I think Trents offensive game fits with the starters more and Melo fits with the bench more. Trent is primarily a catch and shoot guy, and he could get rolling due to the looks that he'd get with the starting lineup. Melo is more of a "ball-in-my-hands" isolation scorer, and that fits better on the bench lineup where he could get more direct touches, while also playing more PF than SF.
All of that makes a lot of sense, not to mention that Melo and Hassan have spent a lot of court time together this season, so keeping them together on the 2nd unit makes sense as well.
The monetary amount spent on Whiteside will be based off his market, not his obvious inability to play PF.
Don't they have a little beef about rebounds?
This is true. Of course it doesn't mean anything, because there's no way in hell that Melo will come off the bench.
Stotts don't have the balls to not start Melo. Even though Melo prime is gone past him.
Don't buy it...he started Noah Vonleh and played him about 12 minutes a game for two seasons....Stotts is not afraid to shake up his lineups but he's already said Melo will start and we had success with Melo starting...we won't see more than a 9-10 man rotation in this upcoming series....you guys forget how great Melo has played for team USA and he's not injured and well rested...Stotts said Melo won't play extended minutes more than likely but he'll start and he should start....we had to play 3rd stringers this regular season....now we don't. I just think people that don't like Melo aren't going to suddenly like Melo around here.....personally I love the guy after what I've seen from him so far. I'm excited to see him with Nurk and Zach behind him...he's going to have a lot more offensive freedom with this lineup and that includes passing....Nurk can catch and finish a Melo pass under the rim....Hassan didn't have Nurk's hands in the post for catching and finishing as much. We're going into battle I want Melo on the court as long as his legs are fresh
Well I actually like Melo but also know he past his prime. You can see it when he logged to many minutes on offense and he slow of foot on defense. Again some people thinking about what use good do and not what he can do now. I don't mind him starting as long as Stotts start Zach and Nurk behind him for rim protection. I Know Melo likes to back off his man due try prevent the drive but playing the 3 he just can't do that especially if the guy can shoot the 3. Again know one hates Melo because he has gave this team a boost when we needed one but majority of us know what he can do now due to his age he also as limation what he can due now then what he use to do in his prime.
people are just big on little and trying to mellow out
Yay, let's let our bigs deal with guys driving straight at them every possession! Let's deal with 1 v 2 or 2 v 3 situations on the back-end by selling out on the front end! Sounds like a recipe for success!
Well that's entirely the problem, isnt it?
Theres a difference between "funneling" and allowing straight line drives because you have a SF with the footspeed of a C selling out on the 3pt line. Melo isnt staying on anyone's hip. Conley's quote was also in reference to pullup 3s, not every action.
Trent is a great defender. Before the shutdown, he was defending like he wanted to get paid the big bucks.
I wasn't. I explained the vast differences and some of the context you were ignoring. Simple basketball discussion, that you decided to get childish and tell me to get the fuck out over. I've seen you have this type of reaction quite a bit on this forum. You should relax, it's not a big deal.
Calm yourself.
