fishmike wrote:what we all REALLY want to know is how much it pains you that your title must be on the same line and you cant break it

down

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LOL

Bonn1997 wrote:"Not good enough to stick around"
Melo has a no trade clause. He's here as long as he wants to be. He's like a professor with tenure and 300 times the salary

I'm hoping the pressure breaks him to want out

Nothing like getting chased out of your hometown

gunsnewing wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:"Not good enough to stick around"
Melo has a no trade clause. He's here as long as he wants to be. He's like a professor with tenure and 300 times the salary

I'm hoping the pressure breaks him to want out

Nothing like getting chased out of your hometown

that doesn't work especially when a guy loves his money more than anything. We hoped H20, Mcdyess, MArbury & Amare would trade themselves. IT just doesn't happen. He's here for minimum 5yrs

Consider how Amare was perceived when he came here compared to now. Very same thing will likely happen to Melo. He'll slow down to molasses compared to the younger players he faces every night and his moves will become even more limited.

Then you'll have guys arguing that you have to start Melo because he's still our 2nd or 3rd best offensive option. Meanwhile, he'll be banking his $6,300 per minute wherever he sits or stands.

newyorknewyork wrote:Or Melo could continue to do what he did yesterday after the critique and drop more 25-9-7 games while the cap rises 20mil and we keep our draft picks. And Phil Improves the overall talent IQ and leadership of the team.

Not discounting that is possible. Aside from my reservations about his motivation and IQ, the one thing mostly outside of his control is father time. Slowing down for a player like him requires intelligent adjustments to your game. I lack confidence in his ability to do that.

Splat wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:Or Melo could continue to do what he did yesterday after the critique and drop more 25-9-7 games while the cap rises 20mil and we keep our draft picks. And Phil Improves the overall talent IQ and leadership of the team.

Not discounting that is possible. Aside from my reservations about his motivation and IQ, the one thing mostly outside of his control is father time. Slowing down for a player like him requires intelligent adjustments to your game. I lack confidence in his ability to do that.

Maybe you expect a daily triple double? Im looking for you praise Melo here now, he's shooting very poorly and is the best player on a bad team but as someone here who claims to not have an agenda your saying you dont see him changing his game?

But at least Phil is on the UK
And reading F500one posts

Its about being right
than basketball.

Splat wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Splat wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:Or Melo could continue to do what he did yesterday after the critique and drop more 25-9-7 games while the cap rises 20mil and we keep our draft picks. And Phil Improves the overall talent IQ and leadership of the team.

Not discounting that is possible. Aside from my reservations about his motivation and IQ, the one thing mostly outside of his control is father time. Slowing down for a player like him requires intelligent adjustments to your game. I lack confidence in his ability to do that.

and yet he's already making adjustments. It literally happening under your nose and you refuse to see? He's on pace for career high assists and low TOs and you "lack confidence in ability to change." Maybe father time is having an effect on your eyes?

Maybe you expect a daily triple double? Im looking for you praise Melo here now, he's shooting very poorly and is the best player on a bad team but as someone here who claims to not have an agenda your saying you dont see him changing his game?

.... breathe ...........

I've complimented during game threads on good dishes and good defensive plays. It is not like I'm immune to appreciating any player's good plays in spite of a general opinion about them.

You are responding about the present tense, yet my post was clearly about the 5 year implications of age.

If he truly expands his game with consistency this season and has game winning assists, then I'd like to see him do that for five years. Why not? That would be great. I'm skeptical of him doing that though, particularly in regards to his own offensive moves. In that light, his contributions as a passer may become even more necessary and I'd like to see him push that part of his game.

A good comparable might be Paul Pierce. He has been able to get off his shots late in his career. Theoretically, Melo's game has enough in common that he could still do the same even as his mobility and athleticism declines. But I think Pierce is a more savvy player even if that was not his rep earlier in his career. It would be good if Melo did things that garnered him the same evolutionary results.

For that to be the case, I'd need to see Melo show full awareness in critical late game situations with consistency. If he only shoots whether he has a good look or not, I will still say his tendency to regress is there. He may be our stud, so he should shoot late, but if his game is complete, he will become more dangerous in tight situations if he becomes just as prone to hit an open man as he is to shoot it.

OK, you can sheath your daggers now.

Splat some have higher standards

Hence Phil didn't look at Melo's career stat sheet

And start doing 8gm comparisons to his career numbers

Phil is analyzing how Melo plays the game, how he thinks the game

We play a different system that by default will have players producing

Different numbers in different categories some for better or worse

It doesn't mean they've changed or are changing

Fishmike wants those like you and I, the cerebral to lessen the burden

Of guilt on Melo, henpecking game performances and specific stats to

Comfort the brokenhearted but won't do the same for other players

E.G. Shumpert who has also improved statistically thus far

Nope his reply for such player he doesn't particularly care for is

"Let's see what his numbers are at the end of the season"

For the record I don't care for either but the hypocrisy

Always rears it's ugly head with certain posters

F500ONE wrote:

Splat wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Splat wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:Or Melo could continue to do what he did yesterday after the critique and drop more 25-9-7 games while the cap rises 20mil and we keep our draft picks. And Phil Improves the overall talent IQ and leadership of the team.

Not discounting that is possible. Aside from my reservations about his motivation and IQ, the one thing mostly outside of his control is father time. Slowing down for a player like him requires intelligent adjustments to your game. I lack confidence in his ability to do that.

and yet he's already making adjustments. It literally happening under your nose and you refuse to see? He's on pace for career high assists and low TOs and you "lack confidence in ability to change." Maybe father time is having an effect on your eyes?

Maybe you expect a daily triple double? Im looking for you praise Melo here now, he's shooting very poorly and is the best player on a bad team but as someone here who claims to not have an agenda your saying you dont see him changing his game?

.... breathe ...........

I've complimented during game threads on good dishes and good defensive plays. It is not like I'm immune to appreciating any player's good plays in spite of a general opinion about them.

You are responding about the present tense, yet my post was clearly about the 5 year implications of age.

If he truly expands his game with consistency this season and has game winning assists, then I'd like to see him do that for five years. Why not? That would be great. I'm skeptical of him doing that though, particularly in regards to his own offensive moves. In that light, his contributions as a passer may become even more necessary and I'd like to see him push that part of his game.

A good comparable might be Paul Pierce. He has been able to get off his shots late in his career. Theoretically, Melo's game has enough in common that he could still do the same even as his mobility and athleticism declines. But I think Pierce is a more savvy player even if that was not his rep earlier in his career. It would be good if Melo did things that garnered him the same evolutionary results.

For that to be the case, I'd need to see Melo show full awareness in critical late game situations with consistency. If he only shoots whether he has a good look or not, I will still say his tendency to regress is there. He may be our stud, so he should shoot late, but if his game is complete, he will become more dangerous in tight situations if he becomes just as prone to hit an open man as he is to shoot it.

OK, you can sheath your daggers now.

Splat some have higher standards

Hence Phil didn't look at Melo's career stat sheet

And start doing 8gm comparisons to his career numbers

Phil is analyzing how Melo plays the game, how he thinks the game

We play a different system that by default will have players producing

Different numbers in different categories some for better or worse

It doesn't mean they've changed or are changing

Fishmike wants those like you and I, the cerebral to lessen the burden

Of guilt on Melo, henpecking game performances and specific stats to

Comfort the brokenhearted but won't do the same for other players

E.G. Shumpert who has also improved statistically thus far

Nope his reply for such player he doesn't particularly care for is

"Let's see what his numbers are at the end of the season"

For the record I don't care for either but the hypocrisy

Always rears it's ugly head with certain posters

But yea... lets compare an established star to a guy who's had two good weeks of NBA under his belt. Cerebral indeed.

Feel free to wank all you want over Shumpert's 57% from 3 point. I apologize for not giving proper due credit as his career is CLEARLY on the right path now/////// happy

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Splat wrote:I'd like to see Melo be focused for one whole game. Not that I can say that for any player on this squad, but that is the standard I have to hold him to. He gets raked over the coals more, because he has to be excellent for squat to happen. And he's paid to be excellent.

Thus far, what good Melo has done has been pretty heavily offset by a commensurate amount of really bad play. His net impact has not been squarely in the positive yet. We'll know when it is, because it will produce extra wins.

If he is having growing pains trying to play differently, then I'll accept that was part of the journey when the proof is solid that he is a changed man. For now, I see flashes of team play and much more that is not. It is still not enough, so I really am not going to clap about his assists yet. He is not playing like a star. I hope he does.

I dont see anyone dogging it out there. So long as they are playing hard this should get figured out.