Crawford with the Washington Wizards
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No. 4 – New Orleans Pelicans | |
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Position | Shooting guard / Point guard |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born |
Detroit, Michigan |
October 23, 1988
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Virginia) |
College | |
NBA draft | 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27th overall |
Selected by the New Jersey Nets | |
Playing career | 2010–present |
Career history | |
2010–2011 | Atlanta Hawks |
2011–2013 | Washington Wizards |
2013–2014 | Boston Celtics |
2014 | Golden State Warriors |
2014 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers |
2015 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
2015–2016 | Tianjin Ronggang |
2016–2017 | Grand Rapids Drive |
2017–present | New Orleans Pelicans |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Jordan Lee Crawford (born October 23, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played collegiately at Indiana and then Xavier. His brother is Joe Crawford, who has also played in the NBA.
Crawford was born to parents Joseph Sr. and Sylvia Crawford in Detroit, Michigan in 1988. Jordan Crawford is the younger brother to University of Kentucky basketball player, Joe Crawford. In high school, he had suffered an ankle injury which forced him to miss his senior year of basketball. He attended Detroit's Communication and Media Arts High School and the prep school, Hargrave Military Academy, in Chatham, Virginia.
Crawford signed a National Letter of Intent to play at Indiana University and enrolled in 2007. Crawford played 30 games as a freshman at Indiana starting eight times and finished seventh among Big Ten Conference freshmen in scoring with 9.7 points per game, while helping Indiana finish 25–8 overall, 14–4 in the Big Ten and advancing to the NCAA tournament. Crawford scored in double figures 15 times as a freshman, including a career high 21 points in Indiana's win at Northwestern on February 23, 2008 and had a near perfect night from the floor at Northwestern going for 6-for-7 overall and 4-for-5 behind the three-point line while handing out all five of his assists. He also made all five of his free throw attempts at the free throw line. Indiana recorded a 13–2 record when Crawford scored in double figures.