Links: Jordan Crawford Discusses KG Incident, Knicks Interested In Mo Evans
by Mike Prada on Dec 14, 2011 10:04 AM EST
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- Remember the story about Jordan Crawford trash-talking Kevin Garnett and getting slapped? Crawford spoke about the incident for the first time, saying he didn't get slapped and that Garnett "messed with the wrong one." [Michael Lee]
- The Knicks are interested in Maurice Evans for their $2.5 million mini-mid level exception. Evans' agent also takes a swipe at Jamal Crawford, the other guy the Knicks seem to want. [New York Post]
- John Wall is taking charge more as a leader. Expect to see a lot more stories like this. [Michael Lee]
- Speaking of leadership, here's the book Andray Blatche read only half of this summer on leadership and why it doesn't matter that he did. [Truth About It]
- Wall, Crawford and Shelvin Mack have formed a really close bond already. [Carla Peay, Washington Times]
- Interesting quote from Flip Saunders here on Sam Cassell. Not sure how encouraging it is. [Truth About It]
- Kind of a non-update update on Nick Young's status. [Lee]
- Tracee Hamilton seems to believe in what Andray Blatche is selling. I think. [Washington Post]
- Jan Vesely is working on his shooting. [Craig Stouffer]
- Video highlights from Day 5 of camp, which I missed. [Wizards.com]
- The Wizards seem ready to play already. [Frank Hanrahan, CSN Washington]
- Does DeAndre Jordan's new four-year, $43 million deal set the market for JaVale McGee. [Craig Stouffer]
- Ted Leonsis says JaVale McGee is "erudite and well-read and highly relevant." Don't ever change, Ted. [Ted's Take]
- For the draft gurus out there, a look at the North Carolina prospects. [Jonathan Tjarks, SB Nation]
- The Chris Paul trade talks are back, and so are the Lakers. Yay. [ESPN]
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Kevin Garnett is nothing but a big phony with all the fake rage.
I’ve always felt that he was a coward. After reading Crawford’s account of what happened, nothing’s changed.
Obviously Teddy Big Bucks
is a McGee fan. He must think all this ‘low b-ball IQ’ talk is affecting his public perception negatively. Believe me when I say this: JaVale’s playing career here will outlast Flip’s coaching career.
by el freako on Dec 14, 2011 10:23 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I love this attitude. I fear this attitude.
"I don’t get slapped by anyone," Crawford said. "You guys need to watch that word. Slap? Didn’t nobody slap me."
by Bullet Nation in Exile on Dec 14, 2011 11:10 AM EST reply actions
I agree wholeheartedly...
This young man has serious cojones. And in the NBA that matters.
This doesn’t mean I would not like to see Nick back wearing #1… but it should reinforce the growing belief that Wall and Crawford are a pretty interesting backcourt combo, with plenty of swagger, style and (thankfully) substantive skills to back it up.
Same here
I think the three of them could easily co-exist together, too. Young’s a pure shooting guard, Wall a pure 1 who can defend either position, and Crawford’s the very embodiment of a tweener guard. Assuming Crawford can get his three point shot in order and play a bit more within the system, I think they’re a very solid three man backcourt rotation for the next five years or so assuming that we can lock them up on reasonable deals. Throw in a solid 4/5 rotation of Blatche, McGee, Booker, and Vesely, Singleton as the glue guy, and ideally someone like Harrison Barnes as a stud small forward who can shoot and create offense and we’re looking like a really solid team even without signing any free agents.
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by pantslessyoda1 on Dec 14, 2011 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
If everyone knuckles down this year
Playoffs doesn’t seem at all unreasonable…and I always bet optimistic.
by Bullet Nation in Exile on Dec 14, 2011 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
ah the optimism of training camp
i will not buy into this team until i see results. however i am intrigued by the toughness and lack of B.S. with guys like crawford, booker and wall. i hope they set the tone instead of blatche, mcgee and (maybe) young.
"hindsight is 50-50" - Steve Spurrier
by little stevie colter on Dec 14, 2011 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
Blatche seems to be getting with the program, at least for now.
McGee would be the odd man out until Nick comes back, and I’m pretty sure John and Jordan can scream him into line as the need arises
by Bullet Nation in Exile on Dec 14, 2011 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
I haven't read The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
but I have read other books on leadership. It was an easy, almost cliche gesture, but Blatche giving the hard hat he earned from Coach to Javale but that is the type of act that I think a leadership book would espouse – which means even though Blatche only read half the book, he probably did as he said, get the point.
Day 5 video highlights looked promising.
A couple of nice plays from Jan Vesely, yessss.
"Blake Griffin is the American Jan Vesely" - Jan Vesely
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What did he do well today?
by no more kwame's in dc on Dec 14, 2011 4:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Hit a corner 3 off the dribble, made a few nice cuts, one resulting in a dunk
Expect to see plenty of backdoor cuts out of this guy when he’s on the floor. Good to see the court awareness showing some.
You can see
a certain level of Bball IQ out of him already. Flip said he plays very smart and very unselfish. Can’t wait to see him play to see how it truly translates in game.
If Nick Young had Jordan Crawford's mentality/ personality
He would be signed and on this (or someone’s) team right now. Ernie would have had a four year offer waiting for him the day free agency opened.
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by returnofswagger on Dec 14, 2011 2:51 PM EST reply actions
I couldn't agree more
If only Jordan Crawford had 3 more inches…..
Ok, have at it.
Where do they teach you to talk like this? In some Panama City "Sailor wanna hump-hump" bar, or is it getaway day and your last shot at his whiskey? Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.
don't like Flips take on Cassell
since when does teaching fast pg’s to shoot a mid range shot become a negative especially when its a identifiable weakness of the players Sam is trying to work with. Sam wasn’t a speed demon as a player but he knew and understood the value of varying your speed to keep defenses off balance and how a mid range shot could completely frustrate a defense.
Not like Sam tells Wall don’t play fast he knows thats naturally always gonna be part of Wall’s game he’s trying to implement the other facets into Wall’s game.
Flip’s little critique of Sam’s coaching should have never been spoken in the media by Flip.
I’m starting to think Flip is just alittle bit of an ahole to everyone.
Flip talks too much
About the wrong stuff. Whether his statement is true or not, he shouldn’t air it.
Where do they teach you to talk like this? In some Panama City "Sailor wanna hump-hump" bar, or is it getaway day and your last shot at his whiskey? Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.
This
I’m starting to think Flip is just alittle bit of an ahole to everyone.
I’m getting this feeling also. Granted, we’re not around all the time and maybe this is just how he talks to the media. Maybe he has a deadpan sense of humor that we aren’t getting. But maybe Flip is an a-hole and runs the team like a JV coach would, with loud yelling and put-downs being his main mode of communication with the members of the team he doesn’t like (or maybe feels threatened by?)
Flip's take on Cassell
If Sam Cassell is so sensitive that he takes that as being called out in the media, then he doesn’t have what it takes to make it in anything. I think some people just don’t like Flip Saunders and are looking for reasons to get mad.
Maybe I missed it
But I didn’t see where Cassell took umbrage to Flip’s comments. Unless Cassell had a lobotomy after his playing days, no chance this affects his confidence. I’m not sure that dude has a reverse gear.
Where do they teach you to talk like this? In some Panama City "Sailor wanna hump-hump" bar, or is it getaway day and your last shot at his whiskey? Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.
I'm pretty sure it was a joke.
I’m sure that Cassell knows that Flip appreciates him given that Flip is the guy who has given him his first coaching job.
Now if Flip will just stop slurping on Garnett and his “That’s not how KG used to do it” lectures, I’ll be happy.
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