airchibundo507 wrote:he's a career 37.1% three point shooter.

here are his 3P shooting numbers the last 5 seasons:

39.0%
40.3%
39.7%
33.8%
39.0%

In that GIF he single handedly won that WCF game against the soon-to-be champions.

MS wrote:Actually by all accounts last year they were a top 10 team going into the playoffs they just faced their worst matchup possible. The same can be said of the Spurs. Melo has lost in the first round 8/9 years, including the year after their conference finals run.

Since when is a career average of 12.5pts on 43% something you make an exception to a bad behavior. He's not a fringe star, he's not an AllStar he has a problem with every coach he has ever played for and isn't a strong defender.

We have Baron coming back, a top 4 center by all accounts, according to the fan base two supertars. Why would add someone to the mix that plays one on one basketball, has an attitude and doesn't play defense. That's going to put us over the top.

I'll use your argument against you and say most of the playoff loses the Nuggs suffered with Melo was bad matchups in terms of the Nuggs were usually the higher seed. They lost to the Spurs and the Lakers twice (total of 4 playoff loses) and with the exception of Utah, I believe they were the higher seed every year and did not have homecourt advantage.

As far as Smith is concerned, I'm not arguing that point. Smith is super talented, and is 2 times better than anything we have at the 2. We certainly need an upgrade there, however, I wouldn't touch him either. He's from Jersey and bringing him home might not be a good idea.

MS wrote:Actually by all accounts last year they were a top 10 team going into the playoffs they just faced their worst matchup possible. The same can be said of the Spurs. Melo has lost in the first round 8/9 years, including the year after their conference finals run.

Since when is a career average of 12.5pts on 43% something you make an exception to a bad behavior. He's not a fringe star, he's not an AllStar he has a problem with every coach he has ever played for and isn't a strong defender.

We have Baron coming back, a top 4 center by all accounts, according to the fan base two supertars. Why would add someone to the mix that plays one on one basketball, has an attitude and doesn't play defense. That's going to put us over the top.

he's been a bench player wherever he went. he did start for the Nuggets back at the beginning of 2006. For two months he was averaging 20 ppg with Melo averaging 31/6/4. Then we traded for AI which set their development back and destroyed our chemistry.

it's not as if it's a long term commitment. my goodness. he is an elite shooter. he can generate his own offense as well as playing off the ball. you are kidding yourself if you think this team does a damn thing in the postseason the way it's currently constructed, even with BD. the game slows down and the from Game 1 teams will pack the paint and force us to shoot. do you want to be swept again?

We all miss the Moz.

And he would probably run the PnR better then the People's Republic Enemy Number 2

gunsnewing wrote:

martin wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:So can we sign him now or we have to wait til March?

we're waiting to see if Diaw gets amnestied first

that would be and Isiah move, sign a scrub just because he plays well against New York.