine different teams in the NBA’s restart.

Former Golden State point guard Jamal Crawford will join the Brooklyn Nets inside the Orlando Bubble. After injuries disrupted the Nets restart roster, Sean Marks signed the 19-year veteran for Brooklyn’s stretch run.

Before games officially begin, the veteran point guard gave a behind the scenes look at the NBA’s Orlando Bubble. In a video for “The Boardroom,” Crawford toured the Disney World campus, including Brooklyn’s bubble practice, the players’ lounge and the barbershop.

Via @boardroom on Twitter:

After being acquired from the New York Knicks, Crawford spent 54 games in Golden State during the 2008-09 season. With the Warriors, Crawford averaged 19.7 points on 40.6% shooting from the field with 4.4 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game.

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During his short stint with the Warriors, Crawford notched a memorable scoring effort — tallying 50 points against the Charlotte Bobcats on 14-of-26 from the field with five 3-pointers.

Before joining the Nets, Crawford last played for the Phoenix Suns in 2018-19, averaging 7.9 points, 3.6 assists and 1.3 rebounds in 18.7 minutes per contest.

Other former members of the Golden State Warriors inside the Orlando Bubble include Andre Iguodala, JaVale McGee, Alec Burks, Glenn Robinson III, Kent Bazemore and Harrison Barnes.

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Jamal Crawford already in ‘love’ with Nets organization

Jamal Crawford has yet to see game action with the Brooklyn Nets, but he’s already been able to get in work with his new teammates.

Each of the players the Brooklyn Nets acquired ahead of the NBA’s restart has something to prove in the Disney bubble. But there are two who Brooklyn may look at a little more closely as they prepare for the return of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in 2020-21.

One is Tyler Johnson, who scored 17 points in the Brooklyn Nets’ scrimmage against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday.

The other is Jamal Crawford, who has yet to make his first appearance in a Brooklyn uniform. But the veteran guard has gotten in work with his new teammates. So, he has a feel for how things are run — to the point where Crawford already told Howard Beck on the “Full 48” podcast he’s in “love with the organization”:

It’s a fun group. I look forward [to] every single day getting to the gym with these guys. I love to be around them, their staff, everything. It seems like I’ve been here longer than a week. I love the organization, I love how they have everything set up. A cool place to be.

As much as he already knows how he feels about the organization, and would like to continue playing beyond the bubble, Crawford isn’t getting ahead of himself. He’s trying to stay in the here-and-now:

I don’t want to look too far ahead. And, my approach, I don’t want to come out and say, ‘Hey, I’m going [to] try and score 50 a game just to prove to you guys I should be in the league,’ either. I just wanna enjoy the moment; whatever it calls for. I don’t want to come in with an agenda like, ‘Hey, I’m going to score 40 every night,’ and I don’t wanna say, ‘Hey, I’m just going to come in just do the leadership thing,’ either, or whatever. I want to do whatever’s called upon, whatever’s needed in these next however many months we’re together. And that’s my only approach.

Crawford’s next chance to make his Nets debut comes on Monday when Brooklyn faces the Utah Jazz at 5:30 p.m.

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Jamal Crawford unavailable for Nets’ vs. Spurs

Two of the Brooklyn Nets’ substitute players will not be available when they face the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday.

Nets fans have to sit through at least one more game before they get to catch Jamal Crawford in a Brooklyn uniform.

Jacque Vaughn told reporters on a Zoom call on Friday that the guard — who Brooklyn signed as a substitute play for the resumption of the 2019-20 NBA season at Disney World — will be unavailable in the Nets’ scrimmage against the San Antonio Spurs at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, their second practice contest inside the bubble, per Alex Schiffer of The Athletic.

In addition to the veteran, Donta Hall will not be available for Brooklyn against the Spurs. Like Crawford, Hall did not play in the Nets’ first scrimmage.

However, Hall has as least finished up his quarantine, per Zach Braziller of the New York Post.

Tyler Johnson and Justin Anderson each sat out of Brooklyn’s first scrimmage, as well. Joe Harris also did, though Vaughn did not announce he would be unavailable ahead of the game against the New Orleans Pelicans.

Multiple Nets ruled out ahead of first Disney scrimmage

Jamal Crawford will not play in his first game in a Brooklyn Nets uniform on Wednesday.

It’s been a long road back to the court for the Brooklyn Nets. Even though everyone has been forced to deal with the stoppage in play, no team has lost as many players ahead of the Disney bubble as the Nets.

With Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Spencer Dinwiddie, DeAndre Jordan, Wilson Chandler Taurean Prince snd Nic Claxton out, Brooklyn had to bring in reinforcements.

But with the NBA set to start scrimmages tomorrow, it appears the Nets will be without some of their substitute players, if not all.

Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn told reporters on a Zoom call that Tyler Johnson, Jamal Crawford and Justin Anderson will not play against the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, per Alex Schiffer of The Athletic.

Additionally, Donta Hall has not exited quarantine yet.

But, Lance Thomas may be available against the Pelicans.

Nets reveal each social justice message Brooklyn players will wear at Disney

Every member of the Brooklyn Nets will wear a social justice message on the back of their uniform in Disney World.

Garrett Temple recently revealed he would was joining Caris LeVert (Black Lives Matter), Joe Harris (Equality) and Dzanan Musa (Peace) in wearing a social justice message on the back of his uniform while in the Disney bubble. The veteran wing has chosen “Education Reform” as his message.

But those four players aren’t the only Nets who will wear social justice messages on the backs of their uniforms.

The other 10 players on the active rosters will also wear social justice messages throughout the NBA’s restart of the 2019-20 season.

Here’s what each player chose:

  • Jarrett Allen – Se Se Puede (Yes We Can)
  • Justin Anderson – Equality
  • Chris Chiozza – Black Lives Matter
  • Jamal Crawford – Equality
  • Donta Hall – Equality
  • Tyler Johnson – How Many More
  • Rodions Kurucs – Peace
  • Timothé Luwawu Cabarrot – Liberté
  • Jeremiah Martin – How Many More
  • Lance Thomas – Say Her Name

The other available messages that no Nets player chose (per Marc Spears of The Undefeated) are:

Say Their Names, Vote, I Can’t Breathe, Justice, Freedom, Enough; Power to the People, Justice Now, Liberation, See Us, Hear Us, Respect Us, Love Us, Listen, Listen to Us, Stand Up, Ally, Anti-Racist, I Am A Man, Speak Up, Group Economics, Education Reform, and Mentor.

Report: Justin Anderson signing with Nets

After spending significant time with the Nets’ G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, Justin Anderson is back with Brooklyn.

Before the Nets signed Lance Thomas or Donta Hall, even before they were linked to Michael Beasley and Jamal Crawford, Brooklyn was reportedly considering Justin Anderson as a substitute player option.

But the Nets signed Beasley, Crawford and Hall first. Then Thomas emerged as a substitute player candidate, leaving Anderson’s status in question — even though he was in the bubble with Brooklyn.

Not long after Thomas signed with the team, it was reported Beasley had tested positive for COVID-19, left the bubble and his return was in question. Two days after the report of Beasley’s departure came, another surfaced indicating he wasn’t coming back — giving Anderson another opportunity to sign with the Nets.

And now Shams Charania of The Athletic is reporting Anderson is set to be a member of the organization once again.

Anderson last played for the Nets’ G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, after logging three games for Brooklyn while on a 10-day contract.

RELATED: Michael Beasley will not rejoin Nets, to be replaced on roster

Jamal Crawford already feels at home with Nets

Jamal Crawford hasn’t been with the Brooklyn Nets long, yet he’s already found a way to fit in with the team easily.

Jamal Crawford is fairly accustomed to acclimating himself to a new team environment.

Although the guard spent five years with the Los Angeles Clippers, five with the New York Knicks and four with the Chicago Bulls throughout his NBA career, he also spent time with five other organizations prior to signing with the Brooklyn Nets: the Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers and Golden State Warriors.

But this experience is a little different for Crawford. Not because Brooklyn is the ninth NBA team he’s playing for. It’s due to the fact he was out of the league all season. After his lone year with the Suns in 2018-19, Crawford didn’t find a landing spot for 2019-20.

So when he got his chance with the Nets ahead of the Disney bubble, NBA Twitter rejoiced — for which Crawford was thankful.

But that moment has come and gone. Now it’s time for the guard to go to work with his new teammates.

Crawford told ESPN‘s Kenny Mayne that next step in the process has been easy for him, which is a testament to the staff and players Brooklyn has in the bubble:

The organization, my teammates, the coaching staff have made me feel so welcome. I just got here, obviously, last week, but it feels like I’ve been here so much longer with the way they’ve really taken me in and allow me to be a part of it. Practices have been going well. Spending time with them has been going well. It’s been a blessing.

And if Crawford’s expression of appreciation for his new basketball family isn’t enough, maybe this clip of him showing Dzanan Musa a move will get the point across:

Jamal Crawford confident in his hoop skills as restart approaches

Nets guard Jamal Crawford will bring a veteran voice to Orlando for the NBA’s restart.

Brooklyn Nets guard Jamal Crawford is battling the noise and the doubters, but what he sees is the hooper he’s still capable of being.

Crawford released an interview with The Players’ Tribune, and he spoke about the different stages of his career, likening them to albums musicians have over the course of their careers. Crawford, 40, is at a stage that would be the end for most players, but he feels he can still ball out:

In my heart of hearts, I’m like, I know I’m still the same player. I know at this age you’re not supposed to be the same player, but I know I am. That’s why that last month was so huge. Besides the 51-point game off the bench, right? I averaged 31 points in the month of April. That’s my highest scoring month of my career, in 19 years.

Crawford was speaking of his season with the Phoenix Suns during the 2018-19 campaign. He scored 51 points off the bench as the Suns lost 120-109 to the Dallas Mavericks. In four April games, he scored 31.3 points per game and shot 55.1% from the field.

A three-time Sixth Man of the Year winner, Crawford’s ability to quickly score will make him valuable for Brooklyn.

The Nets need all the offensive help they get, with Caris LeVert now being the No. 1 option. Crawford will be another important player in the team’s offense, with his mesmerizing handles helping him dissect defenders.

During his career, Crawford has scored 14.6 points per game, dished 3.4 assists a game and shot 41.0% from the field.

Brooklyn will be without Kevin Durant (right Achilles rehab), Kyrie Irving (right shoulder), DeAndre Jordan (opted out after testing positive for COVID-19), Nicolas Claxton (left shoulder), Wilson Chandler (chose to opt-out), Taurean Prince (won’t play after testing positive for COVID-19) and Spencer Dinwiddie (won’t play after testing positive for COVID-19).

With Crawford there as a veteran voice, he could help the Nets stay levelheaded in an environment no one in the league has ever experienced.

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Garrett Temple: Jamal Crawford is ‘one of the best vets to ever play the game’

Whether it’s his new teammates or coach, the Brooklyn Nets are excited to have Jamal Crawford aboard for the rest of the 2019-20 NBA season.

It may take a little time for Jamal Crawford to find his rhythm with his new teammates, but it’s apparent they’re more than happy to work with the veteran.

While he gives the Brooklyn Nets a much-needed scoring option with Kevin Durant (right Achilles), Kyrie Irving (right shoulder) and Spencer Dinwiddie (team decided to hold him out after his second positive COVID-19 test) all unavailable for the leagues’ restart, his NBA experience will also help this very young group.

This will help Garrett Temple — one of two players on the Nets who’s logged five or more full NBA seasons (aside from Crawford and Michael Beasley) — as well. Now he and Joe Harris aren’t the only players on the roster who’ve been around for more than three full seasons.

And while Temple has the respect of his younger teammates, the wing views Crawford in a similar manner, which he expressed on a Zoom call on Friday per Kristian Winfield of the New York Daily News:

One of the best vets to ever play the game. Obviously, he’s gonna provide a scoring punch, provide a voice in the locker room that’s been around for a long time, understands how to win games. Just a great guy as well though. Keeps things light. Someone that we can bounce questions off of and things like that. Just a great guy to have around but also obviously a guy who can really provide that scoring punch for us when we need to.

Jamal Crawford: Michael Beasley is ‘a walking bucket’

After losing seven significant players ahead of the Disney bubble, the Brooklyn Nets have signed an interesting pair of veterans to help.

The additions of Michael Beasley and Jamal Crawford are significant to the Brooklyn Nets’ success in the bubble in more ways than one.

On the simplest level, the Nets needed bodies after losing seven players to injury, illness or opt-outs — which is where signing Donta Hall also helps.

Beasley and Crawford are also seasoned veterans. The Nets were already young to begin with, but Garrett Temple (nine years) and Joe Harris (five) were the only players on Brooklyn’s bubble roster with more than three full years of NBA experience under their belt.

But with Kevin Durant (right Achilles), Kyrie Irving (right shoulder) and Spencer Dinwiddie (team decided to hold him out after second positive COVID-19 test) all out, the Nets lacked play-making scorers. Crawford is more than capable of taking on that role, and he told Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson on the Scoop B Radio podcast Beasley can do the same:

Beas, has always been one of the more talented guys in the league. A walking bucket. You don’t need to run plays for him, just get him the ball and he makes it happen. That’s the luxury of having a guy like that on the team; a guy that’s a dog, a guy who you could go to war with. We’ve always been playing, but we never played together, so for the immediate future, that should be a lot of fun.