Jamal Crawford Paid $12,000 to New Teammate Luke Babbitt Just to Wear No. 11

"“That was a hard bargain, a tough bargain to get it,” Crawford said, laughing, after the Blazers’ practice on Saturday. “Luke could have been a lawyer … he got me.” Aldridge planted the seed for the transaction on Wednesday night, when he called Babbitt to lobby on Crawford’s behalf. Babbitt told Aldridge he was open to a change and would think it over. The next morning, Crawford reached out to Babbitt in a text message and the two exchanged figures in a series of back-and-forth bargaining sessions. “He low-balled me,” Babbitt said, laughing. “So I came back with something and we met in the middle.”"

If you’re wondering, Crawford’s deal with Portland was for 2 years and $10 million; I’m no Darren Rovell, but rudimentary math tells me …

$5 million per year
66 games
$75,757 per game
$18,939 per quarter

And by rudimentary, I mean that taxes, lawyer, agent and baby mama payments are not included in those figures. And I have no idea if Aldridge asked for a cut for essentially brokering the deal. [Oregonian]