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Should the Blazers puruse Carmelo Anthony?

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  • Not No but Hell No

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KingSpeed said:
While I was driving Uber last night, one guy said he’d start getting more interested in the team if we added Melo. I def think we’d gain fan interest and national media interest but signing Melo.
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We'd also gain losses. Why do we need to add a player to get national attention?...
 
BonesJones said:
We'd also gain losses. Why do we need to add a player to get national attention?...
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Because that’s the way life is. Adding Melo would make more people talk about us. I think we have shot at 1 seed but 1 seed with Melo gets a lot more hype than 1 seed without Melo. Also without Melo, people write us off as a team that can’t win in playoffs. With Melo, media writers would take notice of a change.
 
Some of you guys are acting like we're the Warriors or something..... we are not the favorites to win the title. We need to make some risky moves.
 
KingSpeed said:
Because that’s the way life is. Adding Melo would make more people talk about us. I think we have shot at 1 seed but 1 seed with Melo gets a lot more hype than 1 seed without Melo. Also without Melo, people write us off as a team that can’t win in playoffs. With Melo, media writers would take notice of a change.
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I get what you’re saying but I also dont really care if the media talks about us, or if casual fans tune in more. Just need to win and all that stuff will come.
 
Sidebar, if Melo comes to POR, would you let him wear #7 or ask to revert to #15?
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
I get what you’re saying but I also dont really care if the media talks about us, or if casual fans tune in more. Just need to win and all that stuff will come.
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Prob is sometimes it doesn’t. Even when we we went to NBA Finals two out of three years, people called our point guard “Kevin Porter.” Drexler’s All Star MVP Award was stolen by Magic. We could win the title this year but the Lakers would still get more nationally televised games next year.
 
KingSpeed said:
Prob is sometimes it doesn’t. Even when we we went to NBA Finals two out of three years, people called our point guard “Kevin Porter.” Drexler’s All Star MVP Award was stolen by Magic. We could win the title this year but the Lakers would still get more nationally televised games next year.
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Well to be fair social media, and media, and the technology we have is drastically different today than it was 25 years ago. 25 years ago, a lot of the east coast had trouble even watching a blazer game. Again, I understand, big names, equals more attention, but really look how much attention Milwaukee is getting right now, or how much attention Dame has gotten the last couple years. If the Blazers keep ballin, I think they’ll get publicity.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Some of you guys are acting like we're the Warriors or something..... we are not the favorites to win the title. We need to make some risky moves.
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You're right, we aren't going to win the title this year. Which is a good argument for taking risks that offer long-term benefits. Melo is a short term move that *maybe* gets us out of the 1st round.
 
oldmangrouch said:
You're right, we aren't going to win the title this year. Which is a good argument for taking risks that offer long-term benefits. Melo is a short term move that *maybe* gets us out of the 1st round.
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So you’re telling me we can get out of the first round and all it’d cost us is a third stringer? Where do I sign?
 
tester551 said:
I'd like to see the actual stats. I'm a bit skeptical of that one.
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I found it. Here's the money quote from that article though:
https://hoopshype.com/2018/11/11/ca...-have-success-in-the-nba-as-a-post-up-threat/
But he is getting just 2.2 possessions per game on post-ups, equivalent to just 15.7 percent of his possessions. For comparison, Anthony has been used as a spot-up shooter on more than 25 percent of his offensive finishes even though his efficiency on spot ups has ranked average in the league.
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In Portland, under Stott's direction, what type of shot do you think Melo would be shooting? Yep.... He'd be a spot-up shooter.

So an average shooter with terrible defense (even worse than CJ's). Yah, I'm going to pass.
 
tester551 said:
I found it. Here's the money quote from that article though:
https://hoopshype.com/2018/11/11/ca...-have-success-in-the-nba-as-a-post-up-threat/


In Portland, under Stott's direction, what type of shot do you think Melo would be shooting? Yep.... He'd be a spot-up shooter.

So an average shooter with terrible defense (even worse than CJ's). Yah, I'm going to pass.
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And you base that off of what? Because Aldridge definitely wasn’t a spot up shooter. Neither is Nurkic. Even Collins is posting up more this year. Stotts plays guys to their strengths. It’s not his fault he hasn’t really had post threats.
 
I’m coo off Melo. He didn’t want us before he went to OKC when he had just a little intrigue left. So fuck him now. We don’t forget..
 
KingSpeed said:
He accepted coming off bench in Houston and they dumped him anyway.
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What comes out of his mouth and how he play his last game in Houston tells me different. Body language in my eyes till me he didn't like his situation in Houston.
 
My guess is he waits for what he thinks is the best option for him. He wants to be on a good team, but good teams don't need him.....yet. So maybe he waits until a good team gets hit with a season ending injury and needs an extra scorer to fill the void?

I doubt he would consider a 10-3 Portland team where he would be blamed if they started to lose. But he might consider a Portland team after they go into a slump and needs a veteran scorer.

Right now his stock is at an all time low. He needs to choose his next team wisely. He wants to win but does not want to sit. There are not a lot of options. I think his best options are Milwaukee or Portland. Not sure either wants him.
 
Getting Carmelo would be fun and entertaing...at least for awhile. If he sucks, we can trade or bench him. But I think he would help the team.
 
beast crnjo said:
But I think he would help the team.
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...he just needs to follow the Marbury model and go be a hero in China for the next several years! No contender wants to give him 30+ minutes per game and no middling team wants to stunt their talent progression with him in the way. Unless he can somehow channel Vince Carter and get over his ego to extend his career in the NBA he's on the outside looking in.
 
HAAK72 said:
...he just needs to follow the Marbury model and go be a hero in China for the next several years! No contender wants to give him 30+ minutes per game and no middling team wants to stunt their talent progression with him in the way. Unless he can somehow channel Vince Carter and get over his ego to extend his career in the NBA he's on the outside looking in.
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Carmelo wishes he were as good a player as Vince. Really interesting to compare their career numbers (Melo through last year, Vince through 2014--15 years each).

http://bkref.com/tiny/Iy3I6

Identical PER's. Melo has the scoring numbers, but Vince has advanced numbers (WS, BPM, VORP). One helps himself, the other helps his team.
 
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