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Should the Blazers puruse Carmelo Anthony?

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TorturedBlazerFan said:
Just want to point out, Carmelo's 6'8 and Dames 6'3 and they're pretty much even on the bad defender scale, which also points out to just how lazy Carmelo has been on that end for most of his career. I'm not saying Carmelo sucked, I am saying that he had one skill, and has proven his whole career he's too lazy to do ANYTHING other than that one thing (at least in the NBA), I guess olympic melo passes once in a while. That one thing he was really,good at he's deteriorated on that end. If they picked him up they're hoping he gets 13-14ppg and isn't such a liability on defense that their giving up more than...
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In his prime, he was also a pretty good rebounder.
 
KingSpeed said:
In his prime, he was also a pretty good rebounder.
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career 6.5 for a sf / pf isnt bad but its not exactly great either, his best year for rpg he was at 8.1. Which would make him a pretty good rebounder.
I just really object to Carmelo as a superstar, he’s always been a tier below that to me. I know this is very subjective whats a superstar and what isnt. However we’d define tiers of nba talent, I think in his best years he was near the top of the 2nd tier, with an arguement to made to have him in tier , but I fall on the tier 2 side.
 
What is the worst case scenario if you sign him? Are you guys seriously worried that Melo is going to tank the chemistry on this team?
 
I want Melo to come to Portland really badly, I admit it. That extra scorer who can, in theory, explode for 30 is exactly what we need. Give him some of Curry's minutes, some of Nik's, and some of Leonard's. There is a role for him on our team. He can score, rebound, and defend when motivated. And Turner, CJ, and Dame all like the guy. If Dame wants Melo and Stotts thinks he can make it work, I want Melo. It would be fun to have Melo on our team giving a fuck you tour to the rest of the league off our bench.
 
Didn't Jordan end Anthony's shoe contract? Maybe he wants in with Addidas?
 
KingSpeed said:
I want Melo to come to Portland really badly, I admit it. That extra scorer who can, in theory, explode for 30 is exactly what we need. Give him some of Curry's minutes, some of Nik's, and some of Leonard's. There is a role for him on our team. He can score, rebound, and defend when motivated. And Turner, CJ, and Dame all like the guy. If Dame wants Melo and Stotts thinks he can make it work, I want Melo. It would be fun to have Melo on our team giving a fuck you tour to the rest of the league off our bench.
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As long as the expectations are realistic then i can see that.
 
Natebishop3 said:
People are acting like we expect Melo to come in and be our best player.
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It seems as though people are calling him out as a "cancer" more than anything else. He doesn't seem to be a cancer right now for Houston. A bad fit sure. But he definitely is not being a cancer. He also was not a cancer on the Thunder. They all seemed to get along just fine but the money and fit was not there. At the end of his time in New York it got a little bad but i think that happens with most players when they are unhappy and who can argue that New York put a great team together at any point around him?

If you keep the expectations down to a realistic point and the money doesn't hurt the Blazers you figure Stotts and the team have enough identity to handle a player and use him the way he could be valuable. The thing is Melo still needs to be guarded. No team can just leave him alone on the arc and hope he misses. They will have to put a guy on him and keep him from scoring. Against certain teams at certain times that could be valuable.

I really don't care if he comes one way or another. But i had to post and keep this thread going!
 
Another use for Melo that could help would be on the special inbound plays at end game situations. He is savvy and has the size to inbound the ball well. Then he has to be respected as a shooter as teams will have to guard the player inbounding the ball.
 
KingSpeed said:
I want Melo to come to Portland really badly, I admit it. That extra scorer who can, in theory, explode for 30 is exactly what we need. Give him some of Curry's minutes, some of Nik's, and some of Leonard's. There is a role for him on our team. He can score, rebound, and defend when motivated. And Turner, CJ, and Dame all like the guy. If Dame wants Melo and Stotts thinks he can make it work, I want Melo. It would be fun to have Melo on our team giving a fuck you tour to the rest of the league off our bench.
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Further proof it's a bad idea
 
kjironman1 said:
It seems as though people are calling him out as a "cancer" more than anything else. He doesn't seem to be a cancer right now for Houston. A bad fit sure. But he definitely is not being a cancer. He also was not a cancer on the Thunder. They all seemed to get along just fine but the money and fit was not there. At the end of his time in New York it got a little bad but i think that happens with most players when they are unhappy and who can argue that New York put a great team together at any point around him?

If you keep the expectations down to a realistic point and the money doesn't hurt the Blazers you figure Stotts and the team have enough identity to handle a player and use him the way he could be valuable. The thing is Melo still needs to be guarded. No team can just leave him alone on the arc and hope he misses. They will have to put a guy on him and keep him from scoring. Against certain teams at certain times that could be valuable.

I really don't care if he comes one way or another. But i had to post and keep this thread going!
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Hes not on their team
 
Melo is not good enough to warrant almost a 500 page thread!
 
Mediocre Man said:
I know we are on opposite ends of this, but you are right, here.

Portland isn't winning a title this year either way, so what would it really matter?
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If thats your outlook then why get Melo, why not bench Dame and CJ and just start Simons and Trent and develop them. You’ll know more about your future seeing if they can play and you’ll get a lottery pick.
 
Natebishop3 said:
You realize that if he comes here and plays like shit, Stotts won't play him?
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Yeah and at the end of the year he can leave. He really would not be a problem and might actually help some of the younger guys? Who knows what is going on in his head? Too many comments on here saying things about what he is thinking and what he wants. People on this thread do not know what is in his head.
 
BonesJones said:
Yeah, just like he stopped playing Meyers. Oh. Wait.
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In days gone by i would put in the time and prove that this statement is totally baseless. But it's just not worth it. You don't want Melo here. We get that.
 
BonesJones said:
Yeah, just like he stopped playing Meyers. Oh. Wait.
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Meyers has been playing decent enough. But I also think there was pressure from the front office to try to continue to develop our $10 million per year man.
 
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