Crawford-Harrington: Official. Randolph to Clips: Done. Kaman staying for now?

ESPN is reporting that the Harrington-to-the-Knicks deal will involve Jamal Crawford. The report conflicts with the earlier New York Post article suggesting that it would be Rose (and his expiring contract) who would be acquired by Golden State.

UPDATE: The Post now confirms it will be Crawford, straight-up for Al.

There is also talk of a second trade, not necessarily today, that would send Zach Randolph to the Clippers for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas.

Update 2: The New York Times reports the Harrington-for-Crawford trade is official. In additon, a Randolph-for-Thomas-and-Mobley trade is "very likely," and has already been approved from the Knicks side.

Update 3: The L.A. Times reports that the Clippers have officially traded Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins to the Clippers for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas.

Randolph and Crawford are the two leading scorers for New York this season.

Now the Clippers have a logjam, with Camby, Randolph, and Kaman all competing for minutes. While some sources say Kaman is untouchable, others say the Clippers have been shopping him, and that Charlotte may be interested. Having said that, the only real asset Charlotte has at this point is Gerald Wallace. Stay tuned . . .
According to SI.com, Mike Dunleavy has suggested that Camby will be a backup to Randolph and Kaman, filling either position when needed. Considering the fact that the Clippers got Camby for essentially nothing, and that Marcus is getting older and is injury prone, this arrangement might work after all.

Crawford is averaging nearly 20 points and over four assists per game, and would have a great opportunity to score even more in Oakland—especially while Monta Ellis is out.

After Ellis returns, Crawford could remain at point guard, while Monta would fit in his natural shooting-guard position. Corey Maggette and Stephen Jackson would be the starters at either the SF or PF positions, depending on the match-ups presented by the opposing team. And, of course, Andris Biedrins would stay at center.

It's unlikely that Crawford will opt out of his contract, since the over $8.5 million he'd be getting (up to 10 mil in two years) per year is more than he'd get on the open market. In addition, Golden State's offense will likely increase his scoring, therefore upping whatever value he has. The Warriors could also use him as trade bait if his scoring impresses other teams.

The only issue with this lineup would be playing time for Brandan Wright. But for the three years remaining on Crawford's contract, the Warriors would have a very high-scoring team, and Wright could play a Leon Powe-type role off the bench, bringing even more energy, and using his length to grab rebounds and score on put-backs.

Crawford is only 28, so he will still be almost the same player he is today even three years from now. He's no Boom Dizzle, but the Warriors are playing decent basketball even without Monta and Harrington, and it appears that Golden State got quite a deal for a discontented player who was riding the bench.

Plus, he's not Malik Rose—although the expiring contract would be nice, too.

But, as HoopsWorld points out, what is going to happen Anthony Morrow?

With B-Wright, A-Mo, Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf, etc, coming off the bench, the Warriors appear to have two distinct rotations now.

Thankfully, Crawford won't have to guard centers when he plays for the Warriors.