Just play him as the first big off the bench with a green light to shot and he will give us 15+/- points a night in less than 20 minuets of playing time. PLUS his a opinion for our pg to hit making everything in the offense “click”. One thing I saw last regular season was him busting his tail on both ends. (to no avail most of the time but the effort was there >> most can live with that.). He needs playing time and he will fix himself. He is a veteran player. Last season we just pushed him out as the TEAM found success from others while he was trying to work through a down time. As far as matchups when he 75% of his “good self” the other team needs to matchup with him. (GSW included). His role maybe or has changed but he is still a valuable player on this TEAM.
Thanks for the thoughtful response. But by that rationale, why would we be going after Melo? He's a guy that's there to space and create off isolation; has the same defensive downside as Anderson.
Does he want to be??? That's the bigger question. If he thinks he can get another contract before retirement, then he should. However, all signs showing he wants to retired on his last fat contract on us
The biggest advantage of Melo over Ryno is that Melo is not afraid to shoot. When Ryno passes up open shots, he is pretty much useless.
Considering everyone here thinks he’s dead weight, I’m 100% confident that Ryan will play well next season. 20m good? Doubtful. But he will be productive. He was fine early in the season, particularly with CP. he got injured and could never get back in the groove with our new lineup. Full season, fresh start. He’ll be fine.
Melo at a cheap price is good value mainly, since he can still shoot 3's as well as handle usage while being a SF/PF. That comes into play when Harden is off the court and you need someone to take over on offense for a few plays. This doesn't seem like a big deal but over time it keeps our guards' legs fresher.
He needs to quit being a b**** and work on his game. Start earning that contract to stay in the league after his current deal.
It's up to Anderson to fix himself. But, with our luxury tax situation and his salary, I don't see any scenario in which we'll stick with him no matter how good he makes himself. Either he's traded or he is waived and stretched. He'd have to be the second coming of the Christ to justify Tillman spending all that luxury tax dough.
Ryan Anderson lost weight prior to last season to improve his footwork and lateral quickness. Can he get quick enough for today’s NBA game? If you do fix that, then you need to correct the Toyota Center-depth perception thing that is screwing with Ryan’s mind. Ryan Anderson would be best served elsewhere.....an arena with a background that doesn’t contrast with Ryno’s color blindness.
i guess i've been out of the loop. Didn't realize that color blindness was contributing to Anderson's shooting woes. Which is weird because it hasn't affected him before now.
It's never been officially stated or affirmed that he has color blindness (that I know of). It's a Clutchfans joke that is now a full blown urban legend.
It was a thread topic during the season. Suggestions on “yellow see at night better” glasses/goggles to tinted goggles. I suggested he shoot deeper since I saw all his shots front rimming......must of been relayed to him because then I saw his shots clanking off the back iron for a period of time. Then he barely drew iron front/back/either side. The slight hesitation due to lack of confidence was enough to render him useless. If you look at his road/home 3-pt% it is as clear as night and day. per basketball-reference.com (splits) Reg season(17/18) Home-34.4% (3P%) Road-42.2% (3P%) https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/anderry01/splits/2018 Reg season(16/17) Home-33.2% (3P%) Road-46.5% (3P%) https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/anderry01/splits/2017 It was an issue the previous year as well (16/17). The year before Houston Ryno was one of the best at Home (Pels) and worst on the road. Go figure.
