Roscoe Sheed wrote:og15 wrote:I wouldn't necessarily call him an "upgrade" in terms of offensive ability. They do essentially the same thing, except career wise, Crawford has an insignificantly higher scoring rate (17.3 pts/36 to 16.4 pts/36), and Mo an insignificantly higher scoring efficiency (.538 TS% to .525 TS%).
Though Crawford is a below average defender overall, which isn't helped by his weak rebounding (Mo is a better rebounder). At SG, Crawford will do a better job than Mo, and he defends the pick and roll well, so interestingly enough, that's where the difference comes from, not their offensive ability.
Like mentioned, Mo is career wise a slightly more efficient scorer, was more efficient last season and has the better career high efficiency numbers, two in Cleveland with the understanding that is was playing off Lebron, but also had a .566 TS%, 17/3/6 season his last year in Milwaukee, and .556 TS%, 15/3/6 his first 22 games as a Clipper.
Odom playing at 90% of his career average will be an upgrade to Martin and Reggie last season, and that will be the big difference, and less so switching Mo and acquiring Crawford, that's a wash.
I disagree. Crawford has a higher top gear offensively than Mo. Also, he is much bigger and about as quick as Mo. While Crawford is not a great defender, his 5-6 height advantage allows him to guard 2s and some 3s even. If Butler, Hill, or Barnes are having a rough night, you could run Crawford out there for a time at the 3. I think Crawford has a tremendous upside if he plays at his top gear.
If by top gear you mean that he's a more explosive scorer, the only problem with that is that since they average out to similar points and efficiency production, it just means that Crawford is a lot less consistent on a night to night basis.
On the other hand, if by top gear, you mean that Crawford's best production is superior to Mo's best production, then, yes, you are correct in terms of scoring. Overall offense, depending on role, they aren't far off. Mo's top production was 18/4/4 per 36 with .436 3PT%, .588 TS% and 17.2 PER his first season in Cleveland. Crawford's was 21/3/4 with .382 3PT%, .573 TS%, and 18.4 PERthree seasons ago in Atlanta.
Crawford is better, but I think Mo is undervalued if we think the difference is drastic. Of course, I'm not going to expect Crawford to replicate his career best season. I would be content with him replicating something similar to his second year in Atlanta, or his 08-09 season. 17-19 pts/36, regular 3 Rebs and 3-4 assists, and .540 - .550 TS%.
I said stricty offensively though, so we don't disagree with the defense and length difference, though Crawford at the three is still not something we would want to happen much, he's still a skinny guy.
