Dan Crawford Net Worth, Income, Salary, Earnings, Biography

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has employed Dan Crawford (born November 23, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois) as a professional basketball referee since the 1984–85 season. Crawford is a native of Chicago. In all, Crawford has officiated in 1,425 regular season games, 191 playoff games, and 18 NBA Finals since the start of the 2006-07 NBA season. He was also selected to play in the NBA All-Star Games in 1994 and 2001. He is identified by the uniform number 43. Crawford was born in Chicago and graduated from Northeastern Illinois University in 1976. He has 12 years of high school basketball officiating experience, eight years of collegiate officiating experience in the Missouri Valley Conference and Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference, and four years of continental basketball officiating experience in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). 

He currently resides in Naperville, Illinois, where his son Drew Crawford attended Naperville Central High School, where he played basketball. Drew went on to play for the Northwestern Wildcats basketball team in the 2013-2014 season. According to a storey published on the ESPN website, Crawford is accused of calling an excessive amount of fouls against the Dallas Mavericks. Crawford has denied the allegations. It is said in the article that: “A 2–16 record in games officiated by Crawford has been compiled by the Mavericks in the postseason, including 16 defeats in the previous 17 games. As a result of Mark Cuban’s ownership, the Dallas Mavericks are 48–41 in the remainder of their postseason games during his time as owner. 

Cuban has been fined millions of dollars in the past 11 years for openly complaining about refereeing. Since 2001, the Mavericks have been called for 2.3 more fouls per game than their opponents in postseason games officiated by Crawford, compared to a virtually equal foul differential in their previous playoff games officiated by other officials. In the postseason games in which Crawford has worked, Dallas has made 6.8 fewer free throws on average than their opponents. 

In the Mavericks’ remaining playoff games, opponents have a little advantage in free throw differential, although it’s just by a little more than one attempt per game on average.” Crawford, according to former referee Tim Donaghy, is “proud” of the Mavericks’ record under his supervision, according to a report on ESPN Radio. As a referee, Crawford oversaw Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals, in which the Lakers were awarded several dubious or outright incorrect decisions, particularly in the fourth quarter. The Lakers were awarded 37 free-throw attempts (including 20 in the fourth quarter), whereas the Celtics were only awarded 17 attempts for the entire Game 7.

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