Haha very true! He has no rings though and his competitiveness always gets questioned by the media. Seems like he's content with what he's accomplished.
Anyway, my thoughts on the actual trade at hand. My only issue with the deal is now, who is going to slow down Kevin Durant? Melo can maybe body KD up enough, but Melo has no shot against KD off the dribble. Ariza was their only chance at even potentially slowing down KD and he's on the way out. Sure, you can try to outscore the Warriors, but that's been proven to be a losing proposition.
To be honest the problem of guarding Kevin Durant is something every team in the NBA faces. I think maybe Kawhi is the only player in the league that could give him some sort of trouble. Even LeBron couldn't do much in the NBA finals this year and he was matched up with him 1 on 1 several times during the course of the series.
Maybe if they give up Gordon and Anderson instead of Ariza? I liked Anderson though because he could space the floor. It's tough to guard any one of CP3, Harden, or Melo 1 on 1. When you surround those type of players with lights out shooters, it makes the other team have to pick their poison. Either guard a superstar one on one or give up a wide open look to an elite shooter.
Yea it's true that everyone not named Kawhi has a tough time against Durant, but there's a difference between stopping him and slowing him down. It'll have to wait to be seen if that remains an issue for the Rockets.
I agree about Anderson, I thought he was a great floor spacer and solid in smaller lineups, but I think Melo fills the void there as you can't really have Anderson as a center even in small ball lineups. Anderson's salary was just too big to keep him there with Paul, Harden, and Melo. You can't guard this team 1 on 1 anyway so I don't think taking Ryan Anderson out of the fold will change that. I'm a little worried about the Rockets' depth, but something had to give.
We are about to post a full article on Dwight Howard and the Charlotte Hornets winning the East this coming year, stay tuned!
"Melo" will need to change his game drastically to make Houston better than they are now. Call us highly skeptical, and MUCH more bullish on Howard in Charlotte.
btw, this isn't a done deal. COULD just be posturing by Houston's GM so he can tell Chris Paul-- a friend of Melo-- he tried. Or maybe Chris Paul doesn't want Melo either, same thing.
In other words, there's still a chance Houston leaked this to Woj just to make Melo THINK they are trying. Just putting it out there in case it doesn't happen.
Haha very true! He has no rings though and his competitiveness always gets questioned by the media. Seems like he's content with what he's accomplished.
Yea I think he is a little soft overall.
Anyway, my thoughts on the actual trade at hand. My only issue with the deal is now, who is going to slow down Kevin Durant? Melo can maybe body KD up enough, but Melo has no shot against KD off the dribble. Ariza was their only chance at even potentially slowing down KD and he's on the way out. Sure, you can try to outscore the Warriors, but that's been proven to be a losing proposition.
To be honest the problem of guarding Kevin Durant is something every team in the NBA faces. I think maybe Kawhi is the only player in the league that could give him some sort of trouble. Even LeBron couldn't do much in the NBA finals this year and he was matched up with him 1 on 1 several times during the course of the series.
Maybe if they give up Gordon and Anderson instead of Ariza? I liked Anderson though because he could space the floor. It's tough to guard any one of CP3, Harden, or Melo 1 on 1. When you surround those type of players with lights out shooters, it makes the other team have to pick their poison. Either guard a superstar one on one or give up a wide open look to an elite shooter.
Yea it's true that everyone not named Kawhi has a tough time against Durant, but there's a difference between stopping him and slowing him down. It'll have to wait to be seen if that remains an issue for the Rockets.
I agree about Anderson, I thought he was a great floor spacer and solid in smaller lineups, but I think Melo fills the void there as you can't really have Anderson as a center even in small ball lineups. Anderson's salary was just too big to keep him there with Paul, Harden, and Melo. You can't guard this team 1 on 1 anyway so I don't think taking Ryan Anderson out of the fold will change that. I'm a little worried about the Rockets' depth, but something had to give.
We are about to post a full article on Dwight Howard and the Charlotte Hornets winning the East this coming year, stay tuned!
"Melo" will need to change his game drastically to make Houston better than they are now. Call us highly skeptical, and MUCH more bullish on Howard in Charlotte.
btw, this isn't a done deal. COULD just be posturing by Houston's GM so he can tell Chris Paul-- a friend of Melo-- he tried. Or maybe Chris Paul doesn't want Melo either, same thing.
In other words, there's still a chance Houston leaked this to Woj just to make Melo THINK they are trying. Just putting it out there in case it doesn't happen.