al is a huge sack of garbage that was butt hurt he wasn’t playing more even though he sucked a$$. then he demanded a trade and faked being injured.

What was he doing NOT practicing during the Clippers and Laker games?

Either Crawford is sitting out on his own, or his agent is telling Crawford to sit out. If Crawford is doing this on his own, he’s either pissed at Nellie, or he’s being the nice guy and not want to step over any rebuilding that may be happening. If Crawford’s agent is behind this, then the agent is obviously pissed at Nellie, and he’s trying to show his control over the situation.

In either case, I liked that Crawford is NOT playing. No more dribble-dribble-shoot-clang.

riddance. I don’t miss JC one bit.

with the JC not opting out and Nelly benching him next year for the sake of “I told you so”?

Crawford isn’t happy with his benching, so now he’s choosing not to play. The Warriors are trying to push Crawford so he’ll opt-out, which would be good for the Warriors, but makes no sense for Crawford since he’s being paid so much and he probably won’t get nearly as much as a free agent. So we’re treating him like crap to try to get rid of him. Hopefully it works. Understandable that Crawford isn’t happy with how he’s being treated, but at the same time, it has to be done.

it’s understandable that Nellie wants to see his youngsters develop, but why does he feel the need to have the Vets sit out? Why can’t he just have them suit up and be ready to play, if needed? Because Nellie’s playin’ head games and acting as ‘manager’. I don’t blame JC for what he’s doing.

And I don’t get why you’re all whining about his game. Other than his lack of D, he’s still bringin’ in the pts (3rd) and is 2nd in assists for the Ws. Worst guard? Have you looked at Watson and Belinelli?

It’s the dog days of the season and there isn’t much to talk about and it seems people will say anything. I think because of the legacy of the Weber fiasco Nellie has a rougher time in GS than anywhere. Historically, he’s been a players’ coach, a coach players love to play for. Ask the twice MVP Steve Nash. There wasn’t a lot of this kind of thing in Dallas and I don’t think there is much evidence Nellie treats his players like crap.

I don’t know why it was the Ws acquired Crawford. Nellie said he was soft when he arrived. It is obvious the Ws can’t pay this guy to play alongside Monta and be one of the greatest defensive vanishing acts in history. So, I don’t know what’s going on and I am not sure anybody else does either. Everyone is just playing his Nellie feeling card on this one.

My guess is Nellie would have preferred to have Al, but Al wasn’t happy with Nellie. The Ws didn’t make the trade last year when they should have and Al called their bluff this year. I am guessing Crawford was the best they could do and his real upside was that he could opt out and that’s what he talked about when he arrived (He had always wanted to play on a championship team.) Personally, I think things will be a lot clearer when Mullin is gone and I expect the Ws to be much better next year. Though his concern hasn’t showed much in results, Nellie seems much more concerned with the defense than he ever was in Dallas. And Crawford didn’t want to touch anybody on defense. On offense, he could be great and then he could totally disappear. I just can’t see getting upset over this guy or, in retrospect, Al. Even with all his points, Mike D has called Al out as a selfish player. And neither of these guys is a real difference maker.

To quote the great comedian Lewis Black, “Your stone-cold #$!@ nuts.”

News flash, Crawford is paid whether he plays 48 minutes every game or sits on the bench in a suit every game. It is not in our benefit to pay someone 20 million dollars to show up in church clothes every game.

While we can argue (rather successfully ill admit) that it is in our benefit for Crawford to opt out at the end of the season, Nellie and the Warriors front office are playing a really dangerous game right now with Crawford. If they try to isolate this guy, who quite honestly has done nothing but be a model player since coming here, they send the wrong message to the fans, to our players, and worse yet, potential future warriors prospects. If we are forced to trade him (and its looking like its heading that way) his value will only be further diminished to us if other teams KNOW he is disgruntled here and that we NEED to get rid of him because of it.

Bottom line, I think Nellie has overstepped his bounds here. Crawford isn’t a good fit alongside Monta. Crawford’s game is 80% of the time incredibly frustrating to watch, 20% brilliant. We all can envision this team being better in the long run with Crawford relieving us of his contract at the end of the season. But you dont give the Marbury treatment to players like Crawford, and we may be beginning to see the results of those actions.

Jamal’s agent. If he was (likely) the source of the leak between Nellie and JC’s conversation about opt out or get traded.

Players always talk about people not talking to them, or lying to them. Nellie obviously had a candid heart to heart with Jamal. Showed him respect – and frankly is doing Jamal a favor.

By not suiting him up for games he’s keeping Jamal’s scoring average up so he’s more marketable as a free agent should JC opt out. If JC plays and loses minutes to Monta (a guarantee) his scoring average over 20 games could drop from 19ppg to 16ppg.

At 19ppg, he could get good $$$, at 16, mid-level exemption at best. Nellie IS treating Jamal well by doing this.

Does ANYBODY actually think JC deserves ANY of Monta’s playing time?!?!?!

This guy stinks, I’m not saying he’s not a quality human being but from a basketball perspective this guy does nothing for me unless I wanted to watch someone get crossed over 3 or 4 times and then have a jumper shot on them. He doesn’t play a lick of defense, doesn’t rebound and is SUPER streaky. I personally would rather play jackson, morrow, bellinelli, or Kelenna over this chump.

 If the only way that you can get rid of this guy is trying to force him to opt out that’s what you do. He’s a basketball player, he wants to play ball like all of us that play the game because we love it. I personally would take a pay cut to be in a better situation were I would be playing but that’s me. If he doesn’t help your team don’t play him. He’s not untradeable you would just have to get rid of one of those players that nobody wants to see go. I personally would package him with Belinelli and try to get a trade done if he doesn’t opt out. Although who would take that trade, I wouldn’t unless I was trading equal GARBAGE in return and we don’t need more trash. Let him sit on the bench in street clothes. I for one don’t care and actually appreciate seeing him not play, as I was extremly excited to see him not warming up when I went to 76ers game the other night. Good ridance, hopefully he mans up and opts out.

Being under contract I’m pretty sure he can’t do anything that would possibly get him injured and that includes playing ball outside of a Warriors sanctioned practice or game.