Posted by simrud:

If IT really expected Craw to be ready to start and star this year, he is even a bigger moron then I thought he was.

Posted by gunsnewing:

Posted by crzymdups:

Crawford signed for $1 million more than the MLE per year. He was not overpriced, he's probably one of the few players we have with a fair contract.

If we're suddenly criticizing Knicks players for their defense, please start with Tim Thomas and Stephon Marbury.

This whole team is weak on D. Getting a stopper at the two isn't going to help our lack of interior defense or shotblocking.

actually he'll be making as much as $10mil per year. that is a lot of money for any player when you can consider Ray Allen will problably get around 13 and he's a star

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by gunsnewing:

Posted by crzymdups:

Crawford signed for $1 million more than the MLE per year. He was not overpriced, he's probably one of the few players we have with a fair contract.

If we're suddenly criticizing Knicks players for their defense, please start with Tim Thomas and Stephon Marbury.

This whole team is weak on D. Getting a stopper at the two isn't going to help our lack of interior defense or shotblocking.

actually he'll be making as much as $10mil per year. that is a lot of money for any player when you can consider Ray Allen will problably get around 13 and he's a star

Dude, I'm sorry, that's retarded. To take the highest single year in the contract and act like that is his average salary is just ridiculous. He makes $10 million in the ONLY final year of his contract, the 2010-2011 season. That season is an option year for Jamal anyway. You take off that season and his contract is 6yrs, $46 million which makes it $6 million more than the full MLE, or the same contract Quentin Richardson signed. So, his contract is on average, until the option year exactly $1 million more per year than the MLE.

To say Crawford is not a star is also a little silly. He's 25 and has passing skills that have made us all at times ecstatic and exasperated. But you find any NBA fan that didn't see his pass off the backboard to himself and dunk on the Celtics this week. The kid is going to be a star very soon.

Is all this because the Knicks have lost two in a row? I remember people singing Craw's praises not two games ago.

Posted by crzymdups:

well, I think Zeke's original plan was to bring Jamal along slowly as Allan EASED into retirement. Unfortunately, , since Allan fricking plummeted into retirement, Jamal was forced to start on what was supposed to be a playoff team. I think he did a good job.

Depending on who we get in the draft, it might make sense to bring Jamal off the bench eventually, but I really have to reiterate that I think putting Marbs and Jamal together is a great idea. I don't think it's a coincidence that Marbury is having one of the best seasons of his life. Marbs needs to play with a combo guard, because he is essentially a scoring point guard. Having another play-maker on the floor makes it possible for the two of them to cause havok.

Remember when teams used to double team Marbury at half-court to take us out of our offense (Nets playoffs series, Rockets regular season)? How many times has it happened this year? I can remember one game when someone tried it, but Marbs passed to Jamal and Jamal drove to the hole and that was the last time we saw it. I just think Jamal helps Marbs' game tremendously.

Posted by tkf:

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by gunsnewing:

Posted by crzymdups:

Crawford signed for $1 million more than the MLE per year. He was not overpriced, he's probably one of the few players we have with a fair contract.

If we're suddenly criticizing Knicks players for their defense, please start with Tim Thomas and Stephon Marbury.

This whole team is weak on D. Getting a stopper at the two isn't going to help our lack of interior defense or shotblocking.

actually he'll be making as much as $10mil per year. that is a lot of money for any player when you can consider Ray Allen will problably get around 13 and he's a star

Dude, I'm sorry, that's retarded. To take the highest single year in the contract and act like that is his average salary is just ridiculous. He makes $10 million in the ONLY final year of his contract, the 2010-2011 season. That season is an option year for Jamal anyway. You take off that season and his contract is 6yrs, $46 million which makes it $6 million more than the full MLE, or the same contract Quentin Richardson signed. So, his contract is on average, until the option year exactly $1 million more per year than the MLE.

To say Crawford is not a star is also a little silly. He's 25 and has passing skills that have made us all at times ecstatic and exasperated. But you find any NBA fan that didn't see his pass off the backboard to himself and dunk on the Celtics this week. The kid is going to be a star very soon.

Is all this because the Knicks have lost two in a row? I remember people singing Craw's praises not two games ago.

exactly I agree 100% and it is funny how Ray allen has now become a star? I mean when did that happen? if Ray allen is a star, then what is Kobe? Garnett? Wade? huh? People throw that star Tag around too much, ray allen is not a star... please....