I know Nellie likes small ball and all, but they have a ton of 6-5, 6-6 guard/forward types. Ellis (once he comes back), Crawford, Jackson, Azubuike, Maggette, Morrow, Watson, Belinelli (kind of)... that's a lot of guys to find time for.. looks like Jackson will have to play PF a lot.
The NBA's mobile website works well enough on mine. It's nothing like the MLB app. Now that's fucking sweet. But still, if you put the mobile site on your main iPhone page, it becomes easily accessible. Click the game you want to follow, then "last play" and then auto refresh. I've followed a few games this way.
Now they are saying Zach to Dallas. http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/55584/20081121/randolph_to_dallas/
It looks like a third team would have to be involved for DAL to get Zach. NY is only interested in contracts that end by 2010.
I don't think trading Al Harrington for Jamal Crawford is particularly questionable. Crawford is consistently as good as Harrington is at his best. I think Crawford will fit very nicely into Nelson's offense.
Whatever positional alignment they use will be awful defensively. Randolph can only play power forward, so it requires Nowitzki defending either centers or small forwards. Nowitzki is anyway not a good defender, and out of position, he's going to be a nightmare for Dallas.
So you trade a 6'10" chucker with no handle for a 6'6" chucker who can pass. I guess that is an upgrade. The Warriors may be the first team in modern NBA history to have a line up of all players between 6'6" and 6'10". I don't think this trade impacts the west one way or the other. I don't like either player. Looks like a "my crap for your crap" kind of deal.
Crawford to Golden St.? Just what that team needed to get over the playoff hump.... ...An outside shooter (before I get blasted that was sarcasm) Really, does Nelly think that he can go Loyola Marymount and score 150 pts a night? How does Jamal Crawford get his 25 shots a night? I've got, perhaps the Warriors are gearing up to win a title in the 6'5 and under league...
No doubt. In fact, I would go so far as to say that this improves the Blazers chances, because Jamal Crawford sucks. He shoots a low percentage, he is a volume shooter, and plays out of control a large portion of the time. So if Golden State wants him, more power to them.
In that case Randolph would head to the Bobcats, Gerald Wallace to the Mavs, and then expiring contracts to New York. I doubt that. Portland could offer more to Charlotte. I've got to think that Gerald Wallace would be enticing enough for Pritchard to move on.
I stand corrected Z-Blow to LAC for T.Thomas and Mobes http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_a.../walsh_waiting_on_confirmation_from_clippers/
Size for the sake of size isn't terribly valuable. It's talented size that helps. Golden State's only good big man is Andris Biedrins. Crawford is simply a better player...produces more and plays better defense.
