Nalod wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Nalod wrote:5 games, three good and Melo is redeemed?
From what, he was not to blame here.
He was not the problem nor the cure. His star faded.
Is melo changed? Has he accepted a less than star approach and thus a better teammate?

If so he owes some teams apology as well. Start with Knicks who gave him a NTC and near max money. He said he’d “Sacrifice his game for the greater good”. He did not. Not belligerent mind you. Not a scowl or a towel on his head. He did it with a smile.

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https://twitter.com/jwquick/status/1201593461281116160

Where are all those The Ringer and CBS Sports writers at who were laughing at him after his first two games?!?!!?

Eating a bit of crow this week. Melo obviously put in some work and is adjusting. Maybe Melo can tell us what he did different compared to last year or the year before. POrtand is a better team than ours. This should work.

Ooops, Melo had a bad game against the Clips! You can regurgitate that crow now, Nalod.

Like I said weeks ago, nobody's calling him FatMelo now. Good for him. He's on a real team now. That backcourt can be scary good, and Whiteside is the freakshow monster we hardly ever saw from KP. Would be overjoyed if that was MitchRob's ceiling. He gets 10 freaking blocks?!?!??? Then he looks pedestrian against the Clips. Not good.

Will be interesting to see how LeQ and AD fair against the New Clips!

jrodmc wrote:

Nalod wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Nalod wrote:5 games, three good and Melo is redeemed?
From what, he was not to blame here.
He was not the problem nor the cure. His star faded.
Is melo changed? Has he accepted a less than star approach and thus a better teammate?

If so he owes some teams apology as well. Start with Knicks who gave him a NTC and near max money. He said he’d “Sacrifice his game for the greater good”. He did not. Not belligerent mind you. Not a scowl or a towel on his head. He did it with a smile.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/jwquick/status/1201593461281116160

Where are all those The Ringer and CBS Sports writers at who were laughing at him after his first two games?!?!!?

Eating a bit of crow this week. Melo obviously put in some work and is adjusting. Maybe Melo can tell us what he did different compared to last year or the year before. POrtand is a better team than ours. This should work.

Ooops, Melo had a bad game against the Clips! You can regurgitate that crow now, Nalod.

Like I said weeks ago, nobody's calling him FatMelo now. Good for him. He's on a real team now. That backcourt can be scary good, and Whiteside is the freakshow monster we hardly ever saw from KP. Would be overjoyed if that was MitchRob's ceiling. He gets 10 freaking blocks?!?!??? Then he looks pedestrian against the Clips. Not good.

Will be interesting to see how LeQ and AD fair against the New Clips!

CBS and other reporters eating crow. Not Nalod. Nalod says Melo owes teams that paid him an apology if he is really this good.
Portland has a great backcourt. Whiteside is playing for his next contract. Its what he does? Miami ran him off but mostly that Bam was ready.
He is inconsistent. Sometimes Riley makes mistakes.

Nalod wrote:Bucks beat Pistons by 23. Im not saying pistons are good or not. Im just saying Bucks messing teams up these days. They on it.

Pistons fought like hell; Fizzdale said (not me) Knicks didn't think they could beat the Bucks from the start

So we get it; you like Fizz and want to preach patience; you're entitle to that view.

others see the situation differently

martin wrote:He's into Julius Randle shooting % territory

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https://twitter.com/TommyBeer/status/1203051713332166656

I honestly thought that tweet was going to go on and say every member of the Knicks starting 5 is shooting 5 3pters a game while shooting 21%

martin wrote:

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https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/1203901908144021505

I hate it that stats on FG% are everywhere, even on TV, and yet they don't show eFG%. Everyone talks about advanced stats and this is like the easiest one to understand for fans and yet all we see is FG% which is useless when trying to compare players or for players that are heavy 3pt shooters.

Average eFG% for NBA is 52%. Melo shoots eFG% of 45%. Portland may need his PPG but I wonder if they need his below average shooting combined with his below average defense.

NYKBocker wrote:

martin wrote:

martin wrote:

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https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/1203901908144021505

I hate it that stats on FG% are everywhere, even on TV, and yet they don't show eFG%. Everyone talks about advanced stats and this is like the easiest one to understand for fans and yet all we see is FG% which is useless when trying to compare players or for players that are heavy 3pt shooters.

Average eFG% for NBA is 52%. Melo shoots eFG% of 45%. Portland may need his PPG but I wonder if they need his below average shooting combined with his below average defense.

I think they are pacifying Lillard and McCollum. That's why Melo is there.

I was hoping the blazers would be interested in Randle or Morris, but I think Melo puts paid to that

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BigDaddyG wrote:Report out there staring the 'stache is likely out of Houston after the season. I wonder if a title changes that?

Wasn't the story that he was out unless he wins a championship? Which he won't!

1) Zion - injured
2) Morant (the one that got away)
3) RJ
4) Hunter
5) Garland
6) Culver
7) Garland
8 ) White
9) Hachimura
10) Reddish (horrific)