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- Author(s): Ballard, Chris; Sabino, David
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Sports Illustrated. 10/27/2003, Vol. 99 Issue 16, p132-132. 1p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Chart.
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This article predicts the performance of the Chicago Bulls in the 2003-04 National Basketball Association season, focusing on the responsibility of point guard, Jamal Crawford, and offering a projected starting lineup and an opposing team's scouting report. Jamal Crawford doesn't look like a team leader. Baby-faced and prone to tugging on his jersey with his thumbs while he talks as if he were wearing suspenders, the 23-year-old Chicago guard looks as if he just got out of college. Now, after three seasons in Chicago, he's in the peculiar position of being one of two Bulls with the longest continuous tenure, yet he's only a year older than Kirk Hinrich, the team's first-round draft pick out of Kansas. Crawford played at nearly an All-Star level down the stretch last season, averaging 23.0 points and 6.4 assists in the final eight games. But now the pressure to produce is greater because the team's 2002 first-round draft pick, Jay Williams, is sidelined indefinitely after a motorcycle accident and because Crawford's backup, Hinrich, is a rookie. INSETS: ENEMY LINES;PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP.
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