Crawful and Failton

[BLAZER PROPHET]

God I wish we had traded them... what is the point of giving these guys minutes if they're not going to be here after this season?

To give you a serious answer to your question, we have to play them. We don't have enough players to not play them. Add to that the league will take a dim view if we intentionally tank and that could come back to bite us. Also, if Crawful opts to play again next year we have to trade him so it's important to, uh, um, to showcase his talents- such as they are.

 

[PapaG]

Crawford has been pretty much what I expected from him, except he showed a willingness to pass the ball at times this year. A 17 PER bench player who creates offense for $5 million is a bargain. I'm not sure what else people expected from Crawford, given his role. He is what he is, and the Blazers did get value from him.

Felton has been an unmitigated disaster, though. No doubt about that.

 

[Denny Crane]

Crawford has been pretty much what I expected from him, except he showed a willingness to pass the ball at times this year. A 17 PER bench player who creates offense for $5 million is a bargain. I'm not sure what else people expected from Crawford, given his role. He is what he is, and the Blazers did get value from him.

Felton has been an unmitigated disaster, though. No doubt about that.

This.

 

[jlprk]

Early in the season, Felton played like a comedian, but he's a lot better now, my 2nd-favorite player after Joel.

 

[magnifier661]

I didn't watch the game, so I can't say. They did put up nice numbers, but I think we went on a run when Nolan replaced Felton. And I think there's a serious problem if we get reliant on Crawford hitting a bunch of threes in the fourth as everyone else stands around and watches if he's gone next season. I suppose one scenario is that we fall in love with him and he with us, and he comes back. But I never liked his game, and so would not be happy if that happened. As it is, what good does him playing well really do us? At this point, with Phoenix playing so well and Utah picking up its game, the chances of us making the playoffs are looking vanishingly small, and if you miss the playoffs there's no advantage in just missing them.

Get rid of them, on the other hand, and Batum HAS to take more shots and get more involved in the offense. Nolan HAS to run the offense through Aldridge and get better.

I like Nolan Smith, I really do. His defense last night and the night before really impressed me. He's really good at staying in front of his man. Felton has played very well the last two games. The shots he was making were pretty impressive. But I will say this again. I do not like him at all. I'm pissed that he came in out of shape and looked like shit for most the year. After this season, I want our team to stay as far away from him as we can.

As far as Crawford is concerned. He had a terrible first 15 games. Since then, he's been pretty good. I actually wouldn't mind if he kept that Jersey and played for our team. He loves our fans and wants to win. Too bad he had a bad rap and had to play PG too long under Nate.