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Sunday, July 20, 2014
Is Melo's contract worst among 2014 free agents?

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By ESPN New York

One metric ranks Carmelo Anthony’s contract as the worst that’s been handed out so far in NBA free agency.

Carmelo Anthony
#7 SF
New York Knicks
2014 STATS

GM77
PPG27.4
RPG8.1
APG3.1
FG%.452
FT%.848
ESPN Insider Tom Haberstroh has a metric to measure the value –- or lack thereof –- of contracts agreed to so far this summer.

He compared the player’s average annual salary to the amount expected based on the player's age and 2013-14 production.

Carmelo’s deal -– worth $124 million over five years -– ranked worst in Haberstroh’s ranking.

Writes Haberstroh:

“According to the metrics, Anthony will be one of the most overpaid players in the game.

Like most, RPM sees Anthony as a below-average player on the defensive end. As such, he needs to be otherworldly on offense to warrant a $125 million commitment. Anthony's a great scorer, but he rated as only the 18th-best offensive player in the league last season. That's probably a bit unkind, but Melo's age and defensive struggles make this contract a dubious one by any estimation.”

Habrestroh ranks Chris Bosh’s deal with Miami and Utah’s deal with Gordon Hayward as the second and third worst of the offseason.

Anthony, for what it’s worth, has an early termination option for the fifth and final year of his contract and also has a no-trade clause.

For more on Haberstroh’s methodology and which contracts he rates highest and lowest, click here.

Question: Do you think Carmelo’s contract is the worst of the free agency season thus far? Or do you think it will work out well for the Knicks?

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gunsnewing wrote:Last year there metrics predicted 37 wins

We won 37 games

Go show me the start of year win totaly predictions. Its a good laugh.

Guns.. whats your issue? You cant believe Phil knows what he's doing unless ESPN says he does?

gunsnewing wrote:Last year there metrics predicted 37 wins

We won 37 games

How about the year before? The predicted far less than 54 wins.

dk7th wrote:there's also this nugget:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/carmelo-anthonys-contract-could-doom-the-knicks-to-mediocrity/

You work for ESPN, so your thought on melo don't count

knicks1248 wrote:

dk7th wrote:there's also this nugget:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/carmelo-anthonys-contract-could-doom-the-knicks-to-mediocrity/

You work for ESPN, so your thought on melo don't count

i am a better writer than the folks at espn

fishmike wrote:

arkrud wrote:Seriously Melo contract is a marketing campaign.
We have our man to sell jerseys and TV time, celebs magnet, highlights king, drama star, and running body for another star if Zen will get one.
We also reinstated that Dolan has no problem to spend whatever it takes to get whoever he want.
NY star-hungry fans get their man to. So fck the metrics.

it couldnt be as simple as having an elite scorer in the triangle? That couldnt be it?

he isn't elite but the triangle could make him so... if he is coachable, and that remains a huge IF, a 124 million, no-trade, crumbling shoulders, IF

fishmike wrote:

dk7th wrote:

fishmike wrote:

arkrud wrote:Seriously Melo contract is a marketing campaign.
We have our man to sell jerseys and TV time, celebs magnet, highlights king, drama star, and running body for another star if Zen will get one.
We also reinstated that Dolan has no problem to spend whatever it takes to get whoever he want.
NY star-hungry fans get their man to. So fck the metrics.

it couldnt be as simple as having an elite scorer in the triangle? That couldnt be it?

he isn't elite but the triangle could make him so... if he is coachable, and that remains a huge IF, a 124 million, no-trade, crumbling shoulders, IF

donkee saw "hate" and "metric" in the same title so you dropped your drawers and got ready to do some good posting. Come git some!

i cited another article that states from a different perspective the issues and concerns. that's not hate, that's contributing to the discussion.

i the asserted that nobody knows whether this huge investment will pay dividends. that's not hate, it's doubt.

you know what hate looks like?

"donkee saw "hate" and "metric" in the same title so you dropped your drawers and got ready to do some good posting. Come git some!"

Melo in the Pinch post will be dominant. Melo in the low post with cutters taking defenders away is murder. He's a dangerous 3pt shooter so that is yet another option. Most of all he'll score easier and more efficiently. He won't have to get killed so much with the way sets are run in the Triangle. Also he'll have help with all the off ball motion. It's not gonna be like we've played in the past.