Jamal Crawford

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  1. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Is Lopez a free agent?
     
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    I agree with this. With the shortened season we just don't have time to "bring the kids along slow."
     
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    No but he's on a cheap contract. I don't think he'd be too hard to get.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I guess I don't understand your logic then. If he's productive AND on a cheap contract, why in the world would Phoenix want to part with him? Isn't "cheap and good" pretty much the holy grail in professional sports?
     
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    Well, he's not productive yet. He's shown flashes. But remember, Przybilla was hot garbage his first five years in the League. Lopez has solid defensive instincts. He's just not consistent at all. Will take a while to develop, like Przybilla.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I guess my recollection of Robin Lopez's play is a little hazy, I thought he was doing pretty well as a defensive big for Phoenix.
     
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    Thats what I remember. Phoenix is not going to just give him away for cheap to us, he is their center of the future.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Why do people still quote or put links up from anything that clown types! Sorry Fez, don't want to give that hack credit for me going to his website!
     
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    I would prefer having Carl Landry on our roster next season. However, I think he is staying in NO, and was just waiting for the CP3 crazyness to wrap up before inking a new deal. Probably 4 years for $29 million or so.

    But lets say we can sign him, he is going to want max MLE, 4 years $21 million. We can get Crawford on a one year contract, between those two options that tilts the scales towards Crawford IMO if we have the choice. Not being locked into a multi-year contract is a huge benefit. Some of our other big MLE acquisitions are guys like Derek Anderson, Ruben Patterson which often don't work out. Crawford's contract has much less downside.

    Although either player would be an awesome addition to our bench and I would sign either this second if they were willing. I think both are good values worth more then the price of their contract.
     
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    It's actually a good write up. Check it out!
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    It's not bad.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I actually just cracked on him on twitter! Friend of mine re-tweeted something from him and I tweeted this......


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  15. magnifier661

    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Nothing stops us from making a sign and trade though and it won't matter what we have, as long as we have a player that will make sense. Do you think Camby would work? I think Camby is a better fit for NO than Kaman; then they can use Kaman to grab another player they need.
     
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    Crawford just filled up my timeline for the past 2 hrs.
     
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    Gortat is.
     
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    http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2011/12/trail_blazers_figure_to_get_an.html

    This paragraph from Quick does not really make sense to me:

    “With Sacramento, it’s not just about the money,’’ Crawford said. “They have a lot of young talent, and I’m a big fan of Coach (Paul) Westphal. But with Portland, I feel I can really help in the backcourt by being another creator, another scorer. And I’ve known Nate (McMillan) since I was 16. I’m honestly torn.’’

    What is there to be torn about? You are closer to home, you have friends on the team, you have more Vets on the team that you can relate to, (Evan/Cousins or LMA/Felton??) and IMO you will get more minutes. To me it seems an easy decision. So I guess that means he will choose Sacramento..........
     
  19. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    In Sacto, he can have more of a leadership role, and he will be able to play at a pace that suits his game better.
     
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    Torn because it's an extra 1.5 million, but he's not gonna say that. :)
     

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