@Broadway
I still don’t see this reaching thing…as you’re the one steadily posting players for me to comment on. Now how does this reaching thing work? Is Melo’s tenure here with the Knicks not the same? Did we not suffered injuries to Amare, Lin, Felton, Kmart, Kid, Thomas, Shumpert, felton, Tyson, Billups, etc…hell, the Knicks probably was the most injury prone team he played on. I’m not addressing his time in Denver again, that horse was beat to death a long time ago. It’s old news in time and in this thread.
You're reaching because what we've determined is with the Harden comparison they both had injury riddled squads. Let's give Knicks the edge here due to Carmelo's injury himself. What you're struggling mightily at, is this.
There was no point in time last yr when Melo played, we were even .500. Melo couldn't even get us to a winning record by end of January before he essenitally called it quits.... whereas the contrast with Harden he took a team almost as far as they could go, mind you in a much tougher conference with dire circumstances. Melo didn't even meet bare minimum success.
That’s a negative. Deep down I feel like we made some serious errors this off season. As I’ve elaborated on throughout this thread. And… that Melo’s time here was spent with injured players, players that didn’t mesh well, and players that were deferring to him instead of playing hard with him. That’s what I saw, that’s what I’ve been saying…and Deep down you know this.
Naaaaah not good enough more excuses. Great players get bums to come to where they should be, not the other way around. You're trying to make Melo become the exclusive benefactor, nope not gonna cut it. Maybe Melo's biggest and most crippling weakness, he can't elevate the play of lesser caliber players. Melo doesn't have the Billups to Denver type affect on players. The Kidd to Jersey/Knicks type of affect. He needs tons of finessing and ego stroking of acceptance as being the man, when honestly he should have 2 alphas or more above him.
Oh and Ummmmmm what players can't win if they are surrounded by a bunch of talented players?
Could we have put a better product around Melo, yeah we could have. You could also argue the players I listed as doing more with less...
their teams didn't make all perfect moves and didn't have the greatest bills of health either. It's called deal with the cards delt and play your hand to the best possible outcome. At the same time Melo hasn't done his part being a #1 guy, maybe he's been better than anyone else but that's not saying much.
And this is where I have serious concerns. Again, thanks for that acknowledgement.
I think we all do.... even the "IN PHIL WE TRUST SPARTA-MALITIA"
Do I even have a choice? And did you not see how I stated numerous times that I’m not going to be so judgmental about him until pre-season? If he flops I’m going to be there to criticize him just like I’ve done with every other player that wore the blue and orange jersey…even Melo was getting venom from me in the past, and in this thread. Recognize.
Yes you do have a choice. Like not root for the team at all or find other teams to watch who make very cerebral decisions you only wished our team made. You don't have to blindly root for #kporzee or Melo, although #kporzee deserves the same shot as others prior to him to prove his worth to us. The one thing that truly makes #kporzee unique over Melo that should give him another edge going forward....He's home grown talent not borrowed with many miles on it.
But to be honest #kporzee is probably headed down a similar Melo beaten path you've spoken on. You know a young talented player, who'll probably fill a good portion of what we anticipate from him, without having enough talented young pieces to grow with around him..... surrounded by marginal vets and an aging overrated All-Star. If we aren't to destroy his career path probably best to hope we trade Melo and bring in assets that will catapult the rebuild process.