This is a no-brainer. Isiah said Craw would be the team's 6th man when he signed Craw and from what I've seen, I'd say that he was right that Crawford would be best suited to be the 6th man (unless one of your two backcourt starters is injured).

Posted by BRIGGS:

I think that one of these ending contracts---i.e PENNY should be an attempt to get a SG who may have fallen out of good graces somewhere

Michael Finley's the only one i can see who's contract would be a match that might fit that criteria...it would take Penny, the lottery pick & maybe another late rounder to make the deal though...not sure i would be interested in making such a deal.

Craw & the pick for Maggette would be perfect...you could get a backup combo G via free agency...or maybe trade KT w/a 2nd rounder to HOU for Sura, Baker & their #1.

C - draft pick / Butler or other draft pick?
PF - Sweetney / Rose / Mo T
SF - TT / Ariza / JYD
SG - Maggette or Craw / free agent (Raja Bell? Willie Green?)
PG - Marbury / Sura
IR - Houston / Baker?

still a young, inexperienced frontcourt, but at least we're following along w/Isiah's vision of getting younger & more athletic this way.

This is a no-brainer. Isiah said Craw would be the team's 6th man when he signed Craw and from what I've seen, I'd say that he was right that Crawford would be best suited to be the 6th man (unless one of your two backcourt starters is injured).

He would have been a hereo had he made that shot to go along with his season high 10 assist.

The off the back board shanangins against dc was just as childish as his shot he took tonight. But guess what?? he's learning, just like Ariza and sweetney. The funny thin about that..is guy's around here are longing for more "young sports center highlight no defense playing mistake prone rookie to come in here and be our savior.

If it was up to me I would trade those draft picks in a heart beat for the likes of a three to four year player who's young and has upside and some experience. Unless your getting one of the top 7 which anint happening.

honestly, I'd rather have finley. He's a good defender (craw doesn't seem to believe in covering 3 point shooters) and he can dunk (get in the paint, same thing this late).

but I'm afraid to trade potential...seeing shandon get props for being a malcontent and getting bought out (and mourning as well for that matter) is disheartening...atleast timmy played it out and is relatively "earning" his pay this year...others in his pay bracket aren't doing any better...shaq gets $30 mill a year...that's tt and penny combined!!

Good night fellas...board was awesome tonight.

Craw's basketball IQ is the lowest amongst all our players...we are in a close game with 13 seconds left on the clock, why in the world would he shoot a three pointer especially when after 4 attempts before he failed miserably?? I think that the time has come for Herb to send a message to this young kid, he needs to learn to value possessions....Herb needs to pull him off the court in crucial time like the 4th quarters of game and let him watch the game from the bench...He doesn't play good defense, and most of all does not know how to make good decisions with the ball during crunch time....I can understand if we were ahead in the game for him to take that miserable shot, but we were in a tie ball game...


Granted that we could have done better as a team in the fourth, especially since we had the lead, but it was pathetic that we have allowed such a thing to happen on our home court...`

One more question, why in the world did Herb only put Ariza on Wade while the whole world knew that Wade was going to take the last shot? when was the last time that Shaq won a game in the last few seconds???? Wade has been making those buzzer shots in many games this season, TT and Ariza should have been on his face......Poor decision Herb....

Posted by Bonn1997:

Posted by Allanfan20:

When we got Craw, Isiah wanted him to be the 6th man THIS YEAR and ease him into the starting lineup either late this year or maybe next year or whenever.

Are you sure that's what Isiah said?

Yes. I heard it on Knicks pregrame.

I actually didn't hear that on the Knicks pre game, b/c I didn't watch it. Yet there was so much hype surrounding him, when we got him, it seemed like he was destined to take over Houstons place (If Houston would in fact get healthy, which he didn't). But you are right, he can be a nice 6th man, but he's no Bobby Jackson. He is playing MUCH more controlled, but his defense is just bad. He still also jacks up a lot of bad shots. But you can clearly see the improvement. He doesn't take it to the hole nearly enough however.

For a brief moment Crawford proved why so many people were excited with the pickup, passing up jump shots taken the ball to the basket, finding the open man, playing within himself

Then Jamal became well Jamal, taking fadeaways, launching ill advised shots and helping the knicks lose the game

Posted by diderotn:

Craw's basketball IQ is the lowest amongst all our players...we are in a close game with 13 seconds left on the clock, why in the world would he shoot a three pointer especially when after 4 attempts before he failed miserably?? I think that the time has come for Herb to send a message to this young kid, he needs to learn to value possessions....Herb needs to pull him off the court in crucial time like the 4th quarters of game and let him watch the game from the bench...He doesn't play good defense, and most of all does not know how to make good decisions with the ball during crunch time....I can understand if we were ahead in the game for him to take that miserable shot, but we were in a tie ball game...

that's what you have to deal with having Jamal on the team...some days he's going to be the hero & make the last second shot to win a game for you, like he did against HOU earlier this year, & some days he's going to brick a shot & have you pulling out your hair at the shot selection.