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NBA, Basketball Herren, USA Los Angeles Clippers at Phoenix Suns, Jan 4, 2019 Phoenix, AZ, USA Phoenix Suns guard Jamal Crawford 11 runs up the court in the game against the LA Clippers in the second half at Talking Stick Resort Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jennifer Stewart-USA TODAY Sports, 04.01.2019 20:48:54, 12016150, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, Talking Stick Resort Arena, Jamal Crawford, NBA PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY Copyright: xJenniferxStewartx 12016150
The holiday season is very special in the NBA. Over the years, fans have witnessed many classic Christmas Day games and moves. A decade ago, veteran Jamal Crawford made one such unreal play that had everyone in awe. Crawford was known for his handles during his time in the league and he popularized the iconic “Shake-and-bake” move. During the Christmas Day game in 2013, the former Los Angeles Clippers star unleashed the nasty move against the Denver Nuggets.
Clippers fan and actor Billy Crystal was the guest commentator for the game and he went wild watching Crawford pull it off. This led to the legendary one-liner. Crystal said, “Where I come from, this is called a Shabbat Shalom. Boom! Shabbat Shalom!”
"Where I come from, this is called a Shabbat Shalom."
– @BillyCrystal on @JCrossover's 2018 #NBAXmas handles! pic.twitter.com/upWhjJmfRK
— NBA History (@NBAHistory) December 21, 2022
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Jamal Crawford, now retired, talked about the unbelievable move five years after it happened via the social media platform X.
The 3x Sixth Man of the Year claimed that he predicted and asked fans whether he should do the move the night before the game. He added that he had to make sure that he showed out on his first Christmas Day game.
Backstory: I predicted and asked Twitter should I do it the night before lol. First game ever on Christmas Day, had to make it special! https://t.co/CA6e2rRaQw
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) December 24, 2023
It was certainly an instant with the fans and even his teammates could not believe their eyes. Also, J Crossover predicted when he promised a fan that he would pull off the “Shake-and-bake” a few days before the game. Yet, he reportedly held back.
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Jamal Crawford did not unleash the complete version of the move
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A lot of superstars in the league had their own signature move. While most of these could be used by other stars, Jamal Crawford’s signature move was relatively hard and very few pulled it off. However, it was not even the complete version.
The former star wanted to reveal the full move on his All-Star debut. He opened up about this in 2018 during an interview with Slam. Unfortunately, Crawford never made the All-Star team in his career.
He said, “What a lot of people don’t know is, the version the NBA has seen is the reduced version. The way I made it up, I do it on command, but I don’t want to show everybody since I was waiting until I made the All-star game to pull it out. But after it didn’t happen, it’s just like one of those Prince records that’s in the vaults, it’s not going to ever come out.”
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It appears we will never witness the complete version of the Shabbat Shalom from the player formerly known as J Crossover.