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Over the past month, we have seen Kyrie Irving put up a triple-double in his Drew League debut and win MVP at the More Than A Run event. But it was ten years ago today when we saw our favorite Pro-Am performance from Kyrie.?

On August 16th of 2013, Uncle Drew, Uncle Jeff Green and Tony Wroten visited a packed house at Seattle Pacific University to play in Jamal Crawford's Seattle Pro-Am, now known as the Crawsover Pro-Am. A week before this weekend, Kevin Durant?dropped 63 points in his first return to Seattle since the Sonics left the city, so the Cavs All-Star had a tough act to follow in his debut. As expected, he put on a mixtape worthy performance: 32 points (13-30 FG), 11 assists, and even threw down a surprising dunk in a 127-118 victory. But the highlight of the night was this Shammgod.

Former Sonic Jeff Green scored 20 and Tony Wroten had a monster night with 44 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists.

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"I just want to say I miss you guys,” said Durant to the crowd, after scoring 63 points in the Jamal Crawford/Seattle Pro-Am. “Thank you for the warm welcome. I can’t wait to come back."

Let's back up a little and go back to 2007, when I vividly remember David Stern saying, "With the first pick of the 2007 NBA draft, the Portland Blazers fucked up and are giving the Seattle SuperSonics a future Hall of Famer and one of the best scorers the league will ever see."

OK, the commish didn't say those exact words but that's what he meant when he said Portland was taking Greg Oden with the top pick, leaving Seattle to select 18-year-old Kevin Durant.

The good news for the people of Seattle couldn't have come at a better time since they were still in near riot mode after hearing the Sonics traded Ray Allen for an injured Wally Szcerbiak (damn!), Delonte West (Goddammit!) and the 5th pick (eh!) in the draft, just minutes before Seattle selected KD.

From the start, the Jesus-less Sonics was a one-man show and it was headlined by Durant. He scored 18 points in his NBA debut and never looked back with 30 here, a game-winner there, and for the finale, he put up a career-high 42 points and 13 boards against the Warriors. His season average of 20 points per game was seven more than the second leading scorer (Chris Wilcox) on the team, good enough for Rookie of the Year honors and rare enough to be put on a short list with Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James as the only teenagers to ever average 20+ over a season.

Two days after KD dropped 42 on his future team, the NBA owners (minus Mark Cuban and Paul Allen) dropped a bomb on Seattle by approving the relocation of the Sonics to Oklahoma City. It was a move that was two years in the making after a group of OKC businessmen -- led by "Seattle Supervillain" Clay Bennett, who was booed throughout the last home game in Seattle - bought the franchise back in 2006.

For the next few years, angry and basketball-starved fans in Seattle watched the teenager they once cheered for turn into a man among boys, a perennial All-Star and league scoring leader from 2019-2012.

Then on August 11th of 2013 -- half a decade after his last game as a Sonic -- Kevin Durant returned to Seattle, on his own dime (private jet), to play in the Seattle Pro-Am (then known as the Jamal Crawford Pro-Am). Over 3,000 fans packed the Seattle Pacific University gym to welcome the last great Sonic back.

They cheered for him the way they used to cheer a Gary Payton to Shawn Kemp alley-oop. They cheered for him as they cheered for the Sonics against the 72-10 Bulls in the NBA Finals. They didn't care that he missed 36-of-62 shots (you read that correctly). They didn't care he missed 24-of-32 3-pointers (you read that correctly too). They didn't care he missed a potential game-winner over Martell Webster in OT. The people in Seattle were just happy to see KD in Seattle and wearing green again.

After the game, he signed as many autographs as he could before trying to escape to his SUV, which was hidden behind hundreds of others waiting fans. He signed more autographs, took more pics and then said goodbye with this tweet.

I love and miss Seattle...damn

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 12, 2013

But of course, some people still had to have something negative to say. The following day after KD's return to Seattle, Skip Bayless said on ESPN's First Take he was "embarrassed" for KD. Stephen A. Smith defended KD, called him a future Hall of Famer and said he will probably never shoot that bad again.

On opening night of the following season, Kevin Durant dropped 42 points in a win against the Jazz and put up five 30+ games in the first seven games of the season. A season that included a 54- point performance on 19-of-28 shooting and ended with an MVP award and one of the most emotional MVP speeches ever.

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You could say I was a little pissed when I landed back home in Houston, Texas on July 19th of 2014. I had just spent the previous 24 hours in Seattle to check out a Seattle Pro-Am game (now known as The Crawsover League) and to do an interview with one of my favorite players, Jamal Crawford. The interview was great (video below) and he and Isaiah Thomas put on a nice show at the Pro-Am. I left the following morning feeling like I had just crossed out an item on my bucket list. Then I landed and looked at my text messages:

Gary Payton is here.
Kobe just showed up!!!
Jamal introduced Kobe as "this generation's Michael Jordan."
Jamal Crawford has 60 points!
40+ in the 2nd half!
63 and GAME WINNER!!

Yeah, I missed all of that. The hour-long drive from the airport to my house felt longer than any other airport trip I've ever taken and I've driven in-laws through rush hour traffic and Houston rush hour traffic is as bad as any in the country.

Later that night I saw this tweet...

Can't thank @kobebryant enough for stopping through. One of the best to ever do it showing Seattle love. #massiverespect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— ? Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) July 21, 2014

Oh well, I missed this game but I feel blessed to have watched Kobe since his high school days and not only was able to attend his final game in the NBA, I actually flew in Kobe's helicopter before the game. As for Jamal, I've had the pleasure of watching him since his Michigan days, having a few conversations with him (mainly about inspiring the youth and Seattle hip-hop like Kid Sensation) over the past few years and knowing that I'll probably get to watch him play in the NBA for the next 2, 3, 4, ? years.

So I'm good.

Here's the video I ended up making from the time I spent with Jamal...before he went off for 63 points and hit a game-winner in front of Kobe Bryant.

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Jamal Crawford has given opponents plenty to be pissed about. I've watched him break more ankles and knock down more game-winners over the past two decades than just about any player and I can't recall him ever getting into a fight. On Wednesday, it almost happened after Crawford lost his cool with an opponent. And that opponent happened to be former teammate (Everybody Hates) Chris Paul.

After knocking CP3 to the ground during the Wolves 15-point third quarter in Game 5, Crawford stood over him and exchanged some words with the smiling Rockets point guard. Crawford then had some words for Harden and I'm assuming it wasn't about a rematch of the Seattle Pro-Am vs Drew League game (although I'm looking forward to that). The refs shut down the conversation by hitting Crawford with a tech.

According to , after the Wolves were eliminated, the two met in the tunnel (what's up with CP3 and tunnel stories?) for a "heated discussion."

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37-year old Jamal Crawford in a Wolves uniform doesn't look much different than the Clippers Crawford I watched duel with Kevin Durant three years ago or even Warriors Crawford I saw drop 50 on the Bobcats almost a decade ago. Here he is crossing KD on his way to a pretty layup. He finished the game with 4 ponts on 2 for 3 shooting in 14 minutes of action.

Here's a couple throwbacks for you. The first is Crawford scoring 36 to top the OKC Thunder, despite a game-high 42 from Durant. The second is Crawford outscoring KD 32-31 but losing by 2 in a game from 2016. The third is when KD returned to Seattle and dropped 63 in the Seattle Pro-Am, when it was known as the Jamal Crawford Pro-Am; Crawford had 44.

2013

2016

2013: SEATTLE PRO-AM

2008: CRAWFORD SCORES 50 FOR THE WARRIORS

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The pro am now known as @thecrawsover , Can't wait to wear this uni's this weekend!! pic.twitter.com/ncHYINc68c

— ? Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) June 30, 2017

Crawsover! How awesome of a name is that?

Jamal Crawford's summer pro-am league has been known as the Seattle Pro-Am for the past couple of years and the Jamal Crawford Pro-Am in 2013, when the man known as JCrossover took over the league that was started in 1996 by Doug Christie. Since Crawford's involvement in the "All Hoop, No Hype" league, there's been a long list of not just the city's best talent but the world's best talent stopping by: Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Blake Griffin, Isaiah Thomas and so on. We are expecting that list to expand this summer and if that wasn't exciting enough, tickets are FREE!

In honor of the new name, new look but same great summer basketball in a great city that deserves a basketball team, here's a compilation of the best moments and performances from the past four years (since we have been filming).

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There are two basketball related things I like to bring up every January 26th. One is Jamal Crawford has never been an NBA All-Star. That thought comes up because the NBA All-Star reserves start coming out around this time and I can't tell you how many times I've heard a name and said, "I bet this guy will be a trivia question one day that the casual basketball fan will get wrong." The second thing is Jamal Crawford, along with Hall of Famers Bernard King, Wilt Chamberlain and Moses Malone are the only players to ever score 50+ points with three different teams. That thought comes up because, on January 26th of 2007, Jamal had his second 50-point game. What makes this 50-point game so special is I actually consider it one of the most impressive and unappreciated 50-point games in NBA history.

Let's back up a little.

Four night before this historic night, the Knicks played a Wade and Shaq-less Miami Heat and somehow lost by 18, despite 23 points and 9 assists off the bench from Crawford. The Knicks played the Suns next and again went home losers, despite 29 and 11 from Crawford. The struggling Knicks then had to face the defending Champion Heat again, with Shaq and Wade back in the lineup. Everybody was thinking only an act of God could help the Knicks win this one and that's kind of what happened.

“That was heavenly intervention," said the Knicks Jerome James.

Crawford was a basketball God that night. After missing his first four shots, Crawford went from mortal man to basketball God and made 16 straight shots, including eight 3-pointers! His next miss didn't come until late in the 3rd quarter with the Knicks up by 20.

"The way how Jamal played tonight was incredible," Knicks guard Stephon Marbury said. "That was the best performance I've ever seen inside the Garden other than Michael Jordan."

With such a big lead and Wade going to the bench while waiving the white flag, Coach Isaiah Thomas had Crawford commit a foul with almost seven minutes left in the game so the fans could give Jamal a much deserved standing ovation. He did the get applause for leaving the game with 52 points on 20-for-30 shooting and becoming the third Knick to ever to score 50+ points in less than 40 minutes. But Thomas also got some complaints from fans who wanted to see Crawford go for 60 and/or break Bernard King's MSG record. Considering it was what Crawford called, "the hottest night of his career," scoring just eight points in the next seven minutes wouldn't have been much of a challenge. That is unless the other team took the record-chasing personally and decided to stop Crawford by any means necessary.

On a recent podcast interview with Woj, Crawford talked about that night and said the "old school" Thomas had too much respect for the game to leave him in with the Heat stars on the bench; he also wanted to make sure the Knicks didn't have a repeat of what happened when the Knicks left their starters in the previous year while they were up by 20 against the Nuggets.

I also had the pleasure of discussing this night with Crawford during a 2015 interview with him. You can go to the 31.45 second mark of the following video to hear him talk about the night or you can just watch the entire thing and hear him discuss the other two 50-point games, his NBA records, his passion for basketball, his commitment to his community and realize the difference between a true basketball star and an NBA All-Star.

Source: NY Times

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On December 20th of 2008, with Stephen Jackson and Corey Maggette out with injuries, Jamal Crawford stepped up for the Warriors and dropped 50 points on the Bobcats in a 110-103 victory. His latest 50-point game made him the fourth player in NBA history to ever score 50+ points on three different teams; Wilt Chamberlain, Moses Malone, and Bernard King are the other three greats with this accomplishment.

It was a nice bounce-back game for Crawford, after only scoring six?points on 3-of-15 shooting the night before.

"I was just out of it yesterday," Crawford said. "I got mad [at myself] yesterday and I played horribly because of it."

Against the Bobcats, Crawford hit 14-of-26 shots, including 5-of-8 from downtown and 17-of-18 free throws.

"I feel like I can pretty much get any shot I want," Crawford said. "I let people off the hook by settling for jump shots."

BONUS VIDEO: CRAWFORD'S OTHER 50 POINT GAMES

A year before this performance against the Bobcats, Crawford scored 52 points in 39 minutes against the Miami Heat, which included a ridiculous 16 consecutive field goals for the Knicks.

Go to 31:50 mark of the following video to hear Crawford discuss the game and the 19:50 mark to hear him talk about his first 50-point game in the NBA.

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