http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2015/07/trail_blazers_allen_crabbe.html Love hearing about him living in the gym. He's got a chance to start, or at the very least be in the rotation.
I heard Danny Green's name thrown around when the offseason first started but was thinking we may have our own version in Crabbe. I hope his shot stays and if he keeps up playing hard defense, I can see us standing behind him as our starting 2. Let's hope he keeps it up!
I don't get this Crabbe love. He is a fringe NBA player. This report that he is finally puttin in the "work" gives me a little hope, but I'll believe it when I see it.
Green was a scrub early in his career. I think he is a product of the spurs system. Give crabbe time, he could end up being better
I think this is the starting shooting guard that we want/crave. He has the size (6'6) He's a shooter. He's athletic (as shown in the gif above) And he plays defense.
“You know who he remind me? A little bit like B-Roy (Brandon Roy), sometimes, the way he is. He’s cool and natural on the court,” Batum said. “They don’t do like crazy stuff. He does what he’s supposed to do. He’s good. And the same spirit, natural stuff, cool breeze like B-Roy was.” -Batum
He's only good if he's hitting his shots. I suppose you could say that for a lot of guys, but Crabbe's effectiveness is strictly tied to how well his jumpshot is falling on that night.
It's fine. It's not great or anything, but he won't hurt you defensively, I guess. That's not really a ringing endorsement though.
His main problem has been passivity. He certainly hasn't looked passive so far. He's already seen minutes on a much better team - he should get the chance to show what he's got. Whether or not he starts will depend a lot on how Stotts feels about seniority in the NBA. But he's certainly been encouraging. He still looks a little stiff to me - he doesn't flow like (say) Roy did, but I was certainly surprised and impressed by his range of offense last night - particularly the little floater.
He's not necessarily gotten many minutes. if he gets consistent minutes I think he has the potential to play d very well
It's funny that he was playing against Anderson, the guy I thought we were going to end up with, who is pretty much a pure 3-and-D guy. Anderson, by rep, should have destroyed Crabbe, just because he's a high motor guy, so the pwnage on that block was particularly sweet. REALLY hate the hair and "shaped" beard, though. Those BETTER be just a summer fling.
I think theirs been too small of a sample size, After this year we will have a better idea of what kind of player he can be with more minutes. A big part of basketball is confidence, in his first couple seasons he got sparse minutes combined with a short leash... Lets see what he does given the opportunity.
It's funny because I made a comment on how he reminds me so much of Roy out there, even before Batum made these comments. Obviously he's not as good, but the way he moves, plays and even looks when the camera is panned out. There was one game when I actually said "Wtf, did Roy come back?!"
