despite his bad shot selection at time Crawford hat 8 assists, 5 rebs, 2 steals and ZERO turnovers while shooting 5-11 from downtown.
This kid can play and I am glad we have hit at this point in his career. He need to play winning basketball but heck, so did Billups, Rip Hamilton. Richardson and most of the other young guys that have moved to winning teams/environments. This guy is 24 and only getting better.
So long as people are crying about Isiah's bad trades does anyone think if they draft were a big do-over the Ariza wouldnt be a top 15 pick? Heck... look at last years draft
http://www.nbadraft.net/2004.asp
Trevor could easily be a top 10. At 19 its hard to argue potential and he's an impact player RIGHT NOW. He's got a great head.. unflappable. Even when he jams on the break he does everything like he's been there before. Isiah has been pretty successfull with the draft in the past. If Ariza is a taste of things to come this team and franchise can get on a good track a lot faster.
Sweetney has been a little up and down, and thats ok. I like that Lenny sticks with him. Like any 22 year old sophmore he's going to have his bad nights. The only thing I dont like is he's still very tenative on defense, and afraid to be more physical because of the fouls. Its a learning step.
Nazr is averaging 12/9 and 1.5 blocks over the last 5, including a 0 points/2 reb stinker against LAC. Hopefully the good production continues if for no other reason than it helps his value as a trading piece.
I'm wondering how people feel about KT since he signed his extension, and his value to this or any team. Unselfish play and best of all controlled. No dumb fouls, no technicals, no arguing with refs, no selfish play. This is the KT I have dreamed about but never thought would appear. His 11/11/1.5 is nice, but most of all he's played great D for 35 minutes and only 3 PFs a game. Ive dogged this guy for 3 years but he deserves the game ball AGAIN.
The passing. How many times last night with Ariza, Penny, Craw and Marbury did we see that ball swing around, and swing around a 2nd or 3rd time until KT was open for one of this 20 open jumpers. Good fundamental play.
Mmmm... by the way grape (of course) is the flavor for the day.
"winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs