holfresh wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:I would not worry about rebounding with Melo and Durant with Lopez on the floor. I doubt the defense would be bad either.

And why is that?

Well Durant rebounds pretty well for a sf and his defense s not awful. Memo can defend when he wants but he did well as a post defender at the 4 and rebounded I think slightly below avg for a 4, I think he was avg 8 rebs which was what Aldridge was pulling down before Lopez got to Portland. I think you could create a defense around Lopez and use Duramt's and Mall's skill sets.

I don't think Melo defended the 4 well at all when he played it..He often got bullied at the position...I don't see Durant ever playing the 4...8 rebounds a game for a PF is not a good number, it's not bad..I never thought Amare was rebounding enough at that position..Aldridge numbers probably got better because it's the difference between playing with a consistent center versus not playing with one at all...It means that many more bodies on Aldridge...

Obviously it's better to have Durant than not to have Durant..But in an ideal situation, I wouldn't be looking to team Durant and Melo together...

KD and Melo are just 2 players and nothing about them as players makes them a poor fit or impossible to build a rotation around. Both of them are too versatile to really clash and especially in the Triangle. You've got 3 more starters plus the bench to figure out a rotation. Sure if you stick with only mentioning KP it can be made to sound like a bad combination but that's not the end of the story. They won't have to be the greatest defensive unit ever in order to win. I'm sure that an adequate defensive lineup could be put together.

"Consideration" has many levels. I would not bet on it, and at the same time I would not write it off either.
If Westbrook leaves that could make it so.

I read that by moving Brooks out and having Durant "Own" in part the acceptance of Donovan as coach it does have an impact.

If Durant won't verbally agree with OKC (we might never know) I could see a trade scenario. This won't help him land on a contender (see Melo playbook with denver)