Melo to Miss Trip - Possible Contact Tracing

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Pinwheel1 said:
And Trent is questionable? When did he get hurt?
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When everybody was on here FREAKING out thinking that Stotts pulled him. He looked like he pulled his calf muscle...... asked to come out and Coach obliged. I was cracking up reading the game thread. Not that it's new around here, but hate just blinds most on here.
 
e_blazer said:
Melo is back with the team and cleared to play tomorrow night.
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"Melo to Miss Trip - Possible Contact Tracing"

This proves that we'd have a better team if Trump hadn't prevented contact tracing.
 
I'm not normally so cynical, but....
I truly believe that Carmelo's primary interest is increasing his "scoring legacy" - a thousand more points (100 games at 10ppg) and he moves into the top 10 all time. That's why he has been so resistant to coming off the bench. I doubt he'll "sacrifice for the team", and Stotts knows that. Carmelo is bad chemistry waiting to happen.

Hopefully, I'm wrong, but I doubt it.
 
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Wizard Mentor said:
I'm not normally so cynical, but....
I truly believe that Carmelo's primary interest is increasing his "scoring legacy" - a thousand of points (100 games at 10ppg) and he moves into the top 10 all time. That's why he has been so resistant to coming off the bench. I doubt he'll "sacrifice for the team", and Stotts knows that. Carmelo is bad chemistry waiting to happen.

Hopefully, I'm wrong, but I doubt it.
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You may be right, but my guess is a little more simplistic:

1) Melo truly likes basketball
2) Melo thinks he's better than he is (not uncommon for NBA players)
 
Tince said:
You may be right, but my guess is a little more simplistic:

1) Melo truly likes basketball
2) Melo thinks he's better than he is (not uncommon for NBA players)
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Sorry, but it's definitely not that. He's bristled against coming off the bench for YEARS.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Sorry, but it's definitely not that. He's bristled against coming off the bench for YEARS.
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I agree with that... which is in line with me saying he thinks he's better than he is, no?

I think the OKC & Houston situations forced him to have a taste of humble pie. Being rejected by the entire league would do that to most anyone who thinks they're elite.
 
Stotts was asked about Melos spot in the rotation and he said that Melo wasn’t going to lose his spot in the rotation. He’s earned his leeway due to his stature in the league and how he played for us last year.

My worst nightmare. He’s guaranteed a role on this team as long as he’s on this team. Pure madness. The decision to sign Melo is probably one of my least favorite decisions of the last decade.
 
B-Roy said:
Stotts was asked about Melos spot in the rotation and he said that Melo wasn’t going to lose his spot in the rotation. He’s earned his leeway due to his stature in the league and how he played for us last year.

My worst nightmare. He’s guaranteed a role on this team as long as he’s on this team. Pure madness. The decision to sign Melo is probably one of my least favorite decisions of the last decade.
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I didn't hear the interview, but did he say he wasn't going to lose his spot because of missing one game due to COVID protocols? Or did he say the Melo's role is locked in for the entirity of the season? Those are two vastly different things, one of which is totally reasonable.
 
B-Roy said:
Stotts was asked about Melos spot in the rotation and he said that Melo wasn’t going to lose his spot in the rotation. He’s earned his leeway due to his stature in the league and how he played for us last year.

My worst nightmare. He’s guaranteed a role on this team as long as he’s on this team. Pure madness. The decision to sign Melo is probably one of my least favorite decisions of the last decade.
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It's a disaster. We're prioritizing him over the team. What a fucking joke.
 
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Natebishop3 said:
It's on Dame to tell him to calm down and play his role, because clearly Stotts won't do it.
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His role needs to be restored back to what it was in the bubble--spot-up shooter on the wing. Every time they give him the ball in isolation, they perpetuate the problem.
 
Tince said:
I didn't hear the interview, but did he say he wasn't going to lose his spot because of missing one game due to COVID protocols? Or did he say the Melo's role is locked in for the entirity of the season? Those are two vastly different things, one of which is totally reasonable.
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It's the first question. Way I heard it it was more about his role in general.
 
B-Roy said:


It's the first question. Way I heard it it was more about his role in general.
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Stotts did say "there is meritocracy (holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability) in terms of earning your minutes on the court." To me, that doesn't imply that Melo can do whatever he wants.

Now saying that and doing it are two different things.
 
Tince said:
Stotts did say "there is meritocracy (holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability) in terms of earning your minutes on the court." To me, that doesn't imply to me that Melo can do whatever he wants.

Now saying that and doing it are two different things.
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He also admitted that Melo gets more leeway because of his status. Now how many extra games he gets to prove he doesn't hurt the team is up for debate. There will be games where he's on fire and helps us win the game. But for each one of those games there will be 3 more where the entire team is suffering because of his time on the floor. Is Stotts going to look at the good games as a reason to keep playing him?
 
Also on the minutes crunch:

There's minutes to go around if the starters don't have to continuously play 30+ MPG per game. Dame and CJ are averaging 38 and 37 so far. RoCo and DJJ are averaging 32+. Ideally Dame and CJ are around 34 MPG and RoCo/DJJ are around 28-29. That's 15 MPG right there from the guard and forward spots. The minutes are there if the bench can stabilize the game, but that means not hemorrhaging points on the defensive end. I just can't see that happening with Melo playing.
 
B-Roy said:
Also on the minutes crunch:

There's minutes to go around if the starters don't have to continuously play 30+ MPG per game. Dame and CJ are averaging 38 and 37 so far. RoCo and DJJ are averaging 32+. Ideally Dame and CJ are around 34 MPG and RoCo/DJJ are around 28-29. That's 15 MPG right there from the guard and forward spots. The minutes are there if the bench can stabilize the game, but that means not hemorrhaging points on the defensive end. I just can't see that happening with Melo playing.
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It's just tough when our worst defenders (CJ, Melo, Kanter) all play together on the same unit. I don't think even Giannis and Kawhi could make that an average squad defensively.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
It's just tough when our worst defenders (CJ, Melo, Kanter) all play together on the same unit. I don't think even Giannis and Kawhi could make that an average squad defensively.
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If last game showed anything, it's that one of DJJ/RoCo needs to be on the floor at all times when Kanter is in the game.

Substitution pattern needs to be tweaked quite a bit by Terry. That probably means bringing in Gary and Melo really early in the 1st and 3rd, and then taking Melo out immediately in the 2nd and 4th and never coming back in.

Basically, Melo needs to be the 9th or 10th man, if he HAS to play.
 
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