Posted by Uptown:

I'm not a big Craw fan myself, but you picked the wrong night for this thread. Craw played well tonight as he did in Washington.

What he said^

Posted by Cash:

Jamal will always shoot well every not and then, that is not the point. He just brings very little to a team. And, I brought this up today on purpose.

Look, I dont see how Craw gets in Nates way when IMO they are both 6th man type players. Neither would start on a legit championship team. If and when the Knicks move Craw, it shouldn't be to open up a spot in the starting lineup for Nate, it shold be to bring in a legit starting 2 guard who can pay on both sides of the ball.

[Edited by - uptown on 11-09-2008 6:25 PM]

I don't think nate is a 6th man type player. When you do so many things well-steal the ball, play with hustle creating turnovers for others, rebound the ball, set up you teamates well with assists(not just cause you hold the ball so much ala marbury and crawford, but because you set them up well in a position to score) and when you shoot the ball at the clip he is, you deserve to start, and are likely the best player on a not so great team.

Posted by Travla:

Posted by Uptown:

I'm not a big Craw fan myself, but you picked the wrong night for this thread. Craw played well tonight as he did in Washington.

What he said^

What he said he said^

this is just plain stupid. Jamal Crawford is a proven NBA scorer and Nate Robinson has came off the bench and provided a spark every game. Jamal is clearly the better player at this point in his career. He hustles, shoots well, scores alot, and hits big shots and makes big plays. Jamal is well on his way to scoring 23+ points a game this year and while Nate is good, hes no jamal.

Posted by nykbasketball:

this is just plain stupid. Jamal Crawford is a proven NBA scorer and Nate Robinson has came off the bench and provided a spark every game. Jamal is clearly the better player at this point in his career. He hustles, shoots well, scores alot, and hits big shots and makes big plays. Jamal is well on his way to scoring 23+ points a game this year and while Nate is good, hes no jamal.

yea right, not even close. like i always say, everything JC can do, Nate can do better.

Posted by TMS:

Nate's averaging 2.6 steals a game, very impressive.

2.8333333333 after today's game . And I think he got robbed of one steal too.

oohah

Who cares who is the better player out of them, the fact is that both are Knicks, playing well and they know their roles on the team. A team needs players with roles defined so they know what to do and hopefully get in position for a win.
This "who is the better player" mentality is what has Marbury and Curry gone and is exactly what D'Antoni is against.

Do you follow the Giants? They are the perfect example of what the Knicks are trying to do. They buy into their system, play a hech of a defense and intelligent offense and are one of the Elite teams. They are doing so without any of their "stars" because its all about the team. The Knicks are quickly learning that, thankfully.

Posted by Cash:

Yes, I follow the giants, and crawford would not be starting over nate on the giants. It's a team game and the giants are good at understanding that. Crawford on the other hand does very few things that makes players around him better. He simply shoots and he does that normally at a very low percentage.

Nate on the other hand does a bunch of stuff that makes players around him better. He is a player that helps a team win.

Ok, you simply didn't understand what I said. Everyone can see things as they want to.