I think he could get the job done. D'Antoni looks like he's confident in him running our point if we get Bibby it seems he'll be our backup thats what im hearing. And so unless we get Davis looks like we may stick with douglas and im fine with that actually. he knocks down shots, only concern is the big one- can he run the point? his handles are nice and all and he's a decent passer but his reads are what concerns me. I think he could get it done as Chalmers did for the Heat. and D'antoni is an offensive wizard and we all know if he commiting to him he could make him look better than he his, He's done it before (Duhon, felton) So im willing to give him a chance playing under Billups helped him and he filled in nicely for em. if that dont work out we have Shumpert hahah
i liked the comparison to Bird, Mchale and Parish with Bird(MELO) running the offense. Melo can pass the ball, he just never does because his job is to score and take guys on one on one. I can see Melo/Amare doing a successful pick and roll which can have Melo either shooting off the screen or passing to amare for the easy signature slam.
Tyson chandler is also a good pick and roll player so expect to see this play often in our offense.
Melo was also a good 3 point shooter on the knicks, better then he ever was in Denver so if he can maintain that then he can be lethal as the #1 man in our offense.
Im happy we have Melo and not Lebrick James
With Douglas, if Melo is running the offense then we dont need CP3. Douglas has become a very good outside shooter so he can basically be what Bibby was to the Heat last year, a 3 point specialist PG who sometimes brings the ball up the court.
I like it but I would prefer Baron Davis, JJ Barea to be the PG but I wouldnt lose sleep over this strategy. Not bad.