Minnesota Timberwolves’ veteran guard Jamal Crawford is looking to test the market in the offseason. According to the reports by ESPN, Crawford will decline his 2018-19 player option and become a free agent in the summer. The 38-year-old signed two-year, $9 million deal with the Timberwolves in 2017 after he was waived by the Atlanta Hawks.
Jamal Crawford is considered as one of the elite reserve players in NBA and was crucial for the Minnesota Timberwolves success in making the playoffs for the first time since 2004. He averaged 10.3 points and 2.3 assists in the regular season and also showed up in the postseason as well. Crawford had 11.8 points, 2.6 rebound, and 2.2 assists per game in the first round series against the Houston Rockets.
According to the league sources, Minnesota Timberwolves are interested in bringing the player back, with team’s best player Jimmy Butler saying to the front office that he wants Crawford to remain in Minnesota by “any means necessary.”
Jamal Crawford, who was the eighth overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft, is currently the only player in the league’s history who won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year award three times. He won the first award in 2010 while playing for the Atlanta Hawks, while other two came in 2014 and 2016 while he was playing with the Los Angeles Clippers.
