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Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-21 01:20:39
March 21 2014 01:19 GMT
#4461
Don't think Melo can continued development at his age, he has been passing more this season but with the Knicks at this state even on a 7-game winning streak pretty much nullifies his performance. Durant is a more efficient scorer and player but Melo is a pure scorer and will always be. It seems like as his career progresses his MPG is increasing since he carries the team but once he hits 35, I don't know if he has the ability to play his aggressive style and hes no Dirk as Ace mentioned.

edit: Actually more like I doubt he has the ability to play his bully-ball style
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
Doraemon
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Australia14949 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-21 01:58:25
March 21 2014 01:29 GMT
#4462
this is the same hope that people have with dwight developing a post game. it's just not happening.

poor kevin love, he deserves better. goes to the bench and 0-19 run.
Do yourself a favour and just STFU
Dogfoodboy16
Profile Joined October 2013
364 Posts
March 21 2014 02:35 GMT
#4463
On March 21 2014 10:19 Disregard wrote:
Don't think Melo can continued development at his age, he has been passing more this season but with the Knicks at this state even on a 7-game winning streak pretty much nullifies his performance. Durant is a more efficient scorer and player but Melo is a pure scorer and will always be. It seems like as his career progresses his MPG is increasing since he carries the team but once he hits 35, I don't know if he has the ability to play his aggressive style and hes no Dirk as Ace mentioned.

edit: Actually more like I doubt he has the ability to play his bully-ball style


My point is that Durant is playing at his absolute maximum level and Melo inst. If Melo quit goofing off I bet his Maximum performance would be superior to Durants. Mabye we will never how good melo really can be because of his self sabotaging nature like Rodman.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
March 21 2014 02:44 GMT
#4464
In what way is he or has he ever goofed around?
Yezzus
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
United States2318 Posts
March 21 2014 02:58 GMT
#4465
He doesnt goof, Durant just has a great team. Put Durant on the Knicks and Melo on the Thunder. Melo will look like a beast and Durant will be struggling trying to carry the Knicks every night like Melo does
Daozzt
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1263 Posts
March 21 2014 03:00 GMT
#4466
Is Melo hiding is true power level?
Cloud9157
Profile Joined December 2010
United States2968 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-21 03:31:05
March 21 2014 03:22 GMT
#4467
On March 21 2014 11:58 Yezzus wrote:
He doesnt goof, Durant just has a great team. Put Durant on the Knicks and Melo on the Thunder. Melo will look like a beast and Durant will be struggling trying to carry the Knicks every night like Melo does


Strongly disagree with this. Durant is a more versatile scorer than Melo is, though there is no questioning that Durant has a better team than Anthony.

Also, referring to the previous page debate on who can match Durant's scoring, if anyone can, it's Melo. It really helps that he takes 22 shots per game and averages almost 6 ftm as well. Durant+Melo are the only two players in the entire league that average more than 22 shots per game actually.

Again, Durant is the best scorer in the league because he is the most diverse scorer right now. Melo is an extremely one-dimensional player(let me shoot my 10-15 foot jumper or a 3 pointer), but is also particularly efficient at it.
"Are you absolutely sure that armor only affects the health portion of a protoss army??? That doesn't sound right to me. source?" -Some idiot
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
March 21 2014 03:24 GMT
#4468
there's literally nothing Melo does in terms of scoring that Durant doesn't do better. Idk how this is even an argument.
Doraemon
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Australia14949 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-21 03:32:29
March 21 2014 03:32 GMT
#4469
i am confused too :S, it's not even limited to scoring...
Do yourself a favour and just STFU
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
March 21 2014 03:33 GMT
#4470
Melo's a good rebounder
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
March 21 2014 03:33 GMT
#4471
Melo's post up is better right?
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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
March 21 2014 03:36 GMT
#4472
I haven't seen the stats but I doubt it, not like he does it often enough anyway.
Cloud9157
Profile Joined December 2010
United States2968 Posts
March 21 2014 03:37 GMT
#4473
Melo is the better rebounder, but Durant isn't far behind. Durant gets 2 more apg though.

I still think Love could match Durant more than Anthony could if he would stop having those random sub 20 games. Guy puts in so much work every time he plays. 26/13 double-double and 4 assists. Only way Love could get better is if he played more defense.
"Are you absolutely sure that armor only affects the health portion of a protoss army??? That doesn't sound right to me. source?" -Some idiot
DarthPunk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia10857 Posts
March 21 2014 04:36 GMT
#4474
In think durant is much better defensively also.

He edges out melo in Blk% STL% Defensive rating and defensive win shares.
"If I wanted your opinion, I'd have told you what it was."
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
March 21 2014 06:05 GMT
#4475
Love and Harden are also better scorers than Melo. That Lebron guy is too. Stephen Curry may even be debateable. If you want to see who the best scorers are, look at their points per possession with similar amounts of possessions. Short of that, high usage guys with similar efficiency are the next step. Melo's teammates aren't a valid excuse, he's been in the league since 2003. A true superstar scorer shouldn't being seeing such drastic drops in scoring efficiency with such extreme usage. It's the same reason people think Cousins is a beast, but the team's ORTG isn't being lifted partially because like Melo, he isn't really doing anything but volume scoring.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
March 21 2014 08:15 GMT
#4476
Melo may be better off the ball than both lebron and durant though. Still, he can't make plays and he can't pressure the defense nearly as much because he's just not that athletic and not that great of a ball handler.
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13297 Posts
March 21 2014 09:03 GMT
#4477
Harrison Barnes is flat out bad. He's a Wes Johnson level bust.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
AxionSteel
Profile Joined January 2011
United States7754 Posts
March 21 2014 11:48 GMT
#4478
On March 21 2014 18:03 RowdierBob wrote:
Harrison Barnes is flat out bad. He's a Wes Johnson level bust.

It's more than that,They're actually kinda the same player as well...both athletic but really stiff and awkward. Same height and weight, their 3 point percentages are pretty similar and to top it off, their stats this season are literally the same

Haiq343
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2548 Posts
March 21 2014 14:46 GMT
#4479
Nearly all stats are going to be skewed because of teammates in some way or another. Durant is a better passer, but his assists don't tell you that, only that he gets to pass to people who aren't Bargs or J.R.. To some extent it's a closed loop. The Knicks (aside from Melo) are just an awful team, which reinforces Melo's bad habits of needing to carry the team. Durant absolutely is the better player, but he also benefits from having Westbrook & Ibaka around to demand defensive attention which makes everything he does easier and more productive.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination encircles the world. -Einstein
Yezzus
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
United States2318 Posts
March 21 2014 16:02 GMT
#4480
On March 21 2014 23:46 Haiq343 wrote:
Nearly all stats are going to be skewed because of teammates in some way or another. Durant is a better passer, but his assists don't tell you that, only that he gets to pass to people who aren't Bargs or J.R.. To some extent it's a closed loop. The Knicks (aside from Melo) are just an awful team, which reinforces Melo's bad habits of needing to carry the team. Durant absolutely is the better player, but he also benefits from having Westbrook & Ibaka around to demand defensive attention which makes everything he does easier and more productive.

Nah dood Melo shitter Love/Griffin better

All joke aside this guy gets it
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