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Regarding Zach - he's incredibly mobile and active on offense. The big difference between him and Curry (and heck, Dirk Nowitzki) is that he moves very well without the ball and gets himself in positions of the floor where he can make an impact on offense.
Simply put, he's going to put up numbers night in and night out. Yes, he's a selfish player - selfish in the sense that he wants to be part of the action every time down the court. He goes after rebounds because he wants the ball so badly. He'll move into a position to catch the ball on offense because he wants the ball.
That's something you don't get from Eddy Curry. Yes, Curry's unstoppable once he gets the ball, but he needs his guards to really take care of him and look for him. Crawford is the only guy who can consistently get the rock to him.
More player analysis:
David Lee's great - kind of along the lines of a Shawn Marion in that he puts up numbers in the flow of the game w/o much fuss and w/o many/any plays called for him. We haven't seen anything from Balkman in the pre-season, but he's very much the same type of player. Excellent glue guy.
Marbury - geez, what's happened to him? It's like he's in his own world now. Before, his unbelievable athleticism/power carried him... but now that a little of that has been taken away (due to age/injuries), some lack of depth to his game has been exposed. I thought Marbury, Baron Davis, and Steve Francis were all more or less the same player - big isolation guys in the half court. Right now Marbury/Francis have broken down pretty similarly, but Davis seems to have added the ability to orchestrate a fast paced attack to his game.
Crawford - he's built a little thicker, but it remains to be seen whether his body will be able to hold up over the course of a season. His shot selection and decision making seem relatively poor. He's a good (not great) bad-shot shooter. He's a little small to be a starting SG in the NBA.
Q-Rich seems to have gained back some of his game, but his skills are a little on the low end for a SG, and he's a bit small for a SF.
I'm not quite sure what to make of Chandler - is there any reason to believe that he's any better than Ariza or Balkman or Lee? I can't figure out what his upside is - another Richard Jefferson/Matrix/Josh Howard? Something less?
In my opinion, Nate's been great - I think he's been placed in the unfair role of having to play SG because, well, Crawford and Marbury want to play PG. As a starting NBA PG, I bet Nate could be better than Damon Stoudemire in his prime. Given his size, I think there's a limited shelf-life for Nate Robinson in the NBA as as a potential elite player. Maybe he's got until his mid-late 20s to get it done, cuz when he loses a drop of his athleticism, it's probably over for him. If Marbury comes up with an injury, watch out!
Jared Jeffries is junk - bad signing. Very, very poor man's version of Derek McKey - I don't think he's quite what Isiah had in mind.
Randolph Morris seems like a solid enough backup center. He plays within himself. Probably could be just as effective as his Kentucky predecessors Magliore & Mohammed if given the playing time. Very no-frills.
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