Jamal Crawford Re-signs with Clippers 3 Years $42 Million

Jamal Crawford has agreed to a three-year, $42M deal to return to the Clippers, league sources tell The Vertical.

Wow. Doc Rivers you fu**ing idiot. Jamal will be nearly 40 by the time this ends and now he's getting 14 million a year.

I literally feel sick to my stomach right now.

Clippers' initial offer to Jamal Crawford was 1-year, $12 million. After further negotiations, they reached the 3-year, $42 million deal.

Another year of Jamal playing 30 min a game often at SF late in games and completely vanishing come playoff time.

Wow this is f&ck

Sorry for the last post but I'm just mind boggled right now. I couldn't be more disappointed

Welp. Hawks west have returned folks. Nothing to see here. Will win 55 games, be out in 1st or 2nd round while Jamal shoots 30 percent from field, 20 percent from deep like he's done in playoffs last 3 seasons.

Well, CTB won't need to change the banner now. I don't see PP retiring now.

Team will never learn Doc will never control his shot selection.

This is even worse than Austin's contract. At least Austin is young. Jamal is 36 years old, we're giving him $14 million/year until he is 39. One injury and Jamal can go from productive regular season player who is poor in the post-season and can't defend to just totally unproductive player. Guess Lawrence Frank addition was useless, this is just Doc from day 1 again, over-rating his ability to coach the players into productivity.

Wow. We have some idiotic players. Apparently his teammates were pissed at first office and went to front office. Those idiots aren't the ones who gotta think about the future or hard cap. All they give a **** about is their next payday.

This is so bad. Doc Rivers never ceases to amaze me.

That's the thing about Jamal being so a nice and lovable guy, its great and all, but it doesn't help win playoff series'

Sorry for the last post but I'm just mind boggled right now. I couldn't be more disappointed

2nd that. I'm floored.

How did we go from one year to 3 years for a 36 year old? How is this real? We just created a stagnant team. We will be hard capped because Wesley will now be making the MLE. We have so much salary that next off-season it doesn't even make sense how we will sign everyone, let alone add any significant talent. This really makes little sense, going to love to hear Doc's spin of the great off-season they had.

The main issue here is that we've essentially locked this team in for at least the next 2 seasons without really much opportunity to get better unless we plan on moving Austin, Johnson and Jamal before next off-season. We're more likely to lose one of our free agents next off-season than to add any significant talent, and we have no draft pick. So basically we're trusting that our rookies really develop very well.

This has to be the worst decision ever!! How can you just sign a crying baby who is threatening to go to other contending teams if he doesn't get his way. For what, just to please someone who is not worth it? That's what Doc has been doing from day one pleasing the players and not playing and utilizing what works and doesn't. We know Jamal will not work this year or next year. The younger guys will not be developed or get any playing time because Jamal needs his 30 mins in even if he is shooting a 2/20. Smh @ Ballmer for not putting his foot down and Doc for being the dumbest GM to ever.

1st round exit here come the Clippers!

I guess I'm one of the few who believed we could compete for a title last year before Blake and cp3 went down. Due to that belief I am not overly concerned that we are keeping our guys. If everyone is healthy I believe we can compete for the title... I look at jamal as an asset to help us win regular season games without overusing our stars, if we can just avoid relying on him heavily in the playoffs we will be fine

Good job Doc! Horrible job on A.Rivers.

I mean the fact that the cavs and the warriors showed interest in jamal says a lot about what jamal can do to help a team.

This team will go as far as BG takes us, KD is the only free agent signing that could change that tbh

I'm so happy for Jamal and I know "Clippernation" is split on his value or worth to this team. Jamal is instant offense and yes he does brick up shots but his passing is great and I prefer him backing CP3 than Austin. He's good for this team and what we need is his leadership with rookies. Congrats Jamal, you've earned every damn cent!

Cavs and Warriors have the leadership to cut off Jamal when he goes off the rails. No one challenges or checks Jamal here its widely accepted and game 5 of both of the last two years show Jamal will go chuck heavy in a bad way untouched. Jamal overall in the post season is a step back for the other teams.

It's a weird thing. As a person I love it for Jamal because he's the perfect pro and teammate. He's kind and beloved by everyone. But in a cutthroat basketball sense I'm pissed as hell. I could of done 2 years but 3!?

OOOOOfffffff!!! Speechless. **** Doc Rivers! Single handedly destroyed this team. What a fuckkn idiot. If KD signs in GS, might as well explore trades for Blake and Chris because this team as currently constructed is NOT making it out the first round, let alone winning the West. I could understand either or between Jamal and Austin, but both?!?! Oh my!!! That band of brothers **** is cool IF it were getting results but gotdamn!!

I'm all right with this deal especially with outrageous contracts everyone seems to getting. The main part of I was looking into was the third year. If it was guarantee, I would gone berserk like everyone else. However, it's partially guarantee so even it wouldn't work out after year 2, we can always release him except he will gone away with the cashes. Plus, with options limited, it's not like there's anything else beside the unproven.

This is all a result of Doc being an idiot. Players were probably upset because he gave his son all that money and and low balled Jamal, forcing him into this contract. And to think this organization once had Olshey calling the shots.

I'm all right with this deal especially with outrageous contracts everyone seems to getting. The main part of I was looking into was the third year. If it was guarantee, I would gone berserk like everyone else. However, it's partially guarantee so even it wouldn't work out after year 2, we can always release him except he will gone away with the cashes. Plus, with options limited, it's not like there's anything else beside the unproven.

Unproven vs proven to shyt the bed come playoff time

Safe to say it willbe another lost year fire doc already

Unproven vs proven to shyt the bed come playoff time

So what would be your solution?

Not about the contract at all I'll take two lesser players in a defined roles over Jamal. We have a massive body of work of what Jamal can and can't do on this freaking team at worse take that step back and try a new approach with whatever talent you can pull in.

Eh, both the cavs and warriors wanted jamal, and I can see why they both wanted him. Maybe the idea is let jamal win you some regular season games while you rest lebron or steph... I don't mind letting cp3 or BG rest while jamal wins us some regular season games... In the end titles are won by stars... Jamal hasn't cost us ANY titles... Cp3 and BG have... If cp3 and BG produce in the playoffs I don't think it will matter much what jamal does

If we lose in the 1st 2 rounds it's not cause of jamal... Like if Cleveland lost it wouldn't be because of JR Smith... If the warriors lost its not because of Iggy, when the thunder lost this yr it wasn't because of Dion waiters... So when I see people saying we are doomed because we resigned jamal it tells me what the expectations of our stars are... Maybe the leadership you are referring to is the problem, not cutting off jamal

not re-signing Jamal

What would be your other options? Roll out with Austin, CJ, and the rookies?

Good to see 6th man of the year back- thought he was gone for sure. I would have preferred the 1 or 2 year contract, however. But the type of body & the way Jamal plays, I do think he has several years left in him. But hopefully the third year is a team option. The Clipper payroll is really gonna skyrocket few seasons- I guess Ballmer is fine with it.

Love to see how Crawford helps this team win a chip at nearly 40 years old. Way to go Doc

It actually is because of our bench players, ESPECIALLY Jamal. Starters can only carry so much load.

A little torn on this. I respect Jamal and what he's done with this team over the years. But facts are facts: Crawford is a one dimension player, all offense, no defense, at all. As far as his shooting goes, he's literally feast or famine, and when it's famine, it really hurts the team. Plus I don't like the fact that Jamal was whining about the first offer, only then to appease him by giving him what he wants. What, is there really no one else out there that can help this team? I'm really hoping a praying Durant stays in OKC because if he goes to the Warriors, the Clips have no chance at competing with them. It's already hard to compete against them without KD.

Good to see 6th man of the year back- thought he was gone for sure. I would have preferred the 1 or 2 year contract, however. But the type of body & the way Jamal plays, I do think he has several years left in him. But hopefully the third year is a team option. The Clipper payroll is really gonna skyrocket few seasons- I guess Ballmer is fine with it.

One little problem with that called hard cap. Which we are at now. If Pierce doesn't retire or get stretched and cut we can't even afford to sign the rookies. Jamal being back in itself isn't bad given how limited we were. Jamal being back for quite a bit more than Aaron Afflalo just costed a team till he's 40? That's the problem.

One little problem with that called hard cap. Which we are at now. If Pierce doesn't retire or get stretched and cut we can't even afford to sign the rookies. Jamal being back in itself isn't bad given how limited we were. Jamal being back for quite a bit more than Aaron Afflalo just costed a team till he's 40? That's the problem.

Well, at least it sounds like the third year of the deal is only partially guaranteed, plus it keeps him away from the Warriors. Unfortunately it seems that the Warriors may be getting Durant- that's not even fair. Hopefully they will be forced now to gut their bench, and the Clippers may be able to snatch some good players from them.

Aaron Afflalo would have been nice, but the guy is oft injured and the Clippers wouldn't have been able to sign him anyways for that amount because he wasn't their FA.

It actually is because of our bench players, ESPECIALLY Jamal. Starters can only carry so much load.

Then THAT is the biggest Problem we have... Cause like I said, cavs lose and no one is blaming Jr Smith, warriors lose and no one is blaming Iggy, thunder lose and no one is blaming waiters, but if the clips lose its cause of jamal smh

The statement in itself reflects on the lack of accountability we hold for our stars

If it's jamals fault then we don't have a roster that can truly contend anyway so in the end all of this doesn't matter anyway

Yea I didn't mean we could sign Afflalo. I'm asking why younger, better Afflalo got 30/3 yet we gave Jamal 42/3 till he's 39 or 40. Doc got fleeced.

Doc Pretty much had to get Jamal at what ever cost because Jamal is the perfect type of player to run with Austin, Now Austin doesn't have to be a play maker or scorer Jamal will do it.

Yea I didn't mean we could sign Afflalo. I'm asking why younger, better Afflalo got 30/3 yet we gave Jamal 42/3 till he's 39 or 40. Doc got fleeced.

Actually 2/25 for Afflalo. And you mean Ballmer got fleeced, especially with the Austin deal.

Great locker room guy, great teammate, but jeez we just can't get rid of this guy lol. It's the off-season, it's all about over reactions so he might actually be helpful during the year, but please Doc, trade this guy once you have the chance

One little problem with that called hard cap. Which we are at now. If Pierce doesn't retire or get stretched and cut we can't even afford to sign the rookies. Jamal being back in itself isn't bad given how limited we were. Jamal being back for quite a bit more than Aaron Afflalo just costed a team till he's 40? That's the problem.

WE COULDNT AFFORD AFFLALO. OR ANYONE ELSE.

I'm not happy with the contract either, but no one here seems to understand the situation we were in. The only reason we could pay to keep Jamal is because we had his bird rights. Same with Austin. If they had of left, we would have had maybe $10m to sign players to replace them. Of the FA's who have signed so far, please enlighten me on who we could have signed to fill both those positions for $10m?!

Actually 2/25 for Afflalo. And you mean Ballmer got fleeced, especially with the Austin deal.

True, but we could have lose Crawford to GS and kill us nightly with us having no bench.

Iguodala is low usage and also gives rebounding and defensive help consistently. Waiters was barely shooting with OKC and actually defended well, so it's not the same. If the stars actually play poorly we can hate on them, but generally they don't. Still I'm not one to blame one player, Jamal has not helped too much, but team defense has been an issue also in the past which is more than one player, and it's not just Jamal, its multiple role / complimentary players struggling.

I agree with everything you just said... It doesn't change any of what I said tho

Except I do believe jamal helps us... Primarily in the regular season, which is why in my initial post I said I don't mind resigning him because I believe he can save BG and cp3 from being over used in the regular season allowing them to play more minutes in the playoffs

In the playoffs jamal should be a role player mostly counted on for 2nd quarter scoring... If BG continues to disappear in the 4th quarter of big games we will lose anyway

IMO it's really on BG, when he is at the top of his game he is as good as anyone not named lebron. We need to figure out how to get BG to play in the 4th like he does in the 1st

Wow 3 years ?? I wouldn't have given him 3 years I would have given him the dollars but left it at 2 years because I don't believe the dollars are an over pay its the 3rd year that is the kicker.

Matt Barnes has agreed to terms with the Kings... Blah

I think the clips are still better than the spurs... If okc loses Durant we should be the 2nd best team in the west tbh and if Durant stays we might still be better than okc as the idea of kanter having to defend BG or DJ sounds very promising lol

This year will dictate if BG is a future hof'er or just amare 2.0

Nooooooo!!! WTF?? I'm sick of his game. Why couldn't he go to the Knicks or some other team in dire need of a unconscious chucker??

Another off season disaster, no small forward, no Cole Aldrich. I don't see the Clippers winning a championship with Doc Rivers.

I want to thank a friend for stopping me from breaking my phone after all these announcements.

Wow 3 years ?? I wouldn't have given him 3 years I would have given him the dollars but left it at 2 years because I don't believe the dollars are an over pay its the 3rd year that is the kicker.

It's partial guarantee on the third year