Welcome Jae Crowder
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While I have high hopes for Jae Crowder, It feels like it’s a desperation move. Just plugging a hole. Not unlike the signing of Doug McDermott. Lyles goes down so they bring in an aging veteran that by all accounts wasn’t getting it done in Milwaukee. Perhaps due to his injury, perhaps just age catching up with the thirty four year old. At 6’6” he’s hardly what we need. It appears that that is all that is left in the market. Why didn’t we sign him a couple of months ago when he came in for workouts? Apparently he wasn’t good enough then, but now he is? I don’t know, but it sure seems like we’re grasping at straws here….might be too little too late.
All right! I wanted Mr. Crowder for that fifteenth roster spot back in preseason. Someone said we needed "a dawg." I am not sure how much game he has left, but he played 50 games for Milwaukee last season and has always been a pro.
"The addition of the 6-foot-6 Crowder brings much needed experience, physicality and perimeter defense to a Kings team that sorely needs it. He also adds some needed depth for Sacramento with a rash of injuries to start the season."
https://fox40.com/sports/basketball...rowder-finalizing-deal-with-sacramento-kings/
"Perimeter defense," the Kings' Achilles heel.
"The addition of the 6-foot-6 Crowder brings much needed experience, physicality and perimeter defense to a Kings team that sorely needs it. He also adds some needed depth for Sacramento with a rash of injuries to start the season."
https://fox40.com/sports/basketball...rowder-finalizing-deal-with-sacramento-kings/
"Perimeter defense," the Kings' Achilles heel.
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Prime Jae Crowder was pretty good and an all-around player that was decent at everything. Judging from the drop in production the last couple seasons and the hesitancy for anyone to pick him up I suspect he doesn't have a whole lot left aside from filling in off the bench. Hopefully he proves me wrong and can produce.
Yes. It's a desperate move.
Yes. We're desperate.
Age aside, I can see it though. Teams run on the Kings when Fox isn't in, so maybe a little toughness is needed to keep the ship afloat for those few minutes a game.
Again, yes. It's a move that is made in a desperate attempt to right the ship before it's too late.
Yes. We're desperate.
Age aside, I can see it though. Teams run on the Kings when Fox isn't in, so maybe a little toughness is needed to keep the ship afloat for those few minutes a game.
Again, yes. It's a move that is made in a desperate attempt to right the ship before it's too late.
I just don’t like the move honestly. Defensively - The Kings need more length/athleticism - Not toughness/physicality which Crowder provides. He doesn't solve anything; he's like a Mini (and worse version of) Lyles. I guess you could plug him in easier 'cause of that but it's not the kind of switch up they need from the backup forward spot in my opinion.