g   min  ppg    ast   reb   fg%    3fg%   ft%
starter   23  42   21.7   5.4   3.7   41.6   34.9   87.1
bench     22  31   13.3   3.7   2.7   37.1   24.7   78.0

shooting performances as a starter:

          min   pts   fgm   fga   3fgm  3fga   fg%   3fg%  W/L
november  44    35    14    27    4     7      52    57    W
          45    18    7     20    0     4      35    0     L
          43    18    7     17    1     4      41    25    L
          40    19    6     15    1     6      40    17    L
december  42    25    10    18    3     8      56    38    W
          42    13    5     17    2     4      29    50    L
          34    9     3     10    1     6      30    17    W
          35    29    9     19    3     5      47    60    L
          29    2     1     9     0     5      11    0     L
          44    18    6     26    2     12     23    17    W
          54    25    9     23    4     9      39    44    W
          46    30    8     16    4     8      50    50    W
          40    21    9     23    1     6      39    17    L
          53    29    8     15    2     5      53    40    W
          39    21    9     20    2     7      45    29    L
          31    6     2     8     0     3      25    0     L
january   46    28    11    23    4     8      48    50    L
          43    25    9     21    0     4      43    0     W
          48    22    8     26    5     11     31    46    W
          42    12    4     12    1     6      33    17    W
          43    13    4     13    2     4      31    50    L
          48    29    10    22    3     10     45    30    L
          40    50    20    30    8     10     67    80    W

out of the 23 games started:

shot under 40% fg = 11
shot over 45% fg = 7
shot under 30% from three = 12
shot over 35% from three = 11

knicks record with jamal starting: 11-12

          ppg    fgm   fga   3fgm  3fga   fg%   3fg%
LOSSES    18.1   80    206   19    66     39    29
WINS      25.4   99    224   34    86     44    40

[Edited by - djsunyc on 01-28-2007 1:51 PM]

Damn you! I was just putting together something simular! You definately read my mind! Well, here's another perspective on it.

The Knicks are 11-9 when Craw scores 20 or more a game. And even more significantly, the Knicks are 12-18 when he scores under. This explains why Craw, before the 52 point outburst was averaging just over 16 a game.

The guy is so up and down with his shooting, it's no wonder we don't know what the Knicks are going to do next. Apparently, a lot of it depends on whether Craw is going to have a good night or not.

[Edited by - 4949 on 01-28-2007 1:42 PM]

He's gotten significant minutes in all of these games also. He had one periond were in three games straight, he scored 5, 4 and 7 and he had good minutes in those games. He's very inconsistent and maybe the starting and coming off the bench has a lot to do with that. Maybe he should be a starter full-time, just like Lee should be a starter full-time. We need consistency on this team, to win consistently. The stats don't lie. Good point djsunyc.

[Edited by - 4949 on 01-28-2007 1:55 PM]

IT needs to run him off of screens like we did against Miami. He seemed to get really comfortable doing that. As some others have said, he needs to move away from the Jordan/Wade type of offensive game and move more to a Reggie Miller/Rip Hamilton type of offensive game. If his field goal percentage can get up to around 45%, he will become an awesome weapon for this team.

the knicks go as crawford goes. you get steady production (for the most part) from the other big minute guys from the team: steph, curry, and lee. it's crawford that is the X-factor in games.

he's a deciding factor with his shooting as exhibited by his 39/30 split shooting in losses. but when he's feeling it and hitting 44/40, the knicks usually win.

that's why many, including myself, feel we're better off long term if he's a 6th man. when a guy is this off/on and his production basically decides the game for you, it's probably best with him as a 6th man off the bench and a much more reliable starter that will give you consistent #'s each night. you can ride crawford when he's feeling it, but when he's not, he needs to get the quick hook. but at this point in time, we have no other alternative (especially with francis out) so crawford should start, no questions asked.

[Edited by - djsunyc on 01-28-2007 2:24 PM]

So this means Isiah will bench Jamal

Posted by djsunyc:

knicks loss vs. the bucks

pts    fgm   fga   3fgm  3fga   fg%   3fg%
26     9     24    3     10     33    30

Yo DJBush...you do "fuzzy math"... but he shot 37.5%...but you got the 3-pt% right.

11-13 with JC as a starter...after today

21.9 ppg
41.4% FG
35% 3FG
5.3 apg
3.5 rpg
1.2 spg

This month, before Jamal was benched in favor of Q/Jeffries etc...we were 3-2.

We keep Lee on the bench because he does a good job in that role and when "a guy is doing well in a role you keep them there". Yet Crawford clearly plays better as a starter but we move him back and forth from the bench to the starting rotation. I really don't know what to beleive any more