it remains to be seen how this will work out, but we get a quality player who is a proven scorer for an inconsistent player who didn’t want to play for us. Sounds like a good deal to me!

but the Knicks fans seem really mad about losing him

under the circumstances but what I have seen of Crawford what comes to mind is

he shoots too much and at a low percentage

we are locking ourselves into a a few more years with this guy’s contract than Al and why would we want to do that with all the young guys we have

To me its not what we need at all and could mess up our team’s chemistry. I could see adding a pass first point or a defensive minded big guy

Hope I am wrong about Crawford

…at first glance as the very height of stupidity.

After this season… so if he thinks he can get more than $9-10M, he might exercise it. Most players do – so he could expire too. But that remains to be seen. I see him as a poor man’s Monta – can score a little, slash a little, poor defensively… but he is shooting well from downtown this year (45%). He’s also thriving in the fast paced Knicks offense. Worst case scenario, I still think he’s better than Al.

he’s kind of more of the same old, same old. A high-scoring shooting guard? Kind of sounds like Monta Ellis, Stephen Jackson, Corey Maggette, Kelenna Azubuike and Anthony Morrow. I like talent as much as the next guy, but this may be too much at one position. How’re Morrow and Buike supposed to get in rhythms if there’s only 15 minutes for them each game?
I dunno….

“Agreed in principle” to “Completed”

we had 2 let go of harrington so might as well get the best talent available…nellie ball is back…and we’re deep now!

only regret is not putting bellinelli/m. will in a package cuz we have too many guards now

I think the likely starting five after Ellis returns would be:
Pg- Monta Ellis
Sg- Jamal Crawford
SF- Stephen Jackson
PF- Corey Maggette
C- Andris Biedrins
Bench – Azubuike, Morrow, Wright, Turiaf, Watson, Randolph

Obviously, we have a surplus of guards. I just don’t see Wright starting in the 4 position. I think Nellie would utilize a small ball lineup instead of putting Wright (Who cannot shoot a three) into the starting lineup.
I personally like the sound of this team.
However, Crawford is not known as a defensive player, nor is he a good rebounder. But I’ll take any possible talent for Al at this point. Let’s see what the future holds.

While many of us like Wright a lot, it doesn’t appear that Nellie does. I doubt he starts.

Goodbye Al! Good for you to get back to NY where you grew up. Maybe D’Antoni will use you in a way that you want (doubt it.) Baron’s home in L.A., Als home in N.Y… who’s next? Monta to Memphis? Now there is only remnants of the team that beat the Mavs in 2006.

Moving on…

Maybe there is another trade in the making? Packaging Crawford and some young’ens for a pg? Probably not. At least there is closure and the Team came move onto the next game against Chicago tonight. We probably won’t see Craword till he plays on the road trip in N.Y. maybe? Against Al and his old team..

Don’t take away Morrow minutes, everytime he shoots I expect it to be a swoosh!!

To TMNT, I’m gonna miss your…… smile.

Harrington was useless on this team. We get some actual talent for Harrington, and even though we have an abundance of 2 guards, Nelson knows how to utilize the talent he has. I’m seeing a lot of small ball in our future.

Harrington has been crying about not wanting to be in the organization because he is the selfish all eyes on me type of player that strives for the attention GSWs aren’t giving. This trade might do well for the Knicks considering they need someone like that. Once he gets that back fixed, after Thanksgiving sometime, he can step up for the team and in the meanwhile rich or maybe chandler might be scoring the top numbers in the games until Harrington gets accustomed. Additionally, the Knicks hopes to pick up Lebron in 2010 might be in the works soon just as long as they kick out the 2010 tracts for some room.

Then we have Crawfish, who is like a hermit. He comes out of his shell whenever he wants to. This guy is inconsistent and can’t play D for the life of him. He might have some tricks with breaking ankles or passing to himself from the board, but what the Warriors might be able to use him as is a PG like in Chicago and complete the swingmen. Total Run and Gun offense with Ronny and AB to mix it up. Although the trade has mixed reviews, it seems to work out! Don’t stop believing!

I love this trade, makes much more sense than giving away Al for Malik Rose. I mean think about the value that was traded for Al and Capt. Jack…Dunleavy, Murphy, and Diogu all 1st rd. picks, in which case the W’s had to get some talent in this trade.

Crawford gives them instant help at the PG position, as well as a larger guard to pair with Ellis upon his return. Yes he may be a “chucker” who shoots a lower percentage, but look at his game log he has only had 2 terrible shooting nights this season, one of which he shot only 6 times. Other than that his shooting well and even torched the Jazz for 32, no easy feat. As for his defense he held Paul Pierce to 5/13 the other night and if he can help Jack in gambling for steals it will spark the fastbreak, which has been almost non-existent in comparison to last year.

Al really wasn’t that great of a talent anyways he’s a guy who likes to score on bad teams then bitch when he’s on good ones about how they don’t use him right. Realistically he was the consolation prize for not being able to land Jermaine O’Neal a few years back..

Adios Al, hello Jamal…

as if we are sure we are getting the same Monta back this year

maybe not this year and maybe not ever

Of course I hope not but this could be part of what plays into a deal like this too

Feh.

The good: we got a pretty good player, a better player than Al. Crawford’s contract is only a year longer than Al’s, and we weren’t going to be players in the 2010 FA market anyway, so it doesn’t change that much salary-wise. This doesn’t block Wright or Randolph.

The bad: we got a player we don’t need on a mediocre contract. Crawford gives this team nothing it didn’t already have. We had swingman depth… Jackson, Maggette, Azubuike and Morrow is one of the deeper quartets you’ll find. Crawford is no more of a point guard than Monta. Crawford is a crappy defender.

I’m not a big fan of this trade. It didn’t make us worse, but it didn’t improve us as much as other deals for Al could’ve. Gerald Wallace is a better player and, critically, a talented individual defender; he’d have been a real asset in Nellie’s system. The only difference between his contract and Crawford’s is Wallace’s player option in ‘11-’12 that he might not end up exercising. If we had a chance at Wallace and ended up with Crawford, we blew it.

I still really like the future of this team, because the young core is truly promising. But we had a chance to improve that core further; coming into the season, we had two possible trade chips, in Jack and Al. We’ve turned them into more, older Jack, and a worse version of Jack. Color me unimpressed.

if crawford is dealt again if we get back a healthy Monta. He should have much more trade value than harrington.

any day..let the nicknames start

at least you’ll get to see him do this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz5DXIezqr4

Harrington is not good enough to warrant us getting a scorer like Crawford. I am really surprised the Knicks did this. but I will take it Anyday. Once Monta comes back our first 10 is going to be pretty good

Any chance Rowell cuts the cord on Monta now? I certainly hope now, but as a long-time Warrior fan, nothing surprises me anymore….

since all morrow can do is shoot he should be coming off the bench to provide instant offense when the team needs it. you know at those particular time when the warriors seem to be playing more into the other teams style and forgetting their own. i like this trade crawford can light it up and this just adds depth to the teams first unit and solidifies the second unit.

Just as Morrow heats up we bring in another shoot-first shooting guard. Doesn’t make a lot of sense. The front office has something else in mind. I think this is going to be a short stop for Crawford…he’ll end up somewhere else by the trading deadline. The Warriors might trade him for a legit point guard – I don’t have any idea who might be on the block.

and if the deal goes through in time the warriors will be paying harrington a little visit in his new home very soon.

then we can make a little splash in the FA market for a player we ACTUALLY need (not crawford) this next offseason

he’s shooting .432 so far this year. that’s not bad for a guard.

fyi, ray allen’s shooting .436 and rudy fernandez’s shooting .442 so far this season. anyway the warriors shooter is a-mo.

of course his defense is another thing, but i think the team’s attitude towards defense the season will have a big influence on his play.

the knicks will become more like gsw. with the harrington acquisition and getting rid of randolph. im excited to see the matchup

Our offense right now is really quite awful. Some open shot opportunities (even more with Monta) but no shot makers. Hopefully Crawford is a shot maker. He’s shooting 45% from 3 point range (35-77, a pretty decent sample size) I’m no math major—I just watch games—but with last year’s 3-point % he would have only made 27 of those. Plus you have to account for the Knicks factor.

His sideways hop-step move is probably my favorite move ever. I try it at the gym sometimes (to raucous laughter). Someday……