If Allan Crabbe is our starting anything, we are going to lose A LOT of games. Yeah, I know he was "8-0" as a starter last year. Spare me. He was hiding behind Aldridge, Lillard, Rolo, and Wes the entire time. This year he will not have that luxury.
No disrespect, but what made Roy special was his handle - he could get anywhere he wanted on the court with the ball in his hand - not too many players in the league that can do that, especially out of the PG position. Crabbe's demeanor might be the same as Roy's, but that's about the only thing, play-wise they have in common. If anyone on this team has some of Roy's stop and go and hesitate moves it's CJ.
Roy was by far a better player, don't get me wrong. But I enjoy having crabbe out on the floor trying on d. One area crabbe does not remind me of Roy is defense. Roy played matador d way too often.
Hopefully Crabbe noticed that his former coworker earned himself a $70m contract just by playing hard defense and hitting threes while playing his ass off next to Lillard. Whether he plays at SF or SG, that role is wide open for Crabbe to take on. The blueprint is just sitting there in front of him--and truth be told he has more natural tools than Matthews did in terms of length and athleticism.
You are absolutely correct brother. I was, by no means, saying Crabbe would ceiling to Roy's talent. Just found the physical and general similarities eerily similar.
I was a little concerned that we were going to cut him, SA wasn't going to resign Green and pick up Crabbe. Then we'd watch Crabbe go big time since SA does such a good job with players and their roles. Glad he's still here and will get his chance this year.
