Okay, good to know that. MDA and CP3 know Melo's strengths very well. I think he will space the floor with his 3 point shot and mid-range jumper, pick and pop, and he will post up on the block. I also think he will handle the ball too, and drive to the basket on rare occasions. P/R ala CC would be an interesting option.
It's just happening one season later than anticipated... I'm a fan of this signing though. Melo will do well here, and he must know it's one of his last chances to redeem the reputation that has haunted him since his final time in Denver.
Got anything else for as Cod? Like a millennial I’m already bored of this news and need a new obsession...
Capela/Nene/Hartenstein/Zhou Qi Melo/Anderson PJ Tucker/Ennis/Green Harden/Gordon CP3/MCW/Melton Happy we signed Melo, but i still think the roster could use more shaping.
Not sure if this is posted elsewhere, but this seems an appropriate reply locale: Good morning. Let's basketball. I'm a huge fan of Hallmark Channel original movies, and a common trope in the romantic stories in those films is bad timing. The would-be couple are perfect for each other ... except one is getting married to a doofus on Saturday and the other has an important cupcake catering job in a remote pueblo in Peru next week. The pairing is perfect, if only the timing worked out! We learned on Monday that Carmelo Anthony might be willing to come off of the bench for the Rockets, with whom he has now actually signed. At least, that's what Houston coach and former Melo feud partner Mike D'Antoni indicated USA Today's Sam Amick. Here's the rub: a Melo willing to come off the bench and play primarily without Russell Westbrook would have helped the Thunder more than he'll help the Rockets. Oklahoma City lacked and desperately needed offense-first depth. Houston does not, with James Harden, Chris Paul, Eric Gordon, and even Ryan Anderson. But a Melo willing to come off the bench wouldn't exist if not for how poorly Melo in OKC went. What a paradox! Melo could not have been a success in Oklahoma without failing somewhere on a functional team that did better without him than with. The Thunder's failure wasn't in trading for Anthony -- it was in acquiring Melo straight from New York instead of letting Portland or someone take him and fail. Heck, perhaps in the alternate history where Houston actually pulled off the Melo deal last summer, he'd be signing with the Thunder, ready to be FIBA Melo and fit in, right now. Alas, while all Hallmark Channel movies end with a happy couple that overcomes bad timing, the NBA doesn't work like that. If Melo fits beautifully in Houston after clashing with the Thunder, OKC's just going to be jilted. Heck, maybe the lesson here will be that the Thunder was never the heroic cupcake caterer, but the doofus fiancé all along.
