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Orlando Magic: 3 fun and outrageous free agent additions

By Luke Duffy

MIAMI, FL - FEBRUARY 13: Dion Waiters #11 of the Miami Heat drives on Evan Fournier #10 of the Orlando Magic during a game at American Airlines Arena on February 13, 2017 in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - FEBRUARY 13: Dion Waiters #11 of the Miami Heat drives on Evan Fournier #10 of the Orlando Magic during a game at American Airlines Arena on February 13, 2017 in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
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3. Jamal Crawford

A relatively safe place to start in that Jamal Crawford is a professional, but he has not been seen on an NBA court since the final game of the 2018-19 season. On that occasion, he dropped 51 points. If you ask him about it, even he isn’t sure why he’s not on a roster right now. He wants back into the league, and the Magic would be an ideal landing spot.

He could do for the Orlando Magic what Carmelo Anthony has done for the Portland Trail Blazers. Namely come in, be pretty horrible defensively (and that’s being kind to Anthony), but score the ball in a myriad of different ways.

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Crawford would be doing this, like Anthony currently is, for an outfit that is trying to make it to the playoffs. He would be needed for 15-18 minutes a night, or until Ross has figured out how to get out of the funk he has been in all year. Crawford is a career 34.8 percent 3-point shooter, and has been knocking them down since before it was cool.

For a brief stretch during his first stop with the Chicago Bulls, he shot 44.8 percent from deep, and that was all the way back in 2001-02. Stephen Curry was 13. Bringing back Crawford might be reaching too far into the past, but he has always looked and carried himself like somebody who looks after their body. Much like Ray Allen looked when his career ended, although as you may remember he never officially retired either.

Crawford would not be a troubling influence on younger guys like Markelle Fultz and Jonathan Isaac, and he would come in knowing that this would likely be his last spin in the league. Imagine if he was able to sign off by making a couple more big shots in a playoff game, having helped fire the Magic to that spot in the first place? He never got his ring, so this would be the next best thing.

You also better believe that Orlando Magic fans would buy Crawford gear in their droves, and given that this is a fanbase that has had to suffer through a lot over the last eight years, that kind of excitement and buzz about having an OG of the game to cheer on for 27 regular season games would be cool. Exciting too.

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