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Should the Blazers puruse Carmelo Anthony?

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THE HCP said:
Damn, you actually went back and counted? I'm not sure what's more sad, the fact that you actually went back and counted, or that you would even REMEMBER that.
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It wasn't that hard to count since there is a certain amount on each page. I remember because I was embarrassed for you that day, ha ha.
 
Melo could've been a loved and effective part of our team, but he chose OKC and now, no one wants him. He done fucked up. He'd have a new contract with us right about now.
 
No Melo up here at SeaTac
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KingSpeed said:
Melo could've been a loved and effective part of our team, but he chose OKC and now, no one wants him. He done fucked up. He'd have a new contract with us right about now.
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And on his way to winning a Championship if all goes well.
 
THE HCP said:
Very interesting read.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27802481/the-burnout-shooting-star-carmelo-anthony
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This part right here is why we wouldn't even touch him now.

"When Anthony first entered the league in 2003-04, a total of 35,492 3-pointers were attempted leaguewide. By 2018-19, that number had jumped to 78,742, a 121% increase.

As teams, in response, began stocking up on long-range shooters, defending the perimeter became a top priority, especially with respect to switching pick-and-roll actions to deny those shooters open looks. According to Second Spectrum data, defenses switched on pick-and-rolls 7.2% of the time in 2013-14; that rate was 16.5% last season.

One rival front-office executive notes that the league's 3-point revolution makes it harder than ever to hide players who aren't strong defenders. He's talking about Carmelo Anthony -- someone, he says, "who can't defend, can't close out, his feet are slow and he gets blown by." More than ever, offensive teams will repeatedly target weak defenders in pick-and-roll actions, the executive adds.

And that very thing had played out in real time for Anthony during his Oklahoma City stint -- most notably during the Thunder's 2018 first-round playoff series against the Utah Jazz.

In that series, which the Thunder lost in six games, Anthony was the screen defender 157 times, per Second Spectrum; he was being targeted by a Jazz offense looking for switches. That figure was the second highest for a Thunder player in that series; only Steven Adams (186) had more. Then, in Game 5 of that series, Anthony was subbed out of the game in the third quarter with the Thunder trailing 71-52. With him on the bench, the Thunder roared back and took an 88-87 lead, further evidence of a trend that continued: The Thunder were minus-9.7 in that postseason with him on the court and plus-5.3 with him on the bench."
 
Natebishop3 said:
This part right here is why we wouldn't even touch him now.

"When Anthony first entered the league in 2003-04, a total of 35,492 3-pointers were attempted leaguewide. By 2018-19, that number had jumped to 78,742, a 121% increase.

As teams, in response, began stocking up on long-range shooters, defending the perimeter became a top priority, especially with respect to switching pick-and-roll actions to deny those shooters open looks. According to Second Spectrum data, defenses switched on pick-and-rolls 7.2% of the time in 2013-14; that rate was 16.5% last season.

One rival front-office executive notes that the league's 3-point revolution makes it harder than ever to hide players who aren't strong defenders. He's talking about Carmelo Anthony -- someone, he says, "who can't defend, can't close out, his feet are slow and he gets blown by." More than ever, offensive teams will repeatedly target weak defenders in pick-and-roll actions, the executive adds.

And that very thing had played out in real time for Anthony during his Oklahoma City stint -- most notably during the Thunder's 2018 first-round playoff series against the Utah Jazz.

In that series, which the Thunder lost in six games, Anthony was the screen defender 157 times, per Second Spectrum; he was being targeted by a Jazz offense looking for switches. That figure was the second highest for a Thunder player in that series; only Steven Adams (186) had more. Then, in Game 5 of that series, Anthony was subbed out of the game in the third quarter with the Thunder trailing 71-52. With him on the bench, the Thunder roared back and took an 88-87 lead, further evidence of a trend that continued: The Thunder were minus-9.7 in that postseason with him on the court and plus-5.3 with him on the bench."
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What was the Thunder's plus/minus without Melo on the court in the playoffs this year? :tongue:

I think some of his defensive issues are lessened if you play him at PF instead of SF.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
I think the real answer is NBA gm’s realized the function didnt need to be an int, float, or a double, they could just make it void.
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Yes, but in your answer if you void Melo you can't also conclude that removing the Melo variable and obtaining the same results is nullified by voiding the variable. Wouldn't the opposite be true, scientifically/mathematically speaking?
 
hoopsjock said:
Yes, but in your answer if you void Melo you can't also conclude that removing the Melo variable and obtaining the same results is nullified by voiding the variable. Wouldn't the opposite be true, scientifically/mathematically speaking?
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void fn name() in programming is a function that doesn't have a return value. where as int / double / float / etc fn name () all are required to return a value of that data type. So I was saying that by not signing him they have in essence figured out how to not return any value, they certainly can't use an unsigned int when it comes to his defense heh.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
void fn name() in programming is a function that doesn't have a return value. where as int / double / float / etc fn name () all are required to return a value of that data type. So I was saying that by not signing him they have in essence figured out how to not return any value, they certainly can't use an unsigned int when it comes to his defense heh.
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But if you void part of your programming to fix a problem and that same problem still exists wouldn't you at some point question if you voided the right thing?
 
hoopsjock said:
But if you void part of your programming to fix a problem and that same problem still exists wouldn't you at some point question if you voided the right thing?
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Well their defensive rating as a team went down last year, must've been Melo! Definitely nothing to do with Roberson being hurt. :)
 
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