See that's what I'm talkin about. So you are giving Westbrook a pass because he is playing the "better team". Where is the similar pass for Melo???? Lemme test your long sports memory with one simple question??? Has Melo EVER played with a James Harden, Russell Westbrook, or KD??? Nope. Yet those three played together and got swept out of the Finals and two out of the three never made it back after years togetherwhich led to the defection. So Durant believes in your better team concept which is why he left for a better team.
I get Melo haters will never acknowledge these facts just like I was never a "Starbury fan". But the facts still remain that Melo is still an elite NBA scorer who played for now two franchises that never put a "better team" around him. So that makes Melo this generation on Knicks fans our Bernard King. Look him up if that's before your sports memory. I'm just saying be a little more fair as Melo deserves some of the same passes you hand to Russ. It will be a while before we see another elite scorer like that in a Knicks uni as they only come along once a decade or so.
Westbrook don't need a pass .. Westbrook 2016-17 performance were the best single-player performance the NBA had in decades .. Westbrook carried OKC Thunder to a 47 win season by playing 81 games averaging a triple-double stat throughout the season.
The Houston Rockets improve tremendously from last seasons 41 win season to a 55 win season team this year. In mid-season everyone knew the Houston Rockets were performing as a next level team.
As for Melo, we are talking bout a individual scorer who does nothing else, Melo is useless on the defensive end, plus Melo dont move without the ball.
And Allan Iverson were better than Durant/Harden/and maybe Westbrook.
And Camby n Sprewell took us to the FINALS in 1999.
And Kenyon Martin n Kidd went to the FINALS consecutive seasons.
And "Last-Shot" Billups PG leadership took the Pistons to the FINALS consecutive seasons.
There's a reason why Camby, K.Martin, and Iverson had a 50 win season with Melo, then refuse to win a playoff series with Melo .. EGO!!!
And Melo has never played on the same level of Bernard King .. King took us Knicks to 7 games in the ECF vs Bird/Mchale/Parish/and Dennis Johnson.
Melo performance reminds me of Allan Houston.
Hopefully Melo can save his marriage. PJAx is a real ******* when you take this into account. Melo has been a true professional this season suffering thru personal problems at home and an ******* boss at work