Knicks Deal Crawford For Al Harrington

Donnie Walsh's interest in Al Harrington wasn't surprising, given the history between the two and Harrington's bad situation over in Oakland. But that the deal would send Jamal Crawford to the Warriors for the combo forward was pretty suprising yet it makes a lot of sense for the Knicks. They get rid of Crawford's contract which would have ended in 2011 for a contract that that ends in 2010. As we all know, this is the year that Donnie Walsh and the Knicks want to make the big splash in free agency. With this deal they clearly make a step to that goal and in the upcoming days and months we will likely see more moves regarding the long term future.
All future talks and scenarios aside, Harrington is a player that should flourish in D'Antoni's offense and he will give the Knicks a much needed frontcourt player with other bigs like Jared Jeffries and Eddy Curry out. He is a versatile, athletic forward with a good outside shot. He tends to fall in love with it though and forget about his inside game. Crawford's scoring and ball handling will be missed yet nobody will have a problem with sending his erratic play and inconsistent performances out of town. All Knicks fans should wish him well though, he always was a good, likable guy, just not a winner.