Posted by gunsnewing:

Q didn't have a training camp. I think eventually he's going to start hitting his shots and give us at least 11 & 4 in 25mins. I would still like to see Crawford start though. He is the most improved player on our team. The inconsistency this year is more attributed to the inconsistent minutes and coming into games where we are already down by double digits. As long as 70% of his shots aren't bad shots like they were last year he's going to improve. We still need a more reliable star but for now Crawford is one of the guys I have the most confidence in

I dont see how q missing so many shots is a result of not participating in the entire training camp especially since his fg% is actually only .02 points less then it was last year. and also why would coming in with a double digit deficit effect crawfords play?, and finally crawford hasnt been coming in only when the lead is double digits usually he comes in before then.



[Edited by - SlimPack on 12-24-2005 1:34 PM]

Posted by SlimPack:

Posted by gunsnewing:

Q didn't have a training camp. I think eventually he's going to start hitting his shots and give us at least 11 & 4 in 25mins. I would still like to see Crawford start though. He is the most improved player on our team. The inconsistency this year is more attributed to the inconsistent minutes and coming into games where we are already down by double digits. As long as 70% of his shots aren't bad shots like they were last year he's going to improve. We still need a more reliable star but for now Crawford is one of the guys I have the most confidence in

I dont see how q missing so many shots is a result of not participating in the entire training camp. and also why would coming in with a double digit deficit effect crawfords play?, and finally crawford hasnt been coming in only when the lead is double digits usually he comes in before then.



[Edited by - SlimPack on 12-24-2005 1:29 PM]

It works like this:
Everything is Marb's fault.....nothing is Craw's fault. Keep that in mind and it will all make perfect sense to you.
I'll give you an example:

If Craw is playing poorly its because:
a) he is coming off the bench.
b) we are losing when he comes in
c) Steph isn't passing him the rock or making him better
d) Larry doesn't like him.

Posted by gunsnewing:

well everyone acknowledges that Crawford is inconsistent

Everyone doesn't acknowledge it, CRZYDUMPS thinks he should be the teams primary scorer. What teamin the league has a primary scorer who avg's 14 ppg and is inconsistant?

JC needs to come off the bench so that he can rotate to PG when steph needs to rest.

I think if you looked around the league, you would find that whenever a teams 6th man has a good game the team will win. It's no different for the Knicks and Jamal Crawford...

Posted by gunsnewing:

Posted by McK1:

Crawford only plays well when NY faces a jump-shoting backcourt. When he has to expend energy bodying up people, his shot is way off. Unfortunately for him, the East is full of big guards and so is a good portion of the West.

its not like he is Rip who is thin but muscular, Crawford is a reed. He wants to be a consistent 82 game starter, he has to put on muscle. Otherwise he will never be a true impact player.

good point. it's sad that we have no one who we can rely on day in day out. not even Frye

I don't think you are acknowledging the fact that Crawford was brought here to be a reliable scoring option. Zeke didn't get him to average 14 ppg inconsistantly. If Craw plays well we win, Steph is pretty consistant. Everyone else is a question mark.

Posted by Killa4luv:

Posted by gunsnewing:

Posted by McK1:

Crawford only plays well when NY faces a jump-shoting backcourt. When he has to expend energy bodying up people, his shot is way off. Unfortunately for him, the East is full of big guards and so is a good portion of the West.

its not like he is Rip who is thin but muscular, Crawford is a reed. He wants to be a consistent 82 game starter, he has to put on muscle. Otherwise he will never be a true impact player.

good point. it's sad that we have no one who we can rely on day in day out. not even Frye

I don't think you are acknowledging the fact that Crawford was brought here to be a reliable scoring option. Zeke didn't get him to average 14 ppg inconsistantly. If Craw plays well we win, Steph is pretty consistant. Everyone else is a question mark.

not consistent enough for all the money he makes but I agree Crawford is a classic example of Isiah not knowing what he is doing as far as managing the roster because he thinks he signed a superstar talent. Crawford would be a great player to have coming off the bench on a good team but we're not a good team so why not just start him? but you know what forget it. play start Q and hope we could trade him soon along with the rest of the team. Crawford is one of the few guys I don't mind keeping around as a complimentary piece as well as Curry and Frye because they're have reasonable contracts and are still young. We need a franchise talent to lead them though. Someone who can put the team on its back and lead them to victory

yeah I'll give crawford another 3yrs before I give up on him. I think he's going to be a lot better when he's in his prime at 28

He left it in Phoenix. Somebody send out an APB

[Edited by - bigbeast on 12-27-2005 01:56 AM]