nate33 wrote:hands11 wrote:Move ahead. They didn’t have a PG all year until Wall returned. Price is marginally better then Mack. He isn’t the answer. They couldn’t score at all in the first quarters. They would go down 15 pts every first quarter. It was Crawford off the bench that would get him back in the games. Crawford should have been at PG and with Wall back, he fits as a back up PG and SG. He should have been getting 25 minutes a game. Raise his value then move him if you don't like his Steez.
I agree that Crawford helped us when Wall and Price were out, and Beal was sucking. That's what Crawford can do. He can help an "awful" team improve to the point where they're merely "bad". The issue with Crawford is that he never showed the ability to make an average team good. He is a below average defender and a volume scorer with below average efficiency. Neither skill helps an average team.
I disagree with this because Jordan Crawford improved this season. For one, he fully embraced the role of being a facilitator and a team player.
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/22 ... ker_LeaderWith Wall slated to miss the first month of the season, Crawford will almost assuredly play more point guard, a challenge the 23-year-old is willing to take on.
“If coach [Randy Wittman] asks me to, I’ll step into that role,” Crawford told RealGM. “It’s [as] simple as that.”
As for his voice within the Wizards’ locker room, the third-year guard hopes to make an effort to open up more as a leader.
“I just want to bring another phase to my game and be a leader off the court and on the court lead by example,” Crawford said. “Really, I just want to help the team win.”
Whenever you evaluate a player's efficiency, I think it helps if you put it in the context of the team's efficiency. Crawford was sixth on the Wizards in eFG%, ahead of Beal, Wall, and every other perimeter player except for Webster and Martin--players much older than he is.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WAS/2013.htmlSort Advanced Stats, TS%, and Jordan was fourth behind Martell Webster, Nene, and Cartier Martin.
Sort AST%, and Jordan matched Shelvin Mack at 26% and barely trailed AJ Price's 29%.
Sort WS/48 and Crawford is 10th, but far ahead of Wall, Crawford, and Kevin Seraphin.
http://www.82games.com/1213/12WAS5.HTMPlus/minus would indicate that the Wizards were -8.2 points worse on offense per-100 possessions with Crawford in the lineup. At the same time some of the lineups with Crawford at PG and Beal at SG were largely successful.
I think Jordan Crawford will help the Celtics quite a bit, and not just as an isolation scorer. I think he's a much better passer and a better player than he was last season. He has improved and I think he will continue to improve and be a decent reserve for many years, if not a solid starter. My objection is not with trading him, but with giving him away for nothing. He has value, nate. As someone else stated, this is trade is at best terrible asset management for the Wizards.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1538 ... on-celticsIt seems like a real coup for Boston that it not only retained its healthy 2012 draft pick, but also swapped a player who could no longer help the team this season.
The Celtics get a solid scorer in Crawford, who is only in his third year. Doc Rivers could coach the young man up and give Boston a solid player at the 2 for years to come.
I think Jordan Crawford really won big! He gets to be around Jason Terry, who is going to be an excellent mentor even if Jordan takes his job. He will be around guys with attitude, who will immediately pick up on his confidence. Next season, Rondo can pass to Crawford and vice versa. This deal for the Celtics is going to be good.
Bye bye Beal.