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Should the Blazers puruse Carmelo Anthony?

  • Yes

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  • Not No but Hell No

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SIeepwalker said:
Green font ruins good sarcasm.

Kinda like if you have to explain the joke it's not as funny anymore
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I agree but green font on my sarcasm would have saved me countless arguments on this site. It's ain't the joke obviously as we have just witnessed. Lets see if anyone can pick up the sarcasm there? Or Here?
 
kjironman1 said:
At this point "Average" would be about right no?
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Nope, a team coming off a WCF rin after winning 49 and 53 wins the last 2 season with Damian Lillard in his prime shouldnt be held to a 41-win standard.
 
until and if Melo becomes a problem, I'm going to assume Dame, Stotts, and a 'last chance' will make Melo a significant net-positive, especially considering the alternatives at PF
 
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Max is awesome! He was one our announcers for my HBO Boxing package....... and he didn't even know my name. He just called me, "NBA".
He'd tell me I was the only one on the crew who he could talk hoops with. I used to tell him he deserved an Emmy every year just based on having to work with that asshat Steven A Smith!
 
My opinion is that he was a horrible fit on Houston and OKC. I thought he would fit well here three years ago and so far he is. Stotts was originally brought in because of LMA. He was part of the success in Dallas with Dirk and Melo really isn’t that much different than Dirk at this point. Neither one of them are/were good defenders. I think Melo can still be an effective scorer and he is thriving in Stotts’ system with Dame.
 
Natebishop3 said:
My opinion is that he was a horrible fit on Houston and OKC. I thought he would fit well here three years ago and so far he is. Stotts was originally brought in because of LMA. He was part of the success in Dallas with Dirk and Melo really isn’t that much different than Dirk at this point. Neither one of them are/were good defenders. I think Melo can still be an effective scorer and he is thriving in Stotts’ system with Dame.
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The best thing from all this is seeing us dump the ball into a post player who can actually do something with it! It's so refreshing. He is either going to score on them or get fouled. Also, for the first time since LA, I have seen the opposing team actually send a double team to the post against us.
 
THE HCP said:
The best thing from all this is seeing us dump the ball into a post player who can actually do something with it! It's so refreshing. He is either going to score on them or get fouled. Also, for the first time since LA, I have seen the opposing team actually send a double team to the post against us.
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Exactly.
 
THE HCP said:
The best thing from all this is seeing us dump the ball into a post player who can actually do something with it! It's so refreshing. He is either going to score on them or get fouled. Also, for the first time since LA, I have seen the opposing team actually send a double team to the post against us.
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I'm not a big Melo fan and I'm not totally buying in that this will work (yet), but I'll admit so far I've been wrong about him. He's been good.
 
THE HCP said:
You still don't think it has worked? It has taken two of our worst players off the court.....isn't that considered a success?
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Well it "has" worked for the past few games. It's made me excited to see what this starting 5 can do going forward, but the defense is so bad at times... Yeah, It's pretty important to get Tolliver out of playing Center and Mario's been pretty bad too. For me measuring if it "worked" or not is, does it make them a contender, or keep them afloat until some one gets healthy? I don't know, and I also don't know if any of the hurt bigs will "get healthy" any time soon.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Well it "has" worked for the past few games. It's made me excited to see what this starting 5 can do going forward, but the defense is so bad at times... Yeah, It's pretty important to get Tolliver out of playing Center and Mario's been pretty bad too. For me measuring if it "worked" or not is, does it make them a contender, or keep them afloat until some one gets healthy? I don't know, and I also don't know if any of the hurt bigs will "get healthy" any time soon.
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Its funny how things aren't always as they appear..
I was hesitant because I always thought he was not the best teammate. Come to find out, the guys love him, and he has been nothing but a pleasant surprise.
I think it's wonderful that he's here and I am hoping hard that this experiment lasts two or three years.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Well it "has" worked for the past few games. It's made me excited to see what this starting 5 can do going forward, but the defense is so bad at times... Yeah, It's pretty important to get Tolliver out of playing Center and Mario's been pretty bad too. For me measuring if it "worked" or not is, does it make them a contender, or keep them afloat until some one gets healthy? I don't know, and I also don't know if any of the hurt bigs will "get healthy" any time soon.
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At times, I guess. But we did our hold our opponents to an average of 105 ppg last week. That's pretty good in today's league.
 
KingSpeed said:
At times, I guess. But we did our hold our opponents to an average of 105 ppg last week. That's pretty good in today's league.
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It’ll be interesting how it looks against teams a tiny bit better then CHI or OKC, and its not to take anything from them or Melo, heck theyve lost to some pretty bad teams, but Im really interested in how this weeks games work out.
 
Wade Garrett said:
Its funny how things aren't always as they appear..
I was hesitant because I always thought he was not the best teammate. Come to find out, the guys love him, and he has been nothing but a pleasant surprise.
I think it's wonderful that he's here and I am hoping hard that this experiment lasts two or three years.
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Give him time. His penchant for petulance and claiming victimhood will show soon.
 
I just hope Melo didn't get hurt getting body slammed on that dunk attempt by Harrell last night...that was an ugly fall
 
hoopsjock said:
The Blazers just guaranteed Melo's contract for the rest of the season so anyone hoping they'd cut him is out of luck.
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Yes, I'm sure there was someone out there super dissapointed we aren't getting more Mario/Tolliver.
 
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