Bonn1997 wrote:He was really a volume rather than efficient scorer. He was pretty good at many things though (rebounds, assists, steals, blocks)

Most volume scorers are inefficient until they get decent teammates. It's tough being "the guy"; if it wasn't, more teams would have a Tracy McGrady or Carmelo Anthony. I love Melo's game because of that but I also think that it would be in our better interest to trade him immediately. He's had several surgeries since being here and chronic injuries that will haunt him on his next contract like McGrady. He had to do too much since his Denver days and all of that will come to a head soon.

NardDogNation wrote:

Dagger wrote:I really want Melo to just tell Dolan straight up "I'm out". So tired of this dude. We need to rebuild. I would be sick to my stomach if he resigns for the max, I don't even know if I want him for less. If Melo was a player we could really win anything with we wouldn't be 5-14. It's not just Melo though, I'm tired of almost the entire roster of losers. Felton, JR, Amare, Udrih. I just wish they were all gone they're absolute trash. I don't care what happens with Shumpert anymore ,he doesn't look like a good player, even if that dunk was exciting. The only player I really like on this team is the rookie, that's how disgusted I am at this point.

Tracy McGrady, Shaq and Dwayne Wade were on 19 win rosters. Clearly, an abysmal season like the one we're having is not indicative of Melo's ability to contribute to a winner. Most of the guys currently on our roster will be out of the league (or close to it) once their contracts are up. Clearly, this roster is not built like a winner and that has nothing to do with Melo.

Exactly what Bonn said, Wade and Shaq were injured that 2007-2008 and Shaq only played half his games with the Heat before being traded to the suns. SHAQ was also 35 at the time, well past his prime while Melo is supposed to be in his prime years. This roster is not as terrible as you say it is, I'm sure at the beginning of the season you thought we were winning 45-50 games same as everyone else. You're only saying its a bad roster now because of how poorly the team is playing. Who will be out of the league after their contracts? Let's go through the whole roster and analyze that claim:

Out of the league in 1-2 years?

Raymond Felton nope
Pablo Prigioni possibly (only because he came in so old)
Beno Udrih doubtful
JR Smith nope
Iman Shumpert nope
THJ nope
Carmelo lol
MWP perhaps
Bargnani no
Amare perhaps
Kmart possibly
Chandler lol
C Smith definitely
T Murry?
C Aldrich?

The only player that will definitely be out of the league in my opinion is Chris Smith (who will be replaced by promising Jeremy Tyler), and our key guys all aren't leaving the league anytime soon. That is hardly an excuse. The roster is definitely capable of .500 ball there are far worse rosters out there.

neither player will be known as anything but below average defenders, either. you have to play good defense in the second round and beyond of you want to succeed.