diderotn, in the future please make your thread titles more descriptive. Something like... 'Do you all believe that Craw is a good fit'

Thanks.

TMS, I agree with you, but I don't think that Crawfford can never be as good as Larry. Larry was always a good defender which Crawfford is not. Larry was always selective of his shots, and Craw is not. I don't know, at this point, I do believe that it may take Crawfford about 4 more years to finally find his game....He has got to recognize that he is a horrible 3 point shooter. The day he does and improve his range from 3 to a consistant 2 point shooter, he will be ok.

Posted by TMS:

see larry hughes...i think that's Jamal's potential

i think he can be a good fit depending on what other pieces we add to this team over the offseason.

[Edited by - TMS on 04/14/2005 11:48:14]

Will do Andy

Posted by Andrew:

diderotn, in the future please make your thread titles more descriptive. Something like... 'Do you all believe that Craw is a good fit'

Thanks.

Look at Larry's frame and compare it to Crawfffff. Larry is 20 times more athletic than Crawfford

Posted by Cookdcokehop:

believe it or not crawford weighs more tha larry hughes

yeah Hughes is pretty cut, far from skinny. I never got the comparisons to jamal. Rip is thin but he worked hard on sculpting his body. Hopefully Craw can do the same

Craw put on 8 pounds of muscle this season. He is working on it. I also think he could learn alot from Rip. He's quick and has better handle, he should be taking more mid range shots. If we get a big man it would be great because he could break down the d and force the bigs to come out and try to challenge his shot.

I don't think he should alway try to take it all the way to the hole, he should start at the 3 point line and boogie his way into about 15 feet. Do that acouple of times and as guys jump out, he should take it to the rim.

Mid range game should be his thing. But his 3 point shot, though erratic, is pretty good. I mean when it goes in its pure, I think its about when he takes them and how. He seems to be pretty good off the dribble and set. He can make them open or with a hand in his face. Hes just gotta figure out when is the best time to shoot those shots, and under what circumstances. He let reggie have it in Indiana.

[Edited by - Killa4luv on 04/14/2005 14:17:42]

i don't know about that...i can remember watching Hughes launch up some bad choice of shots playing next to AI in Philly his rookie season...his game has become more disciplined over the past year, but he's also had a better foundation to draw from than Crawford has had...remember, Jamal's only been playing organized basketball for 2 years combined (HS & college) before he entered the NBA...he still needs to learn the game much less hone it to the point where he'll be as polished as we'd all like for him to be...give him another year & i think he'll start showing the skills we all thought he'd have.

Posted by diderotn:

But Larry was no way as inconsistant as Crawfford. Keep in mind that Craw has been in the league for more than 4 years now....

Hughes was pretty inconsistent in Philly and in GS. He is also almost every year a low FG% guy expect for one season 2 years ago. Check out the stats, his FG% always hovers around 40%. If you are comparing Hughes though Craw, Hughes is better right now. No arguing there.

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that your weakness is not the longrange shots

Not sure what you mean by this.

Posted by diderotn:

Do you all believe that Crawff is a good fit for this ballclub???? also, do you believe that he is a SG or a PG????

Good question, I will let the next coach decide that. There is not good fits on this club. Right now, nothing seems to fit into the scheme of things, cuz there ain't no apparent scheme.

IN fact, I would not sweat out too many of the many many many trade Ideas we gonna float around at seasons end when we got nothing to really talk about. With Isiah, you never know.