The way he didn't look for his shot at all in the first quarter. I saw that as him providing lleadership to what was a very young team at the time.Letting them get involved in the flow of the game while knowing he was there as a security blanket if they couldn't cut it. I was most impressed by that.

Thoughts?

I noticed that especially in fields. fields looks more comfortable than i've seen him in a year. i'm not saying Melo shouldn't be the primary weapon but i think it helps the team if they spread it out. It opens things up like douglas and chandler

Yep, so true. I think with Fields especially, getting touches early made him feel more in touch with the game and further able to express himself with his propensity to time a run into the paint for a tip-in or his favoured back door cuts.

With Melo acting as a cog in the wheel as opposed to the final stop, the rest of the team can become a part of the offense instead of just being facilitators for the iso. He should get big credit for that.