Suns sign Jamal Crawford to one-year deal

[Dan H]

Per the Twits.

 

[StreetTruckinTitan]

playoffs! lol

 

[ColdPickleNachos]

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[Hoop Head]

playoffs! lol

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[Mainstreet]

I will repeat some of Gambo's thoughts about Crawford. I'm anxious for him to talk to him soon!

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[Hoop Head]

I agree with Gambo, as much as it pains me to admit. I would rather keep Daniels and have him play the role Crawford will take on. Of course Daniels isn't the veteran leader that Crawford is but if people thought Dudley couldn't play anymore then I can't wait to see how people respond to Crawford taking minutes from Bridges and Jackson. He's not a PG either so that idea needs to be forgotten. So long as he's getting minutes though he'll make Warren and Booker look like Tucker and Raja Bell on defense.

 

[Cheesebeef]

meh

 

[Chaplin]

I'd like to hear the reasoning, because signing Crawford makes no sense whatsoever.

So now we have the forward version of Jamal Crawford AND Jamal Crawford!

 

[Hoop Head]

Dudley's 2 cents. He's been giving his take on the Suns quite a bit.

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[Mainstreet]

The Suns back court besides Booker is nothing to get excited about. It's becoming easier by the day to see why McDonough is gone.

The Suns really need Bridges to live up to expectations.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

No matter what Gambo may think here. He is unequivocally better than Isaiah Canaan, Shaquille Harrison, George King, and Davon Reed.

 

[Mainstreet]

No matter what Gambo may think here. He is unequivocally better than Isaiah Canaan, Shaquille Harrison, George King, and Davon Reed.

This is about where I'm at. No wonder the Suns are bringing in older veterans to supplement their roster.

 

[JCSunsfan]

They want Crawford over Canaan or Daniels. It's not a big deal.

 

[Chaplin]

Last year, Jamal Crawford was ranked as the 327th WORST defender in the NBA. That is 2 spots WORSE than Troy Daniels. Still listed as better than Shaquille Harrison. But for comparison's sake, Tyler Ulis last year was ranked #252 and Devin Booker was #286.

 

[Yuma]

I think he is here to bring the ball upcourt for Booker who is coming off hand surgery, and to shoot three's and drive the lane to open up scores. He can also lob the ball into bigs successfully. I think he is here until we make a trade, or draft a PG.

 

[elindholm]

No matter what Gambo may think here. He is unequivocally better than Isaiah Canaan, Shaquille Harrison, George King, and Davon Reed.

So is Tyson Chandler, but he's not a PG either.

 

[elindholm]

Dudley's 2 cents. He's been giving his take on the Suns quite a bit.

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I rarely say this, but Dudley seriously needs to ****.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

So is Tyson Chandler, but he's not a PG either.

I am expecting Booker to still be the primary ball handler. Hopefully Crawford will be doing the 6th man thing

 

[gimpy]

 

[Raindog]

The only way I see Crawford fitting in, is in the spot that Daniels/Reed would have otherwise filled. Then it sort of makes sense, at least for short term.

If the plan is to use him as an off-ball guard in tandem with Booker as primary playmaker, then maybe that also works - for the very short term. It doesn't in any way alleviate the need for a real PG... and using Booker as primary playmaker is probably at best only a stopgap, too.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I'm in wait and see mode. It's a nothing deal AFAIC until we're shown otherwise. I expect to see him filling the 1.5 role with Booker but we'll see.

 

[1Sun]

He's far superior to Harrison, Canaan, Okobo, Melton and Reed, and he is also better than Daniels. If he is meant to replace one of them, I don't see any downside. The key is that they don't get fooled into believing our gaping hole at point guard is filled by signing him. We still need a starting point guard.

 

[sunsfan88]

Based on what James Jones said few days ago, this sounds like a signing more to help Crawford get on an NBA roster than anything else. Jones said him and Crawford are close personal friends so he could just be doing his friend a favor with this signing.

 

[1Sun]

Based on what James Jones said few days ago, this sounds like a signing more to help Crawford get on an NBA roster than anything else. Jones said him and Crawford are close personal friends so he could just be doing his friend a favor with this signing.

I really hope that's not the case. The last thing we need is player personnel decision making motivated by anything other than what's best for this team.

 

[Chaplin]

Based on what James Jones said few days ago, this sounds like a signing more to help Crawford get on an NBA roster than anything else. Jones said him and Crawford are close personal friends so he could just be doing his friend a favor with this signing.

That's an expensive favor. Doesn't seem to mesh with Sarver's reputation.