I agree with this. IMO Barton is just not reliable, even as a bench player. The best thing he offers is the occasional spark of energy. That's not exactly a compliment to me. Same thing with TRob, but he's got more tools to work with.
He hasn't shown the scoring instincts that he showed at Cal but looking at his combine numbers he definitely has the size to play SF: 6'11.25" wingspan and an 8'8" standing reach - well above average for a SF.
Nice, well done. If he was .... half of the Klay potential is I would be ecstatic. Admittedly I like Klays game quite a bit. I mentioned before that the nice thing about Crabbe is that he still has a ton of room to grow so he has a shot to get to solid NBA player and maybe even starter quality player in this league.
So, Barton uses this ability to "create his own shot" to increase his FG%? No? Then it's not useful. As for Crabbe and CJ, neither is comfortable on the court. Hopefully, by the end of the year...
CJ>Barton Crabbe>Barton I love the guy and I'm happy for him and his family. I'm sure he'll eek out a decent career playing basketball.
That's what I'm thinking. I think Crabbe could become an Ime Udoka type player (Portland year). Still, we need to lock Wes up. Having Crabbe off the bench as a good role player would be huge going forward.
Wes is the heartbeat of the team. Letting him go would be a disaster. As for the udoka comp, hopefully that's worst case scenario. That's aiming pretty low. I'll tell you right now if crabbe got 28mpg like Udoka did, he would average more than 8ppg
Well I don't think crabbe will be the defender udoka was, that's something I'll give him. Offensively Crabbe has much more potential. Udoka could never move without the ball like Crabbe can.
