vincecarter4pres wrote:Netaman wrote:vincecarter4pres wrote:Idk if the sabers add up to it either, but eye test, Crabbe is a very good defender imo. Not great, but definitely very good.
Yup. Wes Matthews (who also makes $18M per year) was the comp a lot of us were hoping for in terms of realistic growth, and if Crabbe shoots better over the 2nd half I think that's still within the realm of possibility. This game against Orlando is really the blueprint. 15 points, very good defense against Fournier, 3/6 from three, solid rebounding and a few nice passes.
I feel the plan for Crabbe this year is give him a ton of unnecessary and unrealistic freedom.
Let him make tons of mistakes. Let him be somewhat inefficient. Turn it over. Just get way out of his comfort zone.
But... but... he must play good defense, give effort and think about his mistakes and start understanding things that work as well. This way, once they reel him in next year and going forward, they're hoping he can be mainly 3 and D, but still have the ability to mix it up when necessary and do some basic but needed things with the ball. A guy you can at least trust to dribble more then twice.
Just like a Wes Matthews in his prime. Or Kerry Kittles.
I think they're just hoping to avoid $19 million a season Anthony Morrow lol.
Totally, and truthfully if they thought there was any chance of him being Morrow they shouldn't have done the deal in the first place. But I agree, offensively give him all the opportunity possible and see what sticks - as long as he's putting in the work on the defensive end. And knocking down his 3's.