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MSG Networks, the television home of the New York Knicks, announced today that former Knicks shooting guard and three-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year award winner Jamal Crawford will join the network as an analyst for select Knicks games throughout the rest of the season. Crawford’s first assignment in the new role will be Wednesday, Nov. 20th when the Knicks visit the Phoenix Suns.
Crawford will be filling in for Hall-of-Famer Walt “Clyde” Frazier and will work his first game alongside Mike Breen. He is set to also call two other games on the current road trip the team is on. On Nov. 23 he will work with team radio announcer Tyler Murray in a game against the Utah Jazz. Breen will then return to the play-by-play chair with Crawford for his next game, Nov. 25 against the Denver Nuggets.
“I’m excited about it,” Crawford said in a release from the network. “Obviously, nobody is Walt ‘Clyde’ [Frazier], he is one-of-one. Whether it’s ‘movin’ and groovin’ or any one of his sayings – he is a treasure. I’m just happy to sub in for him and have some fun with it.”
Crawford played for 20 years in the NBA. He was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 9th pick in the 2000 draft and was traded the same day to the Chicago Bulls. In addition to the Bulls and the Knicks, Crawford played for Golden State, Atlanta, Portland, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Phoenix, and Brooklyn. Crawford finished his career with 19,419 points and averaged 14.6 points per game.
Crawford’s tenure with the New York Knicks ran from 2004 to 2008. He is the second player in NBA history to have scored 10,000+ career points off the bench and is second all-time in the NBA in career four-point plays.
