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I saw earlier in the week that Jamal Crawford was deciding between Portland, the Kings and the Knicks to play this year and I knew JC would pick Portland.

Come on man! Portland is near Crawford’s home in Seattle plus he knows Portland head coach Nate McMillan who used to be the head coach of our dearly departed Seattle Sonics when Crawford was playing high school ball at Rainier Beach.

Of course Crawford is basically taking the place of a fella he has known since childhood in Brandon Roy who also is from Seattle. Roy played his high school at Seattle’s legendary Garfield High School played against Roy at community centers like Rainier and Rainier Beach and Miller and Yesler and Montlake here in Seattle.

Roy had to retire because of bad knees. Too young to retire at only 27 years old. Roy is a real nice dude just like JC and they both do a lot for kids in the “inner city” in the Seattle area.

Jamal can get his own shot and can fill it up from the outside. I think it was a great move by Portland to sign Crawford. During off days he can just hop in his car and drive up I-5 for a few hours and walk into his own home and visit family. Man cannot beat that.

Plus mom and family can watch a lot of Jamal’s games on Comcast SportsNet who broadcasts a lot of Portland’s games during the season or they can get in the cars and ride a few hours on the freeway to watch Jamal.  The main thing is THE NBA IS BACK!!! Gordon Curvey