Friday, November 21st, 2008 at 1:32 pm  |  136 responses

Knicks To (Officially) Deal Crawford For Al Harrington

by Ryne Nelson

Several early reports conflicted as to who Donnie Walsh would excommunicate from the Garden, but as the New York Post reports, Jamal Crawford will be getting on the next plane to join the Warriors.

Knicks New York Knicks president Donnie Walsh is within hours of announcing a trade with the Warriors for Al Harrington that is expected to include Jamal Crawford in a move geared to get under the salary cap for 2010 rather than to help the present.

‘Mal leaves the New York media microscope to play much closer to home. He’ll be in a similar atmosphere in Oakland under coach Don Nelson but potentially in a bench role behind Corey Maggette. Al Harrington won’t bring greatness to the Knicks, but he’ll bolster the Knicks’ weak inside presence. He’s the prototype D’Antoni big man.

Oh, and free David Lee!

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  • http://www.freewebs.com/betcats BETCATS

    WHY DID THE KNICKS JUST DESTROY THEIR TEAM’S CHEMISTRY? This is just too crazy.

  • http://www.manutd.com Z

    Wow, the Knicks are really trying to run the crowd away from MSG. I have to believe that all those contracts are expiring.

  • http://www.freewebs.com/betcats BETCATS

    I dont know if destroying all chances of winning a 8th seed and making small progressions towards getting better in the future is as good of a idea as Donnie Walsh thinks it is. Blowin sh!t up and rebuilding it all is neccisary for the Knicks, but dont destroy your good players. Jerome James, Malik Rose, Stephon Marbury, Jared Jeffires, Q-Rich, and Eddy Curry are the problems. Jamal Crawlford and Z-Bo were part of the solution. But of course everything has to be done backwards in NY

  • http://www.ball3r.com diego

    ALSO THEY WANT TO TRADE ZACH RANDOLOH AND MARDY COLLINS FOR CUTTINO MOBLEY AND TIM THOMAS, YEAH THATS A GREAT MOVE :[

  • http://www.freewebs.com/betcats BETCATS

    Diego, Allenp already announced the Z-Bo part, and i expanded on it. But yeah, they are gonna do it.

  • http://joebasketball.blogspot.com JoeBasketball

    now randolph’s gone. nice

  • rainman10

    did somebody call Posey a ring whore?

  • http://myspace.com/embracedfla Bryan

    Dude crawford sucks. Why is this a bad trade?

  • rainman10

    Crawford and Z-bo aren’t a solution. The solution is cap space in 2010.

  • http://www.ball3r.com diego

    WHEN YOU SAY THAT MARBURY IS PART F THE PROBLEMS I AM NOT AGREE WITH THAT, HE HAS DONE BAD MOVE, BUT HE IS THE MOST TALENTED PLAYER ON THE ROSTER NOW THAT JAMAL IS GONE AND IF THEY TRADE OR BUY HIS CONTRACT UP THE ARE GOING TO BE THE WORST TEAM ON THE LEAGUE.
    THIS SUCKER DANTONI WANTS TO RUN AN SHOOT OFFENSE WITH ALL TALLS AND FAT GUYS F*CKING IDIOT

  • http://www.freewebs.com/betcats BETCATS

    diego, D’Antoni is the coach, he and Marbury dont see eye to eye, that makes him a problem. Rainman, you probaly never saw the Knicks this year. Like Teddy The Bear pointed out Z-Bo had a 30 points 20 Rebound game, that is good for a knick. J-Creezy IS A SCORING MACHINE, 20+PPG is not a bad thing for the Knicks.

  • http://www.freewebs.com/betcats BETCATS

    Shia, you saying Crawlford sucks might as well mean you think that evolution is bullsh!t. STOP DENYING SCIENCE!

  • http://myspace.com/embracedfla Bryan

    Bet he’s a taller worse shooting worse rebounding ben gordon.

  • IS1020

    This actually a good move to free up cap space in 2010. Let’s be real, even though Crawford and Zach were doing good, there was now way we were winning a championship.

  • http://www.ball3r.com diego

    THEY WANT TO MAKE CAP SPACE FOR 2010, BUT IF LEBRON JAMES OR WADE DOESNT LAND ON NEW YORK , THEY GONNA KILL THEMSELVES,

  • MeloMan13

    i honestly don’t see how this works for both teams
    NY is collecting athletic forwards like they are tha Hawks, GS gets another shoot first guard…. don’t see any improvements but as long as this happens to teams i don;t care about, i guess its all gud

  • http://myspace.com/embracedfla Bryan

    What else does he Bet? And he’s not a scoring machine he’s a shooting machine. Occasionally he gets hot , but mostly he’s a low percentage high volume shooter . Sure when he gets hot he’s awesome , but when he’s not he’s downright terrible and if he’s not scoring he’s doing NOTHING else. No rebounds, no assists just brick after brick. No defense. Everyone says ” when he’s on he’s spectacular” but when anyone in the nba is “on” they’re spectacular. The problem is he doesn’t know when he’s not shot and he shoots the team out of games as often as he shoots them into games. He sulks and offers nothing but 20 points a game at a low shooting percentage (don’t quote me numbers he’s on a hot streak right now look at his career overall).

  • http://www.freewebs.com/betcats BETCATS

    Shia, he is not streaky. He averages 20+ points a game, but all players have average nights. Every night you should expect 15-30 points, 0-3 steals, 2-6 assists, 1-4 turnovers, and the guy who will take the last shot in a critical moment. He can shoot threes, has a above average mid-range game, and will be able to be your point guard if everybody else on your squad is hurt. Thats what Jamal Crawlford brought to New York, and will take with him to G-State.

  • IS1020

    Please Read below for all the people that are trying to make sense of the trade.

    RV says:
    stop trying to get this trade, once again, its all about clearing cap space for the Knicks, so it doesn’t matter how you try to jumble the lineup, it doesnt make sense because it wasn’t meant to make sense.

  • fab

    Free Morrow!! Jaycee off the bench.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    @ Bryan: You really are a stupid f*cking ret@rd, you know that? Jamal Crawford was a clutch player, who was having a breakout career. Please, shut your trap, because its f*cked enough having him traded for Ninja Turtle. Thanks.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    @ BETCATS: 5:06 PM co-sign.

  • http://www.hoopmixtape.com Simon S.Y Lawy

    Teddy is on fire…

  • http://thesportsdiaryonline.blogspot.com Roy

    The Warriors badly needed a point guard that’s why they got Jamal Crawford…

  • http://thesportsdiaryonline.blogspot.com Roy

    hahaha… Ninja Turtle…. :D

  • nastierthanyou

    Tough when you trade a cat like Jamal. I kinda felt like he was a gunner but he seemed to have the heart of a New Yorker. It was exciting to see him drop for 50. The squad was hyped & the city alive, but you don’t keep jewels until they depreciate in value. Hopefully they will make some noise in ’10. Dantoni is a winner he puts a good product on the floor be patient.

  • Quail

    whether u ppl wanna believe it or not, harrington has a game. he doesnt have a power forward game like he should… but at least he has A game. and he’s good at what he does.

  • Dark

    Second that, Bryan. If you think Crawford is a “solid” 2, you haven’t been watching Knicks games and have only looked at his scoring average.

  • Dark

    In fact, Cuttino Mobley is more solid of a 2 then Crawford.

  • http://www.basketballnonsense.com/ Melvin

    My god, I hate to see Crawford go… But then Harrington is soft too…

  • ballinpro24

    doesn’t matter! all these teams suck

  • Crook

    After watching a press conference on another ball website and seeing The Knicks coach speak it was said that Marbury was offered Crawfords minutes (35) and he (Marbury) said no thanks b/c the team is going in another direction….It was said that the team and Marbury agreed that the benching was best since Marbury didn’t want spot minutes..Marbury is only saying that the team said they were going in a different direction, he is using samantics to hi-lite his position.

    Actually, since it a Knicks issue and I’m a True Celtic it’s a dead issue of unimportance.

  • chintao

    Russ said it before: “mismanagement of EPIC preportions”. Also, somebody needs to give Teddy his medication.

  • Crook

    Teddy is just passionate about his knicks, so much he forgot that they are clearing cap space for the James / Bosh combo in 2010. Relax, we will only have 18 or 19 Banners up by then and we will be in a slight rebuilding mode. Wouldn’t it suck if Ray Allen retires in 2010 and the Celtics clear space and get James? LMAO! Now that would put Teddy over the edge ROTFL!!!!!!!

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  • jesse

    how many 15-20 point scorers can 1 team have?-Stephen Jackson, Monta Ellis, Corey Maggette, Kelenna Azubuike, Andris Biedrins, Anthony Morrow, And now Jamal Crawford,,, WOW this team is not gonna b anything 2 play wit

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