jaybone
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RE #3 - It's wrong to include Crawford with Key and Wilbekin in bad D. His D was fine.
RE#9 - This is another board myth and knee jerk reaction. Yes, Bryant made boneheaded plays. Yes, he made more TOs than we'd like. But the way people talk about it here, you'd think he made 6-8TOs/game. He actually made 3.3. Markell Johnson made 3.2. Duval 2.8. Pinson made 2.4. I could go on and on. Hell, in almost 20% less PT and less control of the ball, Brandon made 2 TO/game. If Brandon simply played the same amount of minutes, he'd project less than one fewer TOs/game. If you added the amount of time controlling the offense, that number would close even more.
I'm not saying Bryant shouldn't have valued the ball more. I am saying it wasn't anywhere nearly as bad as this board makes it out to be.
Crawford's D was woeful. He played Olay D about 8 possessions per game. Wilbekin, whom everyone including you gave tons of shit for his defensive liabilities, arguably NEVER sidestepped his man and gave him a clear lane to the basket. My frustration with Crawford was almost exclusively due to his Olay D and I posted as such all year long. It happened. He was bad at it, his focus sucked.