Chris Crawford (basketball, born 1992)

Chris Crawford
Crawford in 2023
No. 1 – Urunani
PositionShooting guard
LeagueRoad to BAL
Personal information
Born (1992-09-30) September 30, 1992 (age 32)
Memphis, Tennessee
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolSheffield (Memphis, Tennessee)
CollegeMemphis (2010–2014)
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015Canton Charge
2015–2016Rouen Métropole Basket
2016Canton Charge
2016Iowa Energy
2017–2019Beirut Club
2019Homenetmen
2020–2021Club Africain
2021Ezzahra Sports
2021US Monastir
2022SLAC
2022Al Wahda Damascus
2022Patriots
2023AS Douanes
2023Beirut Club
2023AS Salé
2023Al Ahly Benghazi
2023Al Ittihad Alexandria
2024US Monastir
2024–presentUrunani
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Marcus Christopher Crawford (born September 30, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Urunani. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis. Crawford has had an extensive career with teams in Europe and Africa. He is a two-time All-BAL First Team selection.

College career

Crawford played four years of college basketball for the Memphis Tigers. After two irregular initial seasons, he had a breakout season as a junior in 2012–13, posting career highs in points, rebounds, three-point field goals made (71), and three-point percentage (39.9), and earning Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year honors.[1]

Professional career

2014–15 season: Rookie season in the NBA D-League

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Crawford joined the Houston Rockets for the 2014 NBA Summer League.[2] On September 28, 2014, he signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[3] However, he was later waived by the Cavaliers on October 19 after appearing in five preseason games.[4] On November 2, he was acquired by the Canton Charge of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Cavaliers.[5] In his rookie season, Crawford helped the Charge record a franchise-best 31 wins. He went on to help his team win their first round playoff match-up against the Sioux Falls Skyforce 2–1, making it through to the semi-finals where they lost to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants 2–0.[6] In 54 games for the Charge in 2014–15, Crawford averaged 8.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.0 steals per game.[7]

2015–16 season: France and D-League

On July 28, 2015, Crawford signed with SPO Rouen Basket of France for the 2015–16 LNB Pro A season.[8] On January 4, 2016, he was released by Rouen.[9] In 14 games for the club, he averaged 5.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.[10]

On February 24, 2016, Crawford was reacquired by the Canton Charge.[11] He made his season debut that night in a 119–109 win over the Grand Rapids Drive, recording 11 points, two rebounds and nine assists in 26 minutes.[12]

2016–17 season: NBA D-League

On September 23, 2016, Crawford signed with the Memphis Grizzlies.[13] However, he was later waived by the Grizzlies on October 20 after appearing in four preseason games.[14] On November 1, he was reacquired by the Canton Charge.[15] Ten days later, he was waived by the Canton Charge.[16] On November 28, he was acquired by the Iowa Energy,[17] but was waived on December 12[18] after averaging 7.3 points, 1.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists in three games.[19]

2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons: Beirut Club

During summer 2017, Crawford signed a one-year deal with Beirut Club of the Lebanese Basketball League. During that season he led his team to the league's Final Four. He averaged 18.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 6.3 assists per game.

On August 29, 2018, Crawford signed another one-year deal with Beirut Club.[20]

2020–21 season: Tunisia

In January 2020, Crawford signed in Tunisia with US Monastir of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).[21] However, the season was cancelled shortly after his signing due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Later, he joined Club Africain in Tunisia instead.[22] On March 21, 2021, he signed with Ezzahra Sports.[23]

2021–22 season: Guinea, Syria and Rwanda

In March 2022, Crawford joined the Guinean club SLAC before the 2022 season of the BAL. On March 5, he scored 30 points in a 70–85 opening night win against DUC.[24] He helped SLAC advance to the playoffs after leading the team in both points and assist with 21.4 points and 4.8 assists per game.

On May 17, 2022, Crawford joined Al Wahda Damascus of the Syrian Basketball League.[25]

On August 23, 2022, he joined Patriots BBC of the Rwanda Basketball League ahead of the playoffs.[26] On August 26, Crawford scored 8 points in his debut in a 91–45 win against Tigers BBC.[27] The Patriots ended up losing the league finals to REG, therefore finishing second.

2022–23 season: Senegal and Lebanon

In January 2023, Crawford signed with Senegalese champions AS Douanes with whom he played in his third consecutive BAL season.[28] He helped the Douanes surprisingly reach the 2023 BAL Final, where the Douanes lost to Al Ahly from Egypt. He was given a place in the All-BAL First Team after his averages 19.0 points and 5.5 rebounds over the season.[29]

Later that year, in June, Crawford returned to Beirut Club in Lebanon to help the team in the Final Eight of the FIBA West Asia Super League.[30]

2023–24 season: Morocco, Libya, Egypt and Tunisia

In September 2023, Crawford joined the Moroccan club AS Salé and made their debut with them in the Arab Club Basketball Championship. Salé finished as runners-up.

In October 2023, Crawford joined Al Ahly Benghazi for the 2024 edition of the Road to BAL, and helped Al Ahly qualify for the BAL as the first team from Libya. On November 5, Crawford scored a game-high 39 points in the decisive third place game against FAP, thus clinching a berth in the BAL.[31]

Shortly after finishing play with Al Ahly, Crawford was announced by Al Ittihad Alexandria of the Egyptian Basketball Premier League.[32]

In May 2024, Crawford returned to US Monastir for a second stint with the Tunisian champions.[33] He led the league in assists with 9.0 per game, and was named to his second straight All-BAL First Team selection, despite Monastir losing in the quarterfinals to the Rivers Hoopers.[34]

2024–25 season: Burundi

In October 2024, Crawford joined the Burundian champions Urunani for their qualifying games in the 2025 BAL qualification, where he re-united with his former backcourt teammate at AS Douanes, Jean Jacques Boissy.[35]

The Basketball Tournament

Chris Crawford played for Team Memphis State in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament. He averaged 10.0 points per game, 5.0 assists per game and 4.5 rebounds per game. Team Memphis State reached the second round before falling to Team DRC.[citation needed]

BAL career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

[36]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021 Monastir 6 0 24.1 .478 .410 .500 3.0 3.7 1.3 .2 14.0
2022 SLAC 5 5 36.0 .438 .412 .889 6.4 4.0 1.2 .2 21.4
2023 AS Douanes 8 8 34.1 .380 .319 .788 5.5 3.3 1.5 .5 19.0
2024 Monastir 8 7 35.8 .460 .387 .600 5.5 9.0 1.3 .4 19.0

References

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  2. ^ "Crawford opens NBA Summer League with a bang". GoTigers247.
  3. ^ "Cavs Sign Chris Crawford and Shane Edwards". Cleveland Cavaliers.
  4. ^ "Cavs Waive Crawford and Holt". Cleveland Cavaliers.
  5. ^ "2014–15 Canton Charge Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. November 2, 2014. Archived from the original on December 20, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  6. ^ "D-League Diary: Stephen Holt". NBA.com. May 1, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  7. ^ "Chris Crawford D-League Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  8. ^ "Rouen Metropole Basket lands Chris Crawford".
  9. ^ "Rouen : Chris Crawford vers la sortie" (in French). Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
  10. ^ Weir, Josh. "Team source: Charge bringing back Chris Crawford". The Repository.
  11. ^ "Chris Crawford Returns to Charge". OurSportsCentral.com. February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  12. ^ "Charge Surge For 10th Straight Win". NBA.com. February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  13. ^ "Grizzlies Finalize 2016 Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  14. ^ "Grizzlies waive Chris Crawford & Vince Hunter". NBA.com. October 20, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  15. ^ "Canton Charge 2016 Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. November 1, 2016. Archived from the original on November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  16. ^ "Charge Set 2016–17 Opening Day Roster". NBA.com. November 10, 2016. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
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  20. ^ "Chris Crawford re-signs with Beirut Club". Sportando. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  21. ^ "Chris Crawford signs with US Monastir". January 4, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  22. ^ "Basket-Ball : Chris Crawford rejoint le Club Africain". August 29, 2020.
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  24. ^ "Schedule". The BAL. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
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