Mike was always mature..... just did not got his mature results at NYK and LA. I am just not convinced yet that Melo can play his best in one season. He got to play at least couple of seasons. And the team has to decide on his salary.
Great to see him.... doubt Rockets will let him go thru the motions. I think its understood that he isnt going anywhere. I am glad. No thanks. Butler can kick rocks. We have our squad already.
Takeaways thus far... Tillman willing to pay upto 20mil lux tax for a championship roster. Tad likes to defer to his boss. MDA gonna bench Melo. (Hypes PJ and thinks PJ and Melo won’t be ideal frontcourt) Morey got that Peter Griffith look. Harden has another level?! CP gonna punk some rooks. Thicc is hayes+battier 2.0 and our enforcer. Green is high. Ennis is green. Gordon and Melo looking slim. Capela looking thicc.
Not gonna lie, this puts a serious damper on my expectations of him. LOVE the idea of this guy spelling CP, but he's going to miss training camp, and if he's hoping to be fully healthy by playoff time, that really doesn't allow us to rest CP during the year like I'd hoped. I'm really wanting him back by November, but lower body injuries can linger. If this is an All-Star break recovery I will be disappointed. We'll see...
The past Celtics and Pop would likely not agree. Billups, Rip, Prince, Wallace bros. say hello. 2018 Rockets actually won 2 games against GSW with pure elite Defense. 1 with elite O and decent D.
You can tell that the way the Rox approached bringing him into the team is the polar opposite of the way OKC did. From the beginning of camp last year, he seemed like he was on the defensive about how much he had left, his role on the team, etc. This year, he comes in ready to mesh with the existing hierarchy.
