If Jamal Crawford didn’t approach Antonio Blakeney after this game was over to offer him sage, veteran advice, then I don’t know what to think. Antonio Blakeney is like the one dude currently in the NBA who sort of fits into the Crawford mold, except he likes passing even less than Crawford does. If Crawford wants to see his legacy continue, that means training the next generation of shooting guard chuckers on how to remorselessly chuck shots while ignoring teammates and ISOing constantly. Otherwise these young guns will learn all about ball movement and efficiency and good shot selection. That will be the day that the Crawford breed is totally dead.
All he would need to do is go up to Blakeney after the game and be like, “Hey young guy, you played good but there were times where I felt like you should have taken control of the offense. If your coach doesn’t like it he can bench you, but that doesn’t make him right. You’re the one with the scoring talent, not him.” That’s all it would take and Blakeney’s development would be set for life. Nobody would ever have to coach him again.
Side note: does Jamal Crawford ever visually age? He looks like he’s 23 years old in the thumbnail. He’s gonna be an old man with a perfectly smooth baby face.
Another side note added after publication: I TOTALLY FORGOT THIS WAS A REVENGE GAME FOR CRAWFORD. REVENGE GAME! REVENGE GAME! REVENGE!!!!!!