Looks like the Blazers are trying to do what the Spurs have done, find D league talent. The kid looks good but if you've seen D league games, there's not much defense played. Seems he likes to drive the lane and finishes well at the rim as well as having a 3pt shot and talent for blocking shots. This could mean Crabbe is headed for the Stampede.
When the Blazers owned their D-League team, Olshey stocked it with summer signings like this. Coby Karl, Richard Howell, and Dallas Lauderdale were roped into a D-League season by getting fooled that they had a chance to make the Blazers in preseason. Maybe that's a hidden reason now.
Even if Sutherland were to completely outplay the entire bench, he still wouldn't be kept on the roster. ~Koby Carl
What Karl is trying to say is the Blazers have young guys that need time because we don't know what we have in those players yet.