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How long til we can trust Jae Crowder?

cctrackstar said:
We traded a player who was already packing his bags for him, and got a player who is only making 2.7 mil more than Jonas Jerebko. i don't need to trust him because he isn't a significant investment. That being said, he has shown that he is easily worth his contract.
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Good post
 
After watching him for 4 games now, I trust him to play hard but I don't think any of his jump shots are actually going to go in.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
After watching him for 4 games now, I trust him to play hard but I don't think any of his jump shots are actually going to go in.
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That’s fair. I know that the numbers said otherwise, but I never felt like Hood’s were going in.

I think the only guys the Jazz have ever had that I felt like it was going in every time it went up was Hornacek and Okur, even though many-a-guys have shot better than them.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
After watching him for 4 games now, I trust him to play hard but I don't think any of his jump shots are actually going to go in.
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Ya, pretty accurate imo. I think it’s enough to get the job done
 
If there's a reason not to trust him it's because he's new and unfamiliar with the system, other then that he affects the game in a positive way in many area's of the game, and makes winning plays all over the place.
 
I trust him. I haven’t watched too much but one play I did notice was one where he seemed a bit slow to rotate, not out of laziness but out of sheer size.

I wonder if it would do him some good to lose 5-8 pounds and get quicker.
 
Since acquiring him our best lineup is Mitch/Royce/Ingles/Crowder/Gobert. Crowder has a 8.3 Net rating with us and our defensive rating has been great (96) with him on the floor.

It's obvious where his value lies. I'm not too worried about the shots.
 
I think he should be played as a PF. Quin has been using Gobert, Favors, and Crowder all on the floor at the same time. Not enough foot speed.
 
Jazz4ever said:
I think he should be played as a PF. Quin has been using Gobert, Favors, and Crowder all on the floor at the same time. Not enough foot speed.
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I agree. I also think playing with the rim reapers makes crowder need to do too much offensively. He needs to be more of a scorer in that lineup imo, which isn’t his strength.

I like crowder much better as a 4. On the other hand I would hate to see jerebko lose more minutes as he has played great in the two games since the all star break. I believe he is number one on the team in plus/minus since the all star break.
 
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