dk7th wrote:knicks1248 wrote:GS has four 20 point scorers on their team that can easily avg 20+ shots per game. Melo is a scorer, why on earth should he take less shots is beyond belief.The game plan is not to see who has the better match up for the night and go with that. That's exactly what they did last night when melo ripped off 14 straight points.
false reasoning: you are arguing from theory to make your point, meanwhile the average shot distribution for curry is 18, durant 17.6, thompson 16.5, with both curry and durant being far more efficient than melo. thompson had a very slow start.
was melo merely a "scorer" those 25 games last season? dad melo was an all-around player, with emphasis on passing and assists.
i do agree about matchups though, but by that reasoning kp6 should be touching the ball more than melo going forward since he has a mismatch every time down the floor.
I firmly believe in balance scoring, and the pelicans are the poster team of having one guy post video game #s, but losing every game.
I would love for melo to be more efficient, but i certainly don't want him giving up solid looks just to force feed KP, i dont want rose to force bad passes even though he can get to the FT line with his penetration.
I want these guys to be put in a position to capitalize on their strengths. Melo is not labron, and rose is not stockton or nash. Does melo take 20 shots when he is playing with his olympic buddies, no because he doesn't need to. Here in NY, he will need to carry the team some nights, just like KP, or rose
