Crank

Dude Jamals been playing POINT GUARD for them and Felton has been good god awful . It seems jamal trying to be the team guy and do whats asked has been trying to play the point for them but the problem is that for a while it seems none of there guards were making shots so besides LA there was no one to actually step up and take those shots and allow Crawford to just focus on playing the point until Felton got going . Jamal shooting started slow but it has picked up in the month of February and he has been playing well the problem it seems from chatting with a few Blazers f ans that Nate Mcmillan gives the other guards Wes Mathews and Felton there 30+ mpg no matter what where as Crawford even when he was playing well and they were not struggled to get more than 26 . Jamal when he was here played 31 minutes you could pretty much set your clock by it and when all of our guards had it going we found ways to get them all on the court However the Blazers guards just are not as good as Joe and Kirk because they simply cannot play the drive and kick game . You cant really say the Jamal we know is given the same leeway when hes FORCED due to Feltons incompetence to play PG the majority of the time hes in . We actually seemed to find the right mix of PG/SG usage for jamal the Blazers not so much it seems . I think Nate Mcmillan has trouble adjusting . The scary thing from just checking espn is that if jamal was actually given the same 31 mpg he was given here he would be putting up top 5 sg numbers this year lol . Gotta love that lockout lol

Tmac is probably thinking since Marvin aint doing anything why cant I get a closer look in some of these games . I dont know what type of kryptonite Marvin has on these coaches lol

hes not done hes just........paid.

not much he can say when he knows weve invested a gazillion dollars into our starting frontcourt so theyve gotta play

All Ivan has shown is just how entitled Al,Joe,Smoove,and Marvin really are. When there is no threat on your minutes and no threat on your status this is the type of effort that you end up with.

Good thing I dont bother listening to Hollinger on any topic ever or I might be worried

Sund has already stated he cant go over the luxury tax and we are right up to the limit with the additions of Tmac,Stack,and Radmon

Cmon now he didnt regress and he as in a no win situation with some of you anyway He took fewer shots and became more of a facilitator because the new coach asked him too as well as Joe and they both shot the ball poorly .If he decides to ignore that and focus on on keeping his numbers up youd be claiming how selfish he was . Jamal has nothing to do with Teague minutes thats the whiny parents excuse some of you love to use for Teague .

If his game was on the decline ? cmon thats reach considering the other players whose recently signed bigger contracts at a older age than him . If he goes to the knicks and plays well he could get a 3 yr 18 million dollar deal even next year . The key here would be signing with the pacers means you are not a lock to make the playoffs while signing with the knicks does and the knicks have more national tv games . If he helps the knicks out of the first rd he will get his deal he wont break the bank but a 2/3 year deal would be there for him

Thats not really true the teams that want to pay him that much can only do it via S & T and we are not willing to do it it means going anywhere near crossing the luxury tax threshold . Heck if our cap was 7 million lower we probably wouldve resigned him .

I wouldnt Id take the knicks offer simply because the Pacers are lowballing him when they can afford to pay me more . No way Kwame Brown should get more than him and the market says he is worth about 6-7 million .If the pacers were serious about it they wouldve offered him that . When you consider the pacers play no national tv games at all and even with jamal are a bottom 5/6 seed . I would take the knicks offer play on national tv all year make it a point to bust the Bulls,Pacers,and hawks butts and make NY a top 3 seed. At this stage if should be all about the wins the money will bounce your way if you do that .

Odom is 32 Scola 31 and martin is 28 with a history of missed games due to injuries ...what teams could possibly be built from that ? Josh is 26 and Teague is 23 at least you can say they can be apart of at he future of the franchise . If you add a couple of picks it would be a good deal . If we could add one more young player to that it would be a great deal .

the key to success under the new cba according to Cuban is year to year flexibility . After this season West becomes a 10 million dollar expiring contract which they can use at next years deadline if needed .

I dont see optimism in this post I see excuse making . You blamed last year totally on jamal giving excuses for nearly every single player you mention except him . All is certainly not lost but last years struggles were not simply the result of jamal,injuries,and learning a new offensive system .

All we need to do is hear from the Celts and Heat and then that will be every contender in the east after him . We need to be sending him out west or saying no thank you to a sign and trade . I get the feeling that playoff positioning and homecourt will be extremely important and I dont want to help out anyone in a short year

Im sorry but I would stay away from any current or former Pistons under the Dumars era they all seem to be disruptive and never live up to there contracts. Where ever they go trouble seems to follow . Big Ben ,Rip,AI,Charlie V,Billups ,Prince etc are just bad investments nowadays.

14 years in the league will do that to ya .

trade our entire frontcourt or basically 4/5 starters for Paul ? What you have to ask if how far could Paul take NO with no help ? hesn ot a guy that can do it by himself so he would need help and we would trade away all the help he would have to get him .

Looking at the numbers Crawford didnt rely on isolation nearly as much as Joe did . Crawford gets his off pick and roll which is why he and Joe could co exist . One things for sure we wont have a choice but to be stronger defensively because we lose what was a huge advantage for us in regards to bench play . yep strategically it will take some adjusting

One year vet min deal is a great deal for us

I think a package involving Al would be the only viable one to the Hornets but hes BYC so he really cant be moved .

lol Tmac is actually older than Crawford and has 14 years of wear and tear on his knees along with a injury history and people think hes going back to pre microfracture days ? I recall last year the Bulls passed on him despite the condintioning coach and the Bulls head coach having worked with Tmac in Houston and Rose sharing an agent . Im a big Tmac fan but anyone expecting him to have pre-surgery athleticism are reaching here . This is one of those he signs cheap because we are a playoff team and we will give him a set amount of minutesituations or we simply pass

The only people who worry about the 6th man having cold streaks are people who ignore that there stars dont bring it everyday . Gus like Lebron or Rose etc not showing up for weeks just doesnt happen so if they add someone like Crawford they are not worried about him having to show up every night in order for them to have a chance to win because thats the guys making max money job. I dont think Crawford is worth 10+ mil at his age but I also think hes better than people want to admit as well . I would love to have him back but fiscally I dont see how we can . Our course and what is the next step for them now that they have all been paid is a bigger concern to me than a Crawfords cold streak. Of course Joe,Josh and Al want him back hes been a good teammate and is a well respected player around the league amongst the players they also know that he basically won that Orlando series offensively and if he hadnt they all would be squarely behind the eight ball if they had added a first rd exit to the magic with the lackluster regular season that we also had. With Kirk out they would love to keep some continuity as well . With Marvin walking upright and Teague growing in this shortened season keeping him is actually a no-brainer as far as team growth and challenging the Bulls and the Heat goes but we simply cant afford him in our market .

LOL yeah Jamal is the one holding back Teague lol . The excuses you guys come up with for our players is ridiculous . How would jamal coming off the bench hold back teague who should be starting ? As Ive said for two years now our starting core has peaked so no I wouldnt bring jamal back because of that because all we we will be doing is treading water anyway . Jamal also didnt regress the team asked him to not be as aggressive offensively and to give up shots and play through the bigs which is what we did and the entire team sucked at it because our bigs are not the offensive forces everyone ants them to be . If he ignores Drew and says hey Im the 6th man of the year Im not changing a thing and Im certainly not deferring cause I need to keep my numbers up for my contact well then youd be claiming he selfish and not a team player.. He helped us win the most games for this franchise in 17 years and then the next year won a series for us so Id say we got a good investment out of our 6th man . In fact anyone in the league would so I dont get the reaction to try and knock one of the few moves that have really worked out in our favor. As i said I dont believe he will be back because I dont believe we can afford to keep him at any price not when we have the giant elephant in the room to worry about

The only trade that comes close to working is Joe + Josh + Teague for Paul and Okafor . Al is a Full BYC player and is essentially untradeable until next summer. I just dont see a league owned team accepting a deal with Joe because of his contract nor Josh because of his rep . They would take AL + picks/ salary but hes essentially off the table .