Friday, May 30, 2008
T.J. Ford Available
According to the New York Post and other sources the Toronto Raptors have been actively shopping point guard T.J. Ford.
Despite his smallish size, give or take 5'11 170 lbs., Ford has blazing speed and is e
xtremely efficient. If you go look at John Hollinger's player efficiency ratings you will see just how efficient. This is how the top 10 plays out:
RNK l Player l PER
| 1 | Chris Paul, NOR | 28.39 |
| 2 | Chauncey Billups, DET | 23.61 |
| 3 | Steve Nash, PHO | 21.16 |
| 4 | Deron Williams, UTH | 20.82 |
| 5 | Jose Calderon, TOR | 20.51 |
| 6 | T.J. Ford, TOR | 20.37 |
| 7 | Tony Parker, SAS | 20.04 |
| 8 | Baron Davis, GSW | 19.87 |
| 9 | Andre Miller, PHI | 18.51 |
| 10 | Jason Terry, DAL | 17.80 |
Just look at the two names behind him, Tony Parker and Baron Davis, two of the best point guards in the league. Now I am not saying he is better then them by any means, but it just gives you an idea of how he has played.
Andrew Smith of KnicksBlog thinks if the Knicks could do Jamal Crawford for T.J. Ford straight up it would be a 'no-brainer'. Not sure if you would call it a no-brainer, but in the end I would do it and you could use the #6 pick in the draft to select a shooting guard like OJ Mayo or Eric Gordon since the top point guard, Derrick Rose, will be long gone.
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