Uptown wrote:If Melo plays extended mins at the 4, we have a clear disadvantage on the defensive end. I can still see David West abusing him in the paint. Not only that, but we would have to worry abot foul trouble and Melo wearing down if he gest extended mins at the 4. Wouldn't mind seeing him steal a few mins at the 4 when Stat goes the bench but not much. Also, we have Sheed, Kurt and Camby who will need mins at the 4-5 aswell.

And yes, we should have clear advantages in most games with him at the 3 being that he's one of the elite 3's in the game....

We wouldn't be at a defensive disadvantage for the most part. Very few teams have two good big men to take advantage of Melo at the 4 and any team with only one we can have Tyson play him on defense.

Uptown wrote:If Melo plays extended mins at the 4, we have a clear disadvantage on the defensive end. I can still see David West abusing him in the paint. Not only that, but we would have to worry abot foul trouble and Melo wearing down if he gest extended mins at the 4. Wouldn't mind seeing him steal a few mins at the 4 when Stat goes the bench but not much. Also, we have Sheed, Kurt and Camby who will need mins at the 4-5 aswell.

And yes, we should have clear advantages in most games with him at the 3 being that he's one of the elite 3's in the game....

I remember that vividly..he is a defensive liability at the position...Many here forget that or just isn't paying attention..He was also being physically abused at one point...It takes too much out of his game...I think what people do is look at the box score and say he had a great game not factoring in that he is shooting more because Amare isn't there...

People forget that when you play a guy out of position, you often kill continuity and the flow of the game. Instead of being able to play to your strengths "instinctively," you find yourself thinking.

holfresh wrote:

Uptown wrote:If Melo plays extended mins at the 4, we have a clear disadvantage on the defensive end. I can still see David West abusing him in the paint. Not only that, but we would have to worry abot foul trouble and Melo wearing down if he gest extended mins at the 4. Wouldn't mind seeing him steal a few mins at the 4 when Stat goes the bench but not much. Also, we have Sheed, Kurt and Camby who will need mins at the 4-5 aswell.

And yes, we should have clear advantages in most games with him at the 3 being that he's one of the elite 3's in the game....

I remember that vividly..he is a defensive liability at the position...Many here forget that or just isn't paying attention..He was also being physically abused at one point...It takes too much out of his game...I think what people do is look at the box score and say he had a great game not factoring in that he is shooting more because Amare isn't there...

Bonn1997 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Uptown wrote:If Melo plays extended mins at the 4, we have a clear disadvantage on the defensive end. I can still see David West abusing him in the paint. Not only that, but we would have to worry abot foul trouble and Melo wearing down if he gest extended mins at the 4. Wouldn't mind seeing him steal a few mins at the 4 when Stat goes the bench but not much. Also, we have Sheed, Kurt and Camby who will need mins at the 4-5 aswell.

And yes, we should have clear advantages in most games with him at the 3 being that he's one of the elite 3's in the game....

I remember that vividly..he is a defensive liability at the position...Many here forget that or just isn't paying attention..He was also being physically abused at one point...It takes too much out of his game...I think what people do is look at the box score and say he had a great game not factoring in that he is shooting more because Amare isn't there...

He was such a liability that our team had its best run in a decade.

Then maybe we should run the same lineup out there and make our Championship run...Why try to improve on perfection...Funny thing tho, if we listened to u and the other haters, that run neither validated the trade nor came close to what Linsanity offered...So which is it???

Melo ball for 82 games...Dandy, never thought u would come around....

but Jim Boeheim has nothing for love for him at both Syracuse and the Olympics. Coach K gushes about Melo

wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Melo aint perfect wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Bonn1997 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Uptown wrote:If Melo plays extended mins at the 4, we have a clear disadvantage on the defensive end. I can still see David West abusing him in the paint. Not only that, but we would have to worry abot foul trouble and Melo wearing down if he gest extended mins at the 4. Wouldn't mind seeing him steal a few mins at the 4 when Stat goes the bench but not much. Also, we have Sheed, Kurt and Camby who will need mins at the 4-5 aswell.

And yes, we should have clear advantages in most games with him at the 3 being that he's one of the elite 3's in the game....

I remember that vividly..he is a defensive liability at the position...Many here forget that or just isn't paying attention..He was also being physically abused at one point...It takes too much out of his game...I think what people do is look at the box score and say he had a great game not factoring in that he is shooting more because Amare isn't there...

He was such a liability that our team had its best run in a decade.

Then maybe we should run the same lineup out there and make our Championship run...Why try to improve on perfection...Funny thing tho, if we listened to u and the other haters, that run neither validated the trade nor came close to what Linsanity offered...So which is it???

Melo ball for 82 games...Dandy, never thought u would come around....

Of course one third of one regular season doesn't validate a trade.

Nor does it validate whether a young player is destined to be a future all star, but thats another argument.....

Bonn1997 wrote:I want to believe but...Melo seems clueless.

I think this is the first time in nba history that a ten year veteran player has expressed a preference for playing their established position- madness!

I think Melo was just on fire in the last 10 games or so that got us into the playoffs- I think people seem to be attributing it to him playing PF, which may be the case, but it might just have been a coincidence.

smackeddog wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:I want to believe but...Melo seems clueless.

I think this is the first time in nba history that a ten year veteran player has expressed a preference for playing their established position- madness!

I think Melo was just on fire in the last 10 games or so that got us into the playoffs- I think people seem to be attributing it to him playing PF, which may be the case, but it might just have been a coincidence.

no, its not. Duncan for years has said he doesn't want to play center, Bosch before mid-last season had stated he didn't want to play center and Kevin Garnett has evidenced the same sentiment. Nothing strange or even rare about a guy saying he wants to play his natural position. Amare even stated he preferred playing PF last season.

I can go on....Josh Smith has stated he doesn't want to play power forward (or was it SF) at one point, Antwan Walker demanded the right to move form small forward (just to give you a different slant on the same topic).

There is absolutely nothing wrong with what he said and, with this roster, he shouldn't be needed to log minutes there.