The only thing that scares me is the streaky shooting. 2-10 one game and 9-12 the next. Don't know if that is fixable but I sure hope it is.

mreinman wrote:His defense IS getting better and that does not worry me. He is a great athlete, miles better than Houston.

The only thing that scares me is the streaky shooting. 2-10 one game and 9-12 the next. Don't know if that is fixable but I sure hope it is.

fishmike wrote:

mreinman wrote:His defense IS getting better and that does not worry me. He is a great athlete, miles better than Houston.

The only thing that scares me is the streaky shooting. 2-10 one game and 9-12 the next. Don't know if that is fixable but I sure hope it is.

consistant w/ college. Why has available where he was

obviously he needs to develop poise. not being afraid to take a shot does not equate to poise.

you can't help but be impressed with the length of his stride in the open floor-- it's positively durantula-esque.... however he may need to put on more muscle weight in his lower body. it may slow him down a hair in the open floor but right now he may be suffering from having too much spring in his legs on his jumpshot, the analogy for which is a pitcher with too much life in his arm getting a pitch up in the zone.

mreinman wrote:JR is not afraid to take shots but that does not make him hit them consistently.

I would be far more impressed with him if he was not an all or nothing shooter. I am not a good scout like Briggs so I am not sure what the issue is. Better ball movement and more wide open shots with his legs under him would be a good start.

mreinman wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

mreinman wrote:JR is not afraid to take shots but that does not make him hit them consistently.

I would be far more impressed with him if he was not an all or nothing shooter. I am not a good scout like Briggs so I am not sure what the issue is. Better ball movement and more wide open shots with his legs under him would be a good start.

I would add melo too. great scorer but he just doesnt have great skills in other parts of the game or the smarts

Like rebounding?

He does not have the "smarts" to pass the ball more? He certainly does. He had the smarts to gain 6 assists today and he could have easily had 10. Its not a issue of "smarts".

And, he has ALL the skills, the question/issue is how he views himself.

his defensive skills suck. so do his leadership skills.

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

mreinman wrote:JR is not afraid to take shots but that does not make him hit them consistently.

I would be far more impressed with him if he was not an all or nothing shooter. I am not a good scout like Briggs so I am not sure what the issue is. Better ball movement and more wide open shots with his legs under him would be a good start.

I would add melo too. great scorer but he just doesnt have great skills in other parts of the game or the smarts

Like rebounding?

He does not have the "smarts" to pass the ball more? He certainly does. He had the smarts to gain 6 assists today and he could have easily had 10. Its not a issue of "smarts".

And, he has ALL the skills, the question/issue is how he views himself.

his defensive skills suck. so do his leadership skills.

Agree on leadership. How can you be a good leader when you feel you should jack up shots whenever you feel like it.

However, I think his defensive skills are actually ok. He does have brain fart moments but I think he is underrated here but still by far not an all defender.

I believe that he has the "skills" to be a superstar the question is does he have the psyche.

Still think he can win a ring with a team already constructed like Chicago. They already have a leader and a better player in Noah. Still would have to have a brain adjustment though.

You believe Noah is a better player than Melo? Sure he's a better leader, but if you really think Noah is better than Melo, that can only be true if Melo doesn't have the skills you're suggesting he does. Joakim Noah is not an almost superstar so I don't see how you can say melo is and then turn around and say Noah is a better player.

mreinman wrote:

Dagger wrote:

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

mreinman wrote:JR is not afraid to take shots but that does not make him hit them consistently.

I would be far more impressed with him if he was not an all or nothing shooter. I am not a good scout like Briggs so I am not sure what the issue is. Better ball movement and more wide open shots with his legs under him would be a good start.

I would add melo too. great scorer but he just doesnt have great skills in other parts of the game or the smarts

Like rebounding?

He does not have the "smarts" to pass the ball more? He certainly does. He had the smarts to gain 6 assists today and he could have easily had 10. Its not a issue of "smarts".

And, he has ALL the skills, the question/issue is how he views himself.

his defensive skills suck. so do his leadership skills.

Agree on leadership. How can you be a good leader when you feel you should jack up shots whenever you feel like it.

However, I think his defensive skills are actually ok. He does have brain fart moments but I think he is underrated here but still by far not an all defender.

I believe that he has the "skills" to be a superstar the question is does he have the psyche.

Still think he can win a ring with a team already constructed like Chicago. They already have a leader and a better player in Noah. Still would have to have a brain adjustment though.

You believe Noah is a better player than Melo? Sure he's a better leader, but if you really think Noah is better than Melo, that can only be true if Melo doesn't have the skills you're suggesting he does. Joakim Noah is not an almost superstar so I don't see how you can say melo is and then turn around and say Noah is a better player.

I think that Noah is much better. Who makes a team better Noah or Melo?

Noah does not have better skills than Melo but he is the better "player". Two different things.

Well I think Noah is a superior teammate, but not a better player. Basically I think if Noah and Melo were both put into a successful, winning environment Melo is a better choice. But on a team of low IQ players and little talent then I believe Noah will be more productive.

VCoug wrote:

mreinman wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

mreinman wrote:JR is not afraid to take shots but that does not make him hit them consistently.

I would be far more impressed with him if he was not an all or nothing shooter. I am not a good scout like Briggs so I am not sure what the issue is. Better ball movement and more wide open shots with his legs under him would be a good start.

I would add melo too. great scorer but he just doesnt have great skills in other parts of the game or the smarts

Like rebounding?

He does not have the "smarts" to pass the ball more? He certainly does. He had the smarts to gain 6 assists today and he could have easily had 10. Its not a issue of "smarts".

And, he has ALL the skills, the question/issue is how he views himself.

It is an issue of smarts. Smart players don't shoot the ball 17 times and then complain after the game that their shoulder is so hurt it's numb.

Well ... I kind of agree but I just think that its the wrong choice of words. "Smarts" is not the issue, its choice and self assessment. Very smart people make the wrong choices because they have an rationalized view of themselves. Its a choice between Control and Trust and the balancing the two. He thinks that he knows himself better and if he stays, phil will have to convince him that he does not.

StarksEwing1 wrote:

mreinman wrote:How many times are you going to say in your post that "I like Melo but ..."?

Funny. Becausse ther are melo haters and melo lovers. If i am critical of him at all im called a hater but if i never critical of him than im not being objective

I did not call you anything.