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| Jamal Crawford; What kind of player is he? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 22 2006, 09:37 AM (340 Views) | |
| JonBoy418 | Feb 22 2006, 09:37 AM Post #1 |
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It seems more and more likely that the Magic will acquire Jamal Crawford from the Knicks. Everywhere I read, I see Jamal/Taylor/Ariza (in at least one online publication) Maurice Taylor is cap relief filler and it seems that Jamal is the key piece to this trade. Who is he as a player and what will his dynamic be?? PROS He is the explosive scorer that the Magic need. He can create his own shot. He will be that three point threat He shores up a legitamite starter in one of the Magic's weakest positions. In future trades, his contract is a lot easier to move than Steve Francis' CONS He is considered shot happy. He has baggage that goes aorund with him. He has a pretty high salary. I am not going to sugar coat this or anything, but I don't want Jamal Crawford on this team. He is a shoot first type of player and that is detrimental to the development of our young guys. Jamal maybe more explosive offensively than Steve Francis (not much more), but he has the exact same mentality as Francis - shoot first, involve teammates second. While he may not have as high of a price tag as Steve O, we are basically trading our problem player for another problem player WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM!!! Jamal's attitude problem has plagued teams ever since he was in college: -He was suspended for 14 games when he was a member of the Michigan Wolverines for accepting gifts and trying to declare for the draft while still player NCAA basketball -He was run out of Chicago because of disagreements with Bill Cartwright. I found this excerpt from an old article:
-It's no surprise that Larry Brown is not high on Jamal either. Jamal has been used sporadically throught this season, even at one point sitting on the bench while rookie Nate Robinson started. While it looks like this trade is going down, I just hope Otis makes the biggest effort to at least squeeze Trevor Ariza out of this, especially with our depth at SF now. |
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| MAGICmanSAM | Feb 22 2006, 09:59 AM Post #2 |
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is Jamal Crawford a PG or SG? |
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| Pitbullz EP | Feb 22 2006, 10:16 AM Post #3 |
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^^He's been playing a little of both in NY, THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL HE'S PLAYING PG FOR US!! He's shot happy, like jonboy said, but he left out one key factor. HE DOESN'T PLAY DEFENSE!! Another score happy non defensive wing player. I'm telling you it's not what we need, we hae enough scorers. |
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| MAGICmanSAM | Feb 22 2006, 10:23 AM Post #4 |
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We desperately need SF's right now. Chances are, if the Magic do not acquire one in the Francis trade, they may search for a veteran who's not currently signed to a team and sign him to a 10-game contract. They may contact Latrell Sprewell...can't he play the SF position? I know we don't really want him, but we desperately need someone who can at least play with a chip on his shoulder and after not being signed to any team this year, you can be sure he does...plus...he needs the money, he has a family to feed. |
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| JonBoy418 | Feb 22 2006, 01:08 PM Post #5 |
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The last thing the Magic need to do is reanrrange the trade to fix a hole at SF right now. Turk will come back from the injury eventually, so there is no need to comprimise the long term future in order to fill the hole now. However, the Magic could try an squeeze one more lesser known (or young) talent as cap filler, but who has enough potential to give him a shot. **cough**cough** Trevor Ariza |
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| n_cruz69 | Feb 22 2006, 01:12 PM Post #6 |
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Hey, signing Spree may be a good idea...hadnt thought of that one |
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| n_cruz69 | Feb 22 2006, 01:13 PM Post #7 |
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And I dont have a problem with Crawford having a shot first mentality, I mean he is a shooting guard, he will give us scoring |
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| MAGICmanSAM | Feb 22 2006, 01:15 PM Post #8 |
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of course. it'll be, IMO, a win-win situation. the Magic can have a replacement while Turk and Hill are nursing their injuries and Spree will have the chance to show himself in hopes for landing a contract somewhere if he can make a splash. |
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| magiclive | Feb 22 2006, 01:16 PM Post #9 |
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this is a bad trade. we should trade garrity and francis for hardaway, david lee, and ariza. that gives us some young players that are very cheap and a lot of cap room. |
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| JonBoy418 | Feb 22 2006, 01:19 PM Post #10 |
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Looks like Spree might go to greener pastures.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories...k.12d9861e.html |
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| MAGICmanSAM | Feb 22 2006, 01:21 PM Post #11 |
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San Antonio will NOT sign Latrell Sprewell. They don't need to and it doesn't make sense for them. |
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| MAGICMANEVAN | Feb 22 2006, 02:47 PM Post #12 |
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crawford doesnt know a word called defense, chucks up shots from everywhere. but i dont know how he is... like a team player or not. ![]() but you gotta love that one game where he threw the ball off the back board and dunked it down. that was sick. |
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