In a trade with Carmelo, I would think pretty hard about it, though I don't really like that trade since Melo can sign for free next year.

Talent, alone, is not enough to be a champion.

The personality mesh must be considered carefully. Give me twelve guys who can have an intelligent conversation - on and off the court.

Pass.

martin wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:JR Smith is younger and better than Azuibuke.

you got 1 part right, JR is younger. But Buke is a better shooter, rebounder, defender. At half the salary. And a lot less of a knucklehead.

So why does Smith have better stats across the board?

Azuibuke: http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/azubuke01.html

Smith: http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithjr01.html

Look at Smith's TS%. You yourself said that it was a better indicator of someones shooting.

JR Smith is a a very good player. His issue is he needs to be the 3rd or 4th best player on the team. Last year he was Denver's 2nd best player. They put weight on him to help Carmelo carry the team and he cant do that. I compare Smith to Crawford. They make suspect plays but when giving a specific role they can blossom.

AnubisADL wrote:

martin wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:JR Smith is younger and better than Azuibuke.

you got 1 part right, JR is younger. But Buke is a better shooter, rebounder, defender. At half the salary. And a lot less of a knucklehead.

So why does Smith have better stats across the board?

Azuibuke: http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/azubuke01.html

Smith: http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithjr01.html

Look at Smith's TS%. You yourself said that it was a better indicator of someones shooting.

JR Smith is a a very good player. His issue is he needs to be the 3rd or 4th best player on the team. Last year he was Denver's 2nd best player. They put weight on him to help Carmelo carry the team and he cant do that. I compare Smith to Crawford. They make suspect plays but when giving a specific role they can blossom.

CAREER STATS
Season 	 	G 	MP 	PER 	TS% 	eFG% 	ORB% 	DRB% 	TRB% 	AST% 	STL% 	BLK% 	TOV% 	USG% 	ORtg 	DRtg 	OWS 	DWS 	WS 	WS/48
Smith		424  	10061  	15.0  	.546  	.515  	2.3  	10.1  	6.2  	14.2  	1.9  	0.5  	11.8  	24.4  	105  	109  	8.9  	8.5  	17.4  	0.083
Azubuike	205  	5007  	14.3  	.557  	.519  	5.5  	12.6  	9.0  	6.9  	1.3  	1.5  	9.3  	18.2  	113  	113  	7.2  	2.2  	9.4  	0.090

martin wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

martin wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:JR Smith is younger and better than Azuibuke.

you got 1 part right, JR is younger. But Buke is a better shooter, rebounder, defender. At half the salary. And a lot less of a knucklehead.

So why does Smith have better stats across the board?

Azuibuke: http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/azubuke01.html

Smith: http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithjr01.html

Look at Smith's TS%. You yourself said that it was a better indicator of someones shooting.

JR Smith is a a very good player. His issue is he needs to be the 3rd or 4th best player on the team. Last year he was Denver's 2nd best player. They put weight on him to help Carmelo carry the team and he cant do that. I compare Smith to Crawford. They make suspect plays but when giving a specific role they can blossom.

CAREER STATS
Season 	 	G 	MP 	PER 	TS% 	eFG% 	ORB% 	DRB% 	TRB% 	AST% 	STL% 	BLK% 	TOV% 	USG% 	ORtg 	DRtg 	OWS 	DWS 	WS 	WS/48
Smith		424  	10061  	15.0  	.546  	.515  	2.3  	10.1  	6.2  	14.2  	1.9  	0.5  	11.8  	24.4  	105  	109  	8.9  	8.5  	17.4  	0.083
Azubuike	205  	5007  	14.3  	.557  	.519  	5.5  	12.6  	9.0  	6.9  	1.3  	1.5  	9.3  	18.2  	113  	113  	7.2  	2.2  	9.4  	0.090

Why look at Career stats when they havent even been in the league the same amount of years. Azuibuke has been in the league for only 4 years. Plus Azuibuke stats for last year are SUPER skewed because he played a total of 9 games.

Nice try though.

martin wrote:career stats would negate the 9 game total. These are not yearly averages, these are cumulative stats.

Or did you not understand that?

how else would you compare the 2 players cause you are the one put out the comparison. Did you just want to pick out 1 year and make that particular year the benchmark?

You are right they are cumulative.

I still think you are reaching with those stats. Smith takes almost twice as many 3's as Azuibuke and still shoots solid percentages. As we know shooting percentages dont necessarily scale with more shot attempts.

Azuibuke is really only a SG in size. He plays like a SF to me. Smith can play SG or SF and hasnt had a major injury. I will admit Azuibuke is the better rebounder and defender. If we only care about that then Chandler should be starting at SG.