Really? Are you freaking kidding me? As a Bulls fan, as a Bulls fan who rooted for and supported Jamal, it really peeves the crap out of me that he could say such a thing. It gives you more confidence that if you miss one or two, you know you've been working on it every single day and your teammates have confidence because they see it as well.' 'Now it's part of my lifestyle, working out and being here, shooting and getting shots up.

I came here right after Labor Day, which is the earliest I've ever gone to any team in the summer, and all the guys were here, committed to getting better. 'But I just wanted to work on something and be in great shape coming into camp. I usually just play off of raw talent,' he said Thursday after the Clippers' practice. ' This summer was actually the first summer I worked on my game. It's astonishing to think that Crawford, who is the NBA's career leader with 34 four-point plays and ranks 21st all-time with 1,387 three-pointers, didn't routinely spend his summers in stuffy gyms trying to perfect his shot.

After 12 NBA seasons and with a firm reputation as a pure shooter, Clippers guard Jamal Crawford tried something during the off-season he had never done before.

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