Javaris crittenton unstoppable ATL pro league

[Gerald3Wallace]

Josh Smith was spotted Saturday playing in the championship game of the Wallace Prather Jr. Pro Summer League and left an indelible impression on those of us who hadn’t seen him since the Hawks’ playoff run ended in that Game 7 loss in Boston in early May.

He’s transformed his upper body into a sculpted mass of muscles. He looked as physically imposing as I’ve ever seen him while tussling with an array of other Atlanta-born, bred or based pros at the Adamsville Recreational Center Saturday afternoon (by the way, his team lost the big trophy because they couldn’t slow down Javaris Crittenton and Louis Williams down the stretch of an extremely competitive contest).

Josh shot quite a bit from deep. While he didn’t exactly make it rain in the first half, he knocked down at least 50 percent of his jumpers (combined inside and beyond the 3-point line) after halftime. If it wasn’t for the work he did inside and out his team would have gotten drubbed because Crittenton and Louis Williams were just too much for Jarrett Jack and the other guards on Smith’s team.

By Sekou K. Smith

August 18, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

No clue about Crittenton’s final destination Mike. But I’ll say this, in a couple of years the teams that moved him will be mad they did. Young cats usually need some seasoning. When he’s ready, he’s going to be a tough matchup

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enjoy

[GrizzledGrizzFan]

Yup, that piece was bandied about on the Grizz's nba.com boards last week. Good news

[Downtown]

I haven't figured out why so many people assume that Memphis wants to trade one of their guards at this stage. Yes, it is a small backcourt with Conley, Lowry, Mayo, and Crittenton. Yes, they do have two combo guards in Mayo and Critenton. Yes, there will be a crunch for playing time, especially if both Conley and Mayo look like they can work well together.

But, if I'm the Gm I see it as having 4 young guys with solid potential. I see 4 guys that are cheap and still on their rookie contracts so they're cap friendly. I see a season where the word evaluation will come up alot. I see a season where it makes no sense to trade one of these players just because they have a logjam.

I look at it with a glass half full attitude and let teams come to me and make offers, not the other way around and actively try to trade one of them. It's a long season, injuries unfortunately happen and depth is needed, competition at positions is always a good thing unless a player can't accept the challenge and pouts, and other than Mayo and Conley because of hyped potential, both Lowry and Crittenton don't exactly have high trade value so it's better to hang onto them until at least the trade deadline. A clearer picture should emerge as to which players are keepers.

Jaric kind of throws a monkey wrench into things since most Gm's don't trade for an overpaid player and then expect to see him sit alot. But I would go with the 4 young guys and resist the temptation to trade one of them simply to solidify the backcourt. Memphis isn't going to contend this season, they don't need to add a player like Zach Randolph that could possibly upset the chemistry, plus they need to ensure they stay in the top ten of the draft so they keep their first round pick with players like Griffin and Thabeet possibly declaring.

So I guess I could wrap it up by saying unless another team makes a no brainer trade offer I wouldn't be looking to shop a guard like Crittenton around.

[chefy]

no videos?

[grizzleGM]

But Jaric can see most of his time at the 3 backing up Gay. This is great news about Critt, because I am one that is down on his ability sometimes.