An NBA preseason game may not seem like a benchmark moment, even in a basketball-hungry city like Seattle, but Jamal Crawford believes there’s value even in an exhibition. FOX13
"It reignites a whole new generation of kids who need to see this," said Crawford, a Seattle native who has been a basketball ambassador for the city through a 20-year NBA career and now with a pro-am that brings in NBA players every summer. "They need to be able to dream and know that it’s real."
"The Sonics haven’t been a team since I’ve been in the NBA. So just to go play in Seattle is cool," Blazers star Damian Lillard said. "We played in Vancouver a few years back. I think like two or three years ago, we had a preseason game at the Coliseum. So every time we get to do something like that, I always enjoy it because I wondered what was it like when it was a real thing, when the games were played in these different arenas. So I am excited to play in Seattle.
The community’s commitment has never been in question. The appetite of Seattle fans hasn’t waned in the years since the Sonics left and as the region became a hotbed for NBA talent, whether it was Crawford continuing to carry the banner for the city, to Zach Lavine of Renton, Washington, to this year’s No. 1 overall pick Paolo Banchero, another Seattle native.
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