I can't say much for Crittenton yet, but there's something wrong if he can't get oncourt in front of these guys until garbage time.
One thing I do know, the last thing this team needs is another guard who takes the ball and looks for his own shot exclusively (James). I guess it's good that at least he's willing to penetrate whereas Stephenson, Dixon and Young just jack up shots, but they definitely just further stagnated their offense with that move. Daniels was the only guard consistently willing to try and setup teammates and run the offense, and he's gone now.
Hopefully Crittenton can come in and do something, but it looks like he's still being treated like a project.
I don't want to overreact after one game, but Mike James played last night like he has all his life, for Mike James.
Once Gilbert gets back, there's going to be some serious issues. Good thing these guys seem to be offcourt friends, because if they were just teammates there'd be serious infighting.
Aldridge told the crew there had been some feeling that Antonio Daniels was getting increasingly negative and critical, and that with a bench filled with young kids, they didn't need that.
If negative and critical means telling the guards to stop being so selfish, and telling Blatche to get his **** together, good for him. I can't imagine anything else from him.
nah, daniels had to go. mike james is selfish,but he can possibly provide this team some instant offense, if he ever finds his groove. daniels looks to be done. he used to be an efficient pg who kept turnovers low, and made all the right passes, but now he's just washed up.
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It's been ten years, and I say if Michael Jordan chose to still play the game of basketball, he'd dominate.
Javaris will be a good player. Certainly better than James or Dixon. He doesn't play like Daniels though; if that is what you are looking for you will be dissapointed.
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According to the Wizards, Daniels wasn't capable of playing major minutes anymore. He has been playing with nagging injuries this season (a bad knee and wrist). Daniels also has also been exposed as a bad perimeter defender without Brendan Haywood. I think getting rejected by Ben Gordon at the rim summarizes how much Daniels has declined in this past year. New Orleans only needs a point guard that can play 10 minutes per game since they have Chris Paul, so at least Daniels can go somewhere where he can compete for a championship.
Mike James already looks like best defender at the point guard position in limited minutes. Not all of the shots he took were bad shots (although none of them fell for him last night against the Celtics). In the worst case scenario, trading Daniels will allow for more time for Crittenton to play.
If you say so, I just don't see a positive spin on moving the only guard you had willing to distribute the ball for a question mark and another black hole.
Javaris will be a good player. Certainly better than James or Dixon. He doesn't play like Daniels though; if that is what you are looking for you will be dissapointed.
How can you even say this? He hasn't even gotten tick on a bad team like Memphis and yet he's better than them? He should have at least one good NBA game first. He hasn't had one in a season in a quarter so far.
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How can you even say this? He hasn't even gotten tick on a bad team like Memphis and yet he's better than them? He should have at least one good NBA game first. He hasn't had one in a season in a quarter so far.
I said he will be better. Not that he is right now. And I have no problem saying that. It's not like he has to be special to be better than those two.
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--Peter Vescey, NY Post
Um, Mike James has had a 20 ppg season. Will Crittenton even do anything close to that? For all we know he could be out of the league after next season. He needs to pick it up.
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Um, Mike James has had a 20 ppg season. Will Crittenton even do anything close to that? For all we know he could be out of the league after next season. He needs to pick it up.
Yes he had a 20ppg season playing on a bad team. Almost all of his productive seasons came while he was on bad teams. I'm not really impressed by guys who can score on bad teams but don't do squat when they play for a decent team.
And it's not like James was an all-star right off the bat. Do you know that he didn't make the NBA until he was 26? Javaris is only 20 years old. I'm not ready to write him off yet.
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--Peter Vescey, NY Post
Mike James was a pretty damn good bench player before he got to Toronto. That one season ruined his mindset and made him think he was kobe bryant. I hate when people comment on players when they know nothing about them..
Trade Java back to the Lakers if you don't want him. He's better than the chumps the wizards have right now at PG. The guy could easily score if he were given the minutes.
Trading Daniels was a huge mistake
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