Jae Crowder
Corey Jae Crowder (born July 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Crowder with the Utah Jazz in 2018 | |
| No. 99 – Milwaukee Bucks | |
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| Position | Power forward / small forward |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 6, 1990 Villa Rica, Georgia, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Villa Rica (Villa Rica, Georgia) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2012: 2nd round, 34th overall pick |
| Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2014 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2014 | →Texas Legends |
| 2014–2017 | Boston Celtics |
| 2017–2018 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2018–2019 | Utah Jazz |
| 2019–2020 | Memphis Grizzlies |
| 2020 | Miami Heat |
| 2020–2023 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2023–present | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Not being heavily recruited out of high school, Crowder committed to South Georgia Technical College and later Howard College, where he led the team to an NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in his sophomore season. While at Howard College, Crowder was also named State Farm Junior College Player of the Year. Later, he transferred to Marquette, where he was named Big East Player of the Year in his senior season.
After his senior year ended, Crowder declared for the 2012 NBA draft, where he was drafted 34th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers and traded to the Dallas Mavericks on draft night. In 2014, Crowder was traded to the Boston Celtics. He spent three years in Boston before being traded back to his draft team, the Cavaliers, in August 2017. In 2018, Crowder was traded to the Utah Jazz. He was dealt to the Memphis Grizzlies in 2019, and he was traded to the Miami Heat in 2020, with whom he reached his first NBA Finals with the same year. In the 2020 offseason, Crowder signed with the Phoenix Suns and reached his second NBA Finals in 2021. After disagreements between Crowder and the Suns' front office, both sides mutually agreed on having Crowder sit out for the start of the 2022–23 season. He would eventually be traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in 2023.