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Yeah Crowder was a steal for boston. Hes probably an average three pointer though..below most three and D guys, but hes Tony Allen or Justice winslow
Throwing this dude in the awful trade for the Rondo corpse..
And now you are left with the overpaid damaged goods that is Wes Mathews and Parsons for wing a rotation in a league where 3&D guys is probably the most high-priced commodity after bonafide superstars..
Post-Dirk Dallas future is looking bleak with such player development program....
Yeah Crowder was a steal for boston. Hes probably an average three pointer though..below most three and D guys, but hes Tony Allen or Justice winslow
non-issue
but yeah even at the time I didn't like parting ways with him, always thought he was underutilized by Rick tbh
Non-issue b/c it will help maintain the Mavs run of mediocrity
Cuban paying a max for broken down Wes Mathews
I liked Crowder in dallas he showed promise imho. But Stevens has got even more out of him. RC is probably only second to Pop but he has made some mistakes in developing and utilizing talent But overalll great coach ...
I actually blame Cubes. he would rather have a Rondo type than a developing young two way player ...
They didn't get rid of Aminu, they already had Parsons thus they didn't want to overpay for a backup wingplayer who couldn't shoot since they got Dwight Powell in the Rondo trade.
RC is an excellent coach, Xs and Os, plays, knows how to defend teams and gameplan, knows how to get the best out of vets, etc. but has he ever developed anyone?
Not many tbh ... when you think about it. Great point. More reclamation projects like Eliis than developed young guys. But Cubes gives away draft picks on his gambles ... when is the last time a first round pick stayed in Dallas for more than 1.5 seasons?
The ONLY time they won a chip was when they gambled on an injury prone centers. They tried to strike gold again with Rondo but it blew up in their face.
Cuban has ALWAYS been a gambling man but the house always wins.
Boston's MVP..3rd straight Ls with out him.. Cuban
$7 million a year until 2020.. ing highway robbery deal.
Bump..
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1...10-things-like8. Jae Crowder, getting better every season
This is what happens when a smart, hard-working player comes in contact with an open-minded coach who lets allegedly one-dimensional guys stretch themselves:
The Mavs never imagined Crowder could make plays like this when they tossed him into the catastrophic Rajon Rondo deal. The Celtics probably couldn't, either, but without much playmaking around Isaiah Thomas, they needed everyone else to at least try and keep the machine moving when Thomas swung the ball.
Crowder has made the sort of incremental game-by-game progress you barely notice unless you watch Boston a lot. At first, he launched too many contested 3s, or paused just long enough before driving for his defender to close out on him and regain balance.
At the start of last season, you'd see flashes of a new decisiveness; Crowder would catch the pass, and instantly start his drive -- wrong-footing a defender scrambling back toward him on the perimeter. By midseason, he'd finish those drives with the occasional canny pass to the next open man. By the end of last season, he was arguably Boston's best all-around player.
Today, you see a few plays like this every game. Crowder has become the do-everything third and fourth banana every team wants alongside its stars. He'll never initiate the offense, but he can slice into a scrambled defense when someone else has done the heavy lifting -- and guard three positions on the other end.
Probably the most underrated player in the NBA..
Mavs
Cuban
Carlisle is also a poor developmental coach..
He got injured last night..probably out for a long time.
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