eViL wrote:

VCoug wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:I can't wait to have a poor shooter and defender back..one of the greatest returns in franchise history! Woooooo!

Ugh, how does everyone not see this? It's pretty amazing the everyone here is waxing nostalgic over teams that struggled to win 30 games.

i think most of the supporters for Craw here envision him and the team being more successful when he is the 4th best player and not the go-to guy. and really, for $2.5M, without having to give up picks and/or youth, how can you really dislike the deal?

But he always thinks he's the go-to guy. He's a chucker who looks for his shot and every once in a while throws a pass.

VCoug wrote:

eViL wrote:

VCoug wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:I can't wait to have a poor shooter and defender back..one of the greatest returns in franchise history! Woooooo!

Ugh, how does everyone not see this? It's pretty amazing the everyone here is waxing nostalgic over teams that struggled to win 30 games.

i think most of the supporters for Craw here envision him and the team being more successful when he is the 4th best player and not the go-to guy. and really, for $2.5M, without having to give up picks and/or youth, how can you really dislike the deal?

But he always thinks he's the go-to guy. He's a chucker who looks for his shot and every once in a while throws a pass.

Nope. Jamal Crawford is the go-to-guy when he is asked to be the go-to-guy. When he was here, we had no consistant g2g. So he did it. In ATL, their 100 million dollar man is scared to be the g2g and so is everyone else on that team. He did it there too. Here, he will not be asked to be the g2g. There isn't a coach in the world that has ever called him a selfish player. Nor a team mate who has publically called him selfish. He has done what he has been asked to do. And that has been to create off the dribble. Here he will be told to defer to Melo and Stat first and foremost. It's literally just that simple.

TheloniusMonk wrote:

VCoug wrote:

eViL wrote:

VCoug wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:I can't wait to have a poor shooter and defender back..one of the greatest returns in franchise history! Woooooo!

Ugh, how does everyone not see this? It's pretty amazing the everyone here is waxing nostalgic over teams that struggled to win 30 games.

i think most of the supporters for Craw here envision him and the team being more successful when he is the 4th best player and not the go-to guy. and really, for $2.5M, without having to give up picks and/or youth, how can you really dislike the deal?

But he always thinks he's the go-to guy. He's a chucker who looks for his shot and every once in a while throws a pass.

Nope. Jamal Crawford is the go-to-guy when he is asked to be the go-to-guy. When he was here, we had no consistant g2g. So he did it. In ATL, their 100 million dollar man is scared to be the g2g and so is everyone else on that team. He did it there too. Here, he will not be asked to be the g2g. There isn't a coach in the world that has ever called him a selfish player. Nor a team mate who has publically called him selfish. He has done what he has been asked to do. And that has been to create off the dribble. Here he will be told to defer to Melo and Stat first and foremost. It's literally just that simple.

http://82games.com/1011/CSORT11.HTM According to the list, he's nothing special in the clutch. He scores less in the clutch than a whole bunch of players, including Toney Douglas.

MaTT4281 wrote:

Chris Broussard
Jamal Crawford has limited his choices to Portland, Sacramento and NYK, source says.
36 minutes ago

Alan Hahn
Close to home. RT @jwquick: Agent Andy Miller confirms Portland's interest in guard Jamal Crawford. They have offered 2 years, $10 million.
7 minutes ago

Sounding like Portland.

but this is a valid point:

KBergCBS Ken Berger
Here's decision for Jamal Crawford: NYK offer ($2.5M) lowest, but will #'s he puts up in D'Antoni system make it up in next contract?
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crzymdups wrote:also, Blazers would need to immediately amnesty Roy to get Crawford?

jwquick Jason Quick
The irony: Crawford, Roy are very close and live within minutes of each other in Seattle. For Crawford to be Blazer, Roy needs to be waived
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Didn't Roy retire?

crzymdups wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

crzymdups wrote:also, Blazers would need to immediately amnesty Roy to get Crawford?

jwquick Jason Quick
The irony: Crawford, Roy are very close and live within minutes of each other in Seattle. For Crawford to be Blazer, Roy needs to be waived
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Didn't Roy retire?

yeah, but the medical retirement thing can take a while to get approved. remember, it took almost all season for the mobley thing to get reviewed and the league eventually decided mobley's money shouldn't come off the knicks cap?

Sounds as though Portland made their decision if they've already made him the offer. And if Roy's already called it quits, nothing for him nor Jamal to be mad about for Blazers making it official.

Still holding out hope until anything official is announced, but my expectations are swaying.

MaTT4281 wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

crzymdups wrote:also, Blazers would need to immediately amnesty Roy to get Crawford?

jwquick Jason Quick
The irony: Crawford, Roy are very close and live within minutes of each other in Seattle. For Crawford to be Blazer, Roy needs to be waived
12 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
Retweeted by daldridgetnt

Didn't Roy retire?

yeah, but the medical retirement thing can take a while to get approved. remember, it took almost all season for the mobley thing to get reviewed and the league eventually decided mobley's money shouldn't come off the knicks cap?

Sounds as though Portland made their decision if they've already made him the offer. And if Roy's already called it quits, nothing for him nor Jamal to be mad about for Blazers making it official.

Still holding out hope until anything official is announced, but my expectations are swaying.

This would explain the hold up if they have to amnesty Roy first

AlexKennedyNBA Alex Kennedy
If the Knicks don't sign Jamal Crawford, they'll shift attention to Maurice Evans, Shawne Williams and Baron Davis: tinyurl.com/c3tp5oe
20 minutes ago

Wouldn't be a tragedy if it was Crawfoord though.