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Title: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: rondohondo on February 22, 2013, 04:39:14 PM
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Chris Forsberg:

    Crawford flew from the nation's capital to Phoenix (connecting through Atlanta) and arrived here around 2 a.m. Short on sleep, he took his physical this morning and coach Doc Rivers said he'll be on the floor this evening against the Suns.

    "We have no choice," quipped Rivers, whose injury-depleted roster is begging for healthy bodies. Rivers hopes Crawford can provide an immediate scoring punch off the bench with his no-conscious offensive approach.

    "Listen, he’s a scorer. Most scorers don’t have a conscious -- and that’s a good thing," said Rivers. "What you try to teach him is the different between a good [shot] and a bad one. But you don’t want to take away –- if he’s a great scorer, great scorers make bad shots. So a lot of times you just live with it, unless you think it’s hurting the team."





    Jordan Crawford is not short on confidence and nerves are rarely an issue for him on the basketball court. But the 24-year-old guard admitted he got a monster case of the butterflies when he learned he had been traded to the Boston Celtics Thursday.

    "I was nervous; I didn’t know how to take [the trade news]," Crawford said after joining the team for its shootaround Friday morning at the United Airways Center. "Boston Celtics -- that carries a lot of weight. I was anxious, nervous, hands sweating -- all that."

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4702603/nervous-crawford-excited-to-join-cs
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: jambr380 on February 22, 2013, 04:48:16 PM
Quote
Chris Forsberg:

    Crawford flew from the nation's capital to Phoenix (connecting through Atlanta) and arrived here around 2 a.m. Short on sleep, he took his physical this morning and coach Doc Rivers said he'll be on the floor this evening against the Suns.

    "We have no choice," quipped Rivers, whose injury-depleted roster is begging for healthy bodies. Rivers hopes Crawford can provide an immediate scoring punch off the bench with his no-conscious offensive approach.

    "Listen, he’s a scorer. Most scorers don’t have a conscious -- and that’s a good thing," said Rivers. "What you try to teach him is the different between a good [shot] and a bad one. But you don’t want to take away –- if he’s a great scorer, great scorers make bad shots. So a lot of times you just live with it, unless you think it’s hurting the team."





    Jordan Crawford is not short on confidence and nerves are rarely an issue for him on the basketball court. But the 24-year-old guard admitted he got a monster case of the butterflies when he learned he had been traded to the Boston Celtics Thursday.

    "I was nervous; I didn’t know how to take [the trade news]," Crawford said after joining the team for its shootaround Friday morning at the United Airways Center. "Boston Celtics -- that carries a lot of weight. I was anxious, nervous, hands sweating -- all that."

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4702603/nervous-crawford-excited-to-join-cs

I sometimes forget how truly lucky we are to be a 'part' of a franchise that carries so much weight around the league. All Boston teams are full of lore and it is always great to hear how happy / nervous players are to come here.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: CelticHooligan3 on February 22, 2013, 04:54:48 PM
Glad to hear his reaction. Humble and appreciative. Nervous, even. A good game tonight could go a long way in a possible positive start here with us. I bet a lot of practice competition between him, Terry, & Williams for that 6th man scorer role off the bench can only lead to good things for the C's. Especially down the stretch, heading for the Playoffs. Can't wait. Welcome aboard #27.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: CelticConcourse on February 22, 2013, 04:56:49 PM
Humble and appreciative.

I beg to differ on the former ;D
But we need some arrogant guys, right?

I like CRAW
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: CelticHooligan3 on February 22, 2013, 05:05:53 PM
Humble and appreciative.

I beg to differ on the former ;D
But we need some arrogant guys, right?

I like CRAW



I know he dunked on yebron in college and he's a scorer. Other than that i don't know much about his personality or confidence. He's had some questionable relationships with former coaches.. So i hear, but so have many others that have worn Green.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: CelticConcourse on February 22, 2013, 05:07:35 PM
Humble and appreciative.

I beg to differ on the former ;D
But we need some arrogant guys, right?

I like CRAW



I know he dunked on yebron in college and he's a scorer. Other than that i don't know much about his personality or confidence. He's had some questionable relationships with former coaches.. So i hear, but so have many others that have worn Green.

After talking with a few Wiz fans (and NBA fans in general), it's pretty clear this guy thinks he's the king of the world. He takes shots no matter how tough, and doesn't back down from anyone (including an incident with KG over the summer). He's also unmotivated on the defensive end.

But I still think he's a great player and a worthwhile pickup. I see him scoring 10ppg and averaging the second-most assists on this team (behind Pierce).
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: CelticHooligan3 on February 22, 2013, 05:14:19 PM
Humble and appreciative.

I beg to differ on the former ;D
But we need some arrogant guys, right?

I like CRAW



I know he dunked on yebron in college and he's a scorer. Other than that i don't know much about his personality or confidence. He's had some questionable relationships with former coaches.. So i hear, but so have many others that have worn Green.

After talking with a few Wiz fans (and NBA fans in general), it's pretty clear this guy thinks he's the king of the world. He takes shots no matter how tough, and doesn't back down from anyone (including an incident with KG over the summer). He's also unmotivated on the defensive end.

But I still think he's a great player and a worthwhile pickup. I see him scoring 10ppg and averaging the second-most assists on this team (behind Pierce).



I'll take that. I also seriously doubt he will have any "issues" here. The organization is too solid up and down.


Also, if he comes anywhere near those numbers you threw out there, he could be a real difference maker. For a team that seemingly can go cold at any moment added scoring punch is always a plus.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: ScottHow on February 22, 2013, 05:26:55 PM
He's gonna drop 30 and start his HOF career tonight.  ;)
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: CelticHooligan3 on February 22, 2013, 05:44:11 PM
I'm honestly curious to see if his defense is as bad as they say. I bet he just never learned rotating at a lower level. If he can pick that up, he could be passible at least. Clearly he's quick & athletic enough. Things can always be improved if that's the case.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: LarBrd33 on February 22, 2013, 05:46:19 PM
all he needs to do is fill in for barbosa... get us 8-14 off the bench.

Actually a pretty daunting task.  Barbosa was a huge part of our post-rondo win streak.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: CelticConcourse on February 22, 2013, 05:47:36 PM
I'm honestly curious to see if his defense is as bad as they say. I bet he just never learned rotating at a lower level. If he can pick that up, he could be passible at least. Clearly he's quick & athletic enough. Things can always be improved if that's the case.

He is super-athletic. It's his drive that is underwhelming.

He's been playing like Rondo was earlier this season >_> Doesn't contest many shots according to the Wiz reports
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: WeMadeIt17 on February 22, 2013, 05:53:45 PM
I hope he plays well. Hopefully he can be the scorer off the bench that we expected from Terry. I like our bench wings though.

Terry
Crawford
Williams
Green

should be a fun lineup to watch. I hope we keep Williams as well. Looked decent pushing the ball and pretty fast.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: BleedGreen1989 on February 22, 2013, 05:54:36 PM
Glad to hear his reaction. Humble and appreciative. Nervous, even. A good game tonight could go a long way in a possible positive start here with us. I bet a lot of practice competition between him, Terry, & Williams for that 6th man scorer role off the bench can only lead to good things for the C's. Especially down the stretch, heading for the Playoffs. Can't wait. Welcome aboard #27.

This. I love his reaction. He clearly wants to play well and impress
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: CelticHooligan3 on February 22, 2013, 05:55:51 PM
I'm honestly curious to see if his defense is as bad as they say. I bet he just never learned rotating at a lower level. If he can pick that up, he could be passible at least. Clearly he's quick & athletic enough. Things can always be improved if that's the case.

He is super-athletic. It's his drive that is underwhelming.

He's been playing like Rondo was earlier this season >_> Doesn't contest many shots according to the Wiz reports



Shouldn't be too hard to keep your hand straight up in the air as you close out. If he can't learn to do that then that's alarming. But i think this organization will have no problem sitting him if that's the case. I hope those habits don't follow him here. I'm sure the vets will get in his ear. In a positive manner, but negative if need be.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: danglertx on February 22, 2013, 06:03:39 PM
For those of you questioning his defense, Barbosa wasn't one for defense before he got here either.  Playing on really bad teams can do that to you.  Barbosa definitely shaped up and I was pretty impressed with his effort on defense.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: Fred Roberts on February 22, 2013, 06:21:11 PM
While we are not collecting bigs, we are collecting top tier athletes:

Green
Lee
Bradley
T Will
J Craw

these dudes has the ability to pester on D, create turnovers, run and get buckets to help PP and KG down the line. If we can fill in the last couple slots w/ size, hopefully it comes together.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: Tr1boy on February 23, 2013, 05:16:47 PM
call me impressed. At times the finishes were "breathtaking, spectacular". There is some Jordan/Dominique , the way he can fly to the basket, twist his body, extend his arms and finish.

Shooting jumpers was also good. Glad to see he knows he is playing for the celts and not the wizards and not chucking shots left and right. He was very resourceful with his shots in addition over half the time was making some nice passes.

He put in the effort on the defensive end, though at times he didn't run back right away from the offensive end.  Also on defense there is too much hand checking instead of just staying in front of his man.

Overall , we got our barbosa fix and gave up nothing to get him.  He is ahead of T will
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: Kane3387 on February 23, 2013, 05:48:42 PM
call me impressed. At times the finishes were "breathtaking, spectacular". There is some Jordan/Dominique , the way he can fly to the basket, twist his body, extend his arms and finish.

Shooting jumpers was also good. Glad to see he knows he is playing for the celts and not the wizards and not chucking shots left and right. He was very resourceful with his shots in addition over half the time was making some nice passes.

He put in the effort on the defensive end, though at times he didn't run back right away from the offensive end.  Also on defense there is too much hand checking instead of just staying in front of his man.

Overall , we got our barbosa fix and gave up nothing to get him.  He is ahead of T will

Definitely talented. We may have gotten a steal.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: kozlodoev on February 23, 2013, 06:06:21 PM
Yup, I was impressed, too. There's a lot of talent there, let's hope he can get it all straight in his head. I can easily see him having a Jamal Crawford role off the bench for us for quite a number of years.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: jdz101 on February 23, 2013, 06:48:52 PM
For those of you questioning his defense, Barbosa wasn't one for defense before he got here either.  Playing on really bad teams can do that to you.  Barbosa definitely shaped up and I was pretty impressed with his effort on defense.

Crawford has a lot more work to do on D than Barbosa.

Several times last night he helped off his man one pass away on the perimeter. He was extremely lucky the suns couldn't hit a shot.

With the amount of steal-mongering and over help going on I thought I was watching rondo 10 games into the regular season.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: Tr1boy on February 23, 2013, 08:11:45 PM
For those of you questioning his defense, Barbosa wasn't one for defense before he got here either.  Playing on really bad teams can do that to you.  Barbosa definitely shaped up and I was pretty impressed with his effort on defense.

Crawford has a lot more work to do on D than Barbosa.

Several times last night he helped off his man one pass away on the perimeter. He was extremely lucky the suns couldn't hit a shot.

With the amount of steal-mongering and over help going on I thought I was watching rondo 10 games into the regular season.

I get what you mean, but Crawford is going to come off the bench, unlike Rondo who has to play important mins in a game.

There is no comparison.



Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: hwangjini_1 on February 23, 2013, 08:19:46 PM
call me impressed. At times the finishes were "breathtaking, spectacular". There is some Jordan/Dominique , the way he can fly to the basket, twist his body, extend his arms and finish.

Shooting jumpers was also good. Glad to see he knows he is playing for the celts and not the wizards and not chucking shots left and right. He was very resourceful with his shots in addition over half the time was making some nice passes.

He put in the effort on the defensive end, though at times he didn't run back right away from the offensive end.  Also on defense there is too much hand checking instead of just staying in front of his man.

Overall , we got our barbosa fix and gave up nothing to get him.  He is ahead of T will

Definitely talented. We may have gotten a steal.

it has never been about a lack of talent with twill. it has always been him being a knuckle head, bad shot decisions, and a poor attitude.

if he really buys into the celtic team concept, passes instead of trying to make ridiculous/impossible hero shots, and controls urges to be sir chuck-a-lot, then he will be a great, great pick up by ainge.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: biggs on February 23, 2013, 08:23:55 PM
He reminds me of a cocky, more athletic Flip Murray.  "Herky Jerky" as Tommy would say.   Lotta spin on his shot, tends to rattle em in.  He's kind of goofy with his form and posture , fun to watch  like our boy Fab.  I'm very pleased.  He and Williams may not fill the need we have (bigs/rebounding), but they certainly add a nice punch.
Title: Re: Doc: "Crawford will play tonight"
Post by: Emmette Bryant on March 05, 2013, 12:47:53 AM
He reminds me of a cocky, more athletic Flip Murray.  "Herky Jerky" as Tommy would say.   Lotta spin on his shot, tends to rattle em in.  He's kind of goofy with his form and posture , fun to watch  like our boy Fab.  I'm very pleased.  He and Williams may not fill the need we have (bigs/rebounding), but they certainly add a nice punch.

I agree with your description of Crawford's game. He reminds me of an athletic Earl Monroe.  Hmm... that's high praise.  Hope he turns out to be half the player Monroe was.