Bonn1997 wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

fishmike wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Is melo worth six Luol Dengs?

Is luol Deng worth 1 luol Deng?

low impact player. Bulls might have gotten better with time gone. They certainly didnt miss him. Zero impact in Cle

Sounds a lot like Denver's first two years after Melo

Denver acquired like 4 players in return for Melo. Knicks gave up 4 players who fit MDA's system for 2 star players who didn't. Bulls traded Deng for Bynum and cut him basically getting nothing immediate in return and didn't miss a beat. Cavs swapped mediocre wife stealing Bynum with Deng and hardly got any better.

You're saying guys like Gallo and Mozgov were upgrades over Melo?!

No, Deng was acquired by the Cavs who basically gave up 3 draft picks for him. So there should have been more immediate success. Bulls dumped Deny and got only future assets in return. So they shouldn't have had the success they had while losing a core piece.

Knicks traded away 4 rotational players who fit a system and got back two star players who didn't fit the specific system so lack of immediate success is understandable. Denver acquired 4 players who fit there system to form a deep 10 man rotation of solid players who fit a system. Immediate success is understandable.

If Woodson was the coach instead of MDA with Billups and Melo we would have probably saw more immediate success even if Woodson wasn't a long term answer.

I think you're making way too much out of half of one season in Cleveland (and I'm not convinced by any of those excuses or explanations above). Melo and his teams have had some bad half seasons too.

I actually like Deng as a player so I am not going to say what I was going to say and leave it at this.