Paladin55 wrote:TMS wrote:IMO the fact that he only attempts two 3 pointers a game is a positive... i don't want this entire offense be relegated so much on taking & making a huge % of 3's... it would be nice to have players that can get their points in other ways... basketball isn't all about making 3's... if u can't see the value a player like Melo can bring to a team, u haven't been paying much attention to his career.
Is he too much like Amare, though?
Our 3 pt shooting has made life much easier for Amare, just as Amare's game has opened up opportunities for our 3 pt shooters.
I don't think that Walsh/MDA want to play around too much with the chemistry that has been created on this team, especially since we are playing so well now.
I can see us picking up another big, but I expect the core to remain intact this year unless some really crazy offer falls into our lap.
i think he can do a lot of the things Amare can do but he also does things Amare can't do... he's like a combo G-F, he's so versatile it would give MDA all kinda of options to create favorable matchups... if Amare goes to the bench to rest we'd see pretty much zero dropoff in offensive production because we have Melo on the floor... we'd also be able to play small ball the way MDA likes while still being able to match up against teams like the Heat by putting 2 elite players out on the floor to match theirs.
the chemistry thing doesn't really concern me cuz i don't view Melo as a cancerous presence in the lockerroom the way some other people might... i think he's proven to be a winner everywhere he's played... he may not have been able to win a championship yet but he hasn't had the kind of talent around him like he would if he were to come here... i think he & Amare would make a devastating combo personally... i could be way off but i'd like to see what those guys could do together.
anyway, whatever DW decides to do i'm cool with... dunno what other bigs are out there that would really take us over the top w/o us having to trade away part of our core though... so you're gonna have to deal with the chemistry issues one way or the other... it's not gonna be an easy decision regardless of what DW decides to do.
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.