Originally Posted by
Bricklayer
People forget that Crawford actually had a decent stint in the NBA before he went to China.
He's now played in 276 NBA games, and averaged 24.6min/gm. In fact his averages after returning last year were pretty close to his career averages, except, critically, his shooting percentages. And that will be the important one of course. He might have improved his shooting or shot selection in China. he might have had a lot more open shots with A.D. and Boogie to play off if. Or he might have just gotten on a well timed hot streak:
Career: 24.6min 12.3pts (.411 .314 .825) 2.5reb 3.2ast 0.7stl 0.1blk 1.9TO 14.1PER
16-17: 23.3min 14.1pts (.482 .389 .769) 1.8reb 3.0ast 0.6stl 0.1blk 1.3TO 17.6PER
Clark on the other hand just had his first season averaging double figure minutes (14.4) at age 25. His career averages are 10.6min and 4.5pts. There's not much question which one of the two guys is the more established NBA player. But on the other hand, maybe, in a perfect Pels world, that means Clark has he most room to surprise and improve, while Crawford is going to be the guy he's always been.