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Tilman: I was surprised by the decision to dump Melo

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by topfive, Sep 20, 2019.

  1. smoothie_king

    smoothie_king Member

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    melo couldn't have done worst than nene or farweed and I'm sure melo could have gave Shumpert's 9 points against golden state!
     
  2. YOLO

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    he couldn't even score against the team that dumped him the year before. foh
     
  3. Reeko

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    Melo would’ve scored 9 points on 10+ shots and given up at least 19 due to his atrocious defense...Melo stans just don’t get it...they place zero value on defense and exalt Melo because he can turnaround fadeaway in the post and pull up from midrange...we’ll just ignore that most of his shots will he bricks and he can’t guard a single soul out on the floor...we’ll just ignore that team’s will make attacking him a focus of their offense because he’s that atrocious

    OKC actually outscored Utah in the minutes Melo was off the floor during that 2018 series...Billy Donovan fcked up by giving him 32 mpg...he had the worst net rating on the team and OKC’s defense was ATROCIOUS when he was on the floor (it improved by over 10 points/100 possessions once Melo hit the bench)...OKC couldn’t wait to get rid of him

    same thing happened when he unfortunately came to Houston

    Melo’s defense is so garbage that he kills u against Utah. Now imagine his defense against GS. Lmao. We really had dudes talking about how Melo would help against GS because he could do his inefficient ISO against Curry. Man, Curry would’ve played his ass right off the floor like Ryno.
     
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    Defense is underrated on this forum.
     
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  5. rocketchamp

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    Melo's still a solid player but has been blackballed. Understand?
     
  6. rocketchamp

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    You came in harrassing ME, now you're bored lol. Hope it was worth it
     
  7. YOLO

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    yeah this board can only take so much stupidity from you. especially when you say the same dumb stuff over and over
     
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  8. smoothie_king

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    I'm sure Melo has offers but the offers are not necessarily good teams. The early years against kobe in the playoffs were classic. Nothing to prove with Lebron struggling, dwade retiring. dirk retiring.

    The fact that the owner was surprised in the decision only proves that the owner has given complete authority to morey.
     
  9. nomiz1987

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    I'm glad your thoughts on melo are in the minority. There's a reason melo hasn't found a club after he was cut by the rockets, cause he sucks. Overal he gives up more points than he scores now, but keep defending for all you want, it's entertaining
     
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    Lol at getting blackballed when your best friend is Lebron and he didn't even want you.
     
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  11. smoothie_king

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    Melo is strictly New York. MDA turned on him. Honestly Melo probally thought MDA would be fired by now.

    MDA has been smart to avoid the contract extensions talks to ride the Westbrook train.

    It's a lot of people been jealous of the melo Jordan brand endorsements.
     
  12. John Harvey

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    Who cares
     
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    When you signed by Jordan you can't accept the bench.

    Jordan himself was starting at the age of 42. That should go without saying. The bench is out of the question.
     
  14. MorningZippo

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    Feel free to post any of these stats at any time to actually prove your point, instead of dodging the question. There are mountains of data already on here that suggest Melo was cut because he played like ****, so there’s no need to repeat those, but nobody has ever posted a stat that actually made Melo look good.

    Do you have anything? Or are you just talking out of your ass?
     
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    he has nothing...his only reply will be “u don’t watch games” which is the ultimate cop out when someone really doesn’t have anything of substance to say or “everyone was bad, and Melo was averaging 13 points” completely ignoring his league worst defense, the fact that we had a horrific net rating when he was on the court, and that his 13 points came on atrocious efficiency

    if not that then he’ll move the goalposts with something dumb like “the Rockets only brought Melo in to make an example out of him” or something stupid like that

    wash, rinse, and repeat with these Melo stans
     
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    I always laugh when a person who's job probably includes the phrase "Would you like fries with that?" opines that another person who has enough resources to make a multi-billion dollar purchase of a sports team is an idiot.
     
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    What’s sad is that he’s literally betting on people doing even less research than he has. I mean, how’s it even possible to do less than zero research?

    Out of 530 players in the NBA, Carmelo has a lower +/- than 521 of them. I mean, it’s actually incredible how bad he was. He’s actually so bad, that he cancels out how good Harden is when he’s on the court.

    Also, as for the eye test. I sat court-side row 1 during a Melo game, and his dysfunction on defense was obvious just from hearing the players. Constantly getting confused shouts from other players because he was out of position. It was so obvious that a blind man could tell Carmelo was causing problems, purely from listening. The only person that was worse was M. Chriss, and it’s not like we were counting on him to actually do anything.
     
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  18. DaDakota

    DaDakota If you want to know, just ask!

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    He is on a book tour, that is his job on the tour.

    DD
     
  19. MystikArkitect

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    So you're telling me that Basketball Ops told Tillman to....


    ....shut up and listen?
     
  20. lockedin34

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    He should talk about his book instead of anything about the team then
     

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