Am I missing something on DeShawn that this board knows about and I don't. He's a decent player, but he looks like nothing more than a league average 2. No standout skills.

What you are missing is that Deshawn plays defense.

Come on. Deshawn isn't half the player Craw is. Deshawn = Trenton Hassell.

Wasn't Deshawn compared to Jordon when he was coming out of HS.

They are both average two guards, jamal is better, would rather have him, but if you factor in money and defense it's a little more even, Stevenson didn't distinguish himself during the playoffs though

Steveson 11.2pts 2.6rbs 2.7ass 0.8stls 1.45tos 46%fg 40%3fg 29.5min 9fga
Crawford 17.6pts 3.2rbs 4.4ass 1.0stls 2.75tos 40%fg 32%3fg 37.3min 15fga

Posted by purple012870:

If Deshawn Stevenson is starting, your team has issues (or it has a 30 ppg) point guard like Arenas covering up for the fact that Stevenson can only score if <= 5 ft from the hoop. He is, like I said a Hassell or even a Fred Jones type.

His offense is reasonably efficient, and he can hit the 3 (moreso than the guys you mention), but his scoring ability is rather tame, especially for a 2g (season and career highs of less than 30 points). Certainly doesn't do enough to make up for the fact that team was giving up a high EFG% when he was on the floor- that's borne out by his bad net pts...

Crawford had a slightly postive net as far as points when on the court vs. off the court, and our opponent EFG% didn't change much when he was off the floor. Actually when you consider our team EFG% when he was on the floor went up, he had a positive net there too.

http://www.82games.com/0607/06NYK4D.HTM

Crawford because when he is on he is unstoppable. Didn't Crawford drop 50+ on D-Wade hit something like 16 straight on him too. Didn't Crawford crack Kobe's ankle and drop a huge bucket on him in the Knicks win over Lakers. Weren't the Knicks 500 with Crawford in the starting lineup. I like crawford esecially if you guys are putting him up against the likes of Stevenson.

Posted by WOODMANnYk:

Stevenson hands down. Crawford is a chucker and plays no defense. HE and Curry are the current NBA players with the longest stint in the NBA without seeing a playoff game.

At least Stevenson made it to the playoffs with Utah and Washington.

Thats a load of crap and you know it. Curry was a vital part of the Bulls making the playoffs but he didn't play in the playoffs do to the heart ailment.