On this date in Knicks history: Knicks acquire Jamal Crawford

On August 5, 2004, the Knicks acquired Jamal Crawford and Jerome Williams from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Othella Harrington, Frank Williams, Cezary Trybański, and Dikembe Mutombo.The Knicks were already a few years into a plague of nine-straight losing seasons when Crawford's ship reached our shore. Those teams rarely gave you much to care about.

Jamal, at least, gave you a reason to look up from a book while the TV played in the background.The former Michigan Wolverine arrived as a gifted young scorer whose imagination occasionally exceeded the structure that contained him. Drafted eighth in 2000 by the Cleveland Cavaliers, he won Sixth Man of the Year in his second season with the Knicks and would win it twice more before retiring.It's fair to wonder what Crawford might have become in a healthier basketball ecosystem.

The Isiah Thomas years were dark, dark, dysfunctional times. During his four-plus seasons in New York, Jamal played under six different head coaches a…

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