Could Crawford be the answer to the Cs anemic offense?

[snively]

He'd be a huge upgrade on Keyon Dooling, but the C's bigger problem is that they are relying on Brandon Bass as their 2nd best big man and full-time starter.

That role needs upgrading more than Dooling's IMHO.

[Marcus13]

Great for us but whats the motivation for Portland?  They cant make a run this year and they could sign KG outright this off-season if he wants to keep playing.  I doubt he'd re-sign there anyway as if he was going to continue playing Im sure it'd be for a conteder

[guava_wrench]

The twittersphere is awash with word that a first round pick can get a team Jamal Crawford.  Boston desperately needs scoring, and that's one thing that Crawford can do.   He's a tweener guard, but could be the Cs Jason Terry type. 

If Ainge is convinced that these old geezers on the Cs have another deep playoff run in them, he's got to find a paint presence and some scoring in the next couple of weeks. Crawford has a player's option next year for $5m, so he might be only a rental, but since over half the later first round picks don't ever do much in the league, it might be worth the gamble.  The Clippers pic will be later first round. 

Trade JO for Crawford, sign a bought out Chris Kamen, and make one more run at a title.   

There is no single 'answer'.

If we make the trade, what is most likely is we will still disappoint and then we will say "why did we mortgage our future for this" or the more stubborn will say "why didn't we also do this other move that would have been the 'answer'."

The team isn't good enough to make 'final piece' moves. Any move we do has to provide value for next year and the year after.