I think my hardest challenge was school-wise-actually getting to a Division I school. Once I got to a DI school, I knew it would be all left up to me. That’s when I went to Howard for a year, I did two sessions of summer classes and I got the credits I needed to get to a DI school. So then it’s just like, What do I want to do now? How do I get to where I want to be? Sure enough, I got a call from another junior college (Howard) who said, We can get you the courses you need in one year and we’ll get you to where you wanna be. Like after I went to JuCo where I did what I had to do in the classroom, I come to find out that I went to a college that was unaccredited. Jae Crowder: It was a tough time for me because I just didn’t know what to do. SLAM: You had a tough road to the NBA, but even before that, just getting to a DI school was difficult, right? He graciously took some time to talk to SLAM this week about his struggle make it as a baller, how he’s improved in the past year and what it’s like to play with the great Dirk Nowitzki. Things weren’t always so bright for the Georgia native, though, who had a uniquely challenging path to the L. He can breathe easy this summer, as he’ll go into next season locked into a significant role on a new-look team. He stayed steady from then on, playing in 78 games-starting 16-while contributing on both sides of the ball. Crowder scored 8 points, hit 2 threes and, most importantly, the Mavs won. He opened the season as a key guy in Dallas’ rotation, playing 20 minutes on opening night against the Lakers in Los Angeles. By Leo Sepkowitz | being taken in the second round by the Mavericks last summer, Jae Crowder immediately made a name for himself.
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