Chief is playing the best defense of anyone on the team (Harkless a close second), so any vote for him in this thread doesn't add up in my opinion. Henderson had a fantastic Game 1, but was pretty quiet the following two games. It's got to be Allen Crabbe. Not only is he missing shots, but he's pressing out there. None of his shots these past two games have looked like they were in rhythm or that he was comfortable shooting them. For a player who was averaging 14-15 points during the middle part of the season, it's awfully frustrating to see Crabbe put up back-to-back zero-point outings. Make no mistake about it I want him to shoot open jumpers, but we can not win this series unless he and other members of the bench help out.
Actually, in terms of second half performance and showing up in the playoffs, Crabbe is the anti-Meyers. Meyers played great in the playoffs last season (19.6 PER, 10-13 3-pointers = .769 3FG%) and his 3-point shooting improved every month this season (.414 3FG% in Jan, .452 3FG% in February and .462 3FG% in March) until his season ending injury. So, in this case, I wish Crabbe was actually channeling his inner Leonard. He's been a complete no show in this series so far. BNM
Crabbe seems like the typical guy who needs 20 chances to get used to everything. He has talent but takes forever to get used to the level of competition. He better get used to the pressure asap.
Tim Frazier, this guy won't even come to practice any more! What's up w/ that? Talking about not being a team player
Seriously. Dude doesn't even want to sit with the team anymore. Prefers to sit with the crowd now. What a team player....
...oh right, for their 4 game sweep in 2014 and he played very similar to his current up and down ways ( http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hendege02/gamelog/2014/#pgl_basic_playoffs::none )
Yeah he is; comparing Crabbe's consecutive 0 point games to Harden's missing some shots after his team got to the NBA finals. I guess continuing that; Crabbe has basically struggled as Drexler did? Drexler lost in the finals to Jordan. I'd hate to let a future Drexler walk away from our team.
Crabbe showed up big time tonight. Henderson is due, and I think Wednesday is going to be the day he does.