Luc is a high substance guy. Not some JR Smith big name loser who doesn't know how to play or have good fundamentals. To use lack of popularity as a knock on him is a joke. He has had substantial defensive impact his whole prime and the past few years became a much better offensive player so his impact was great. Winning and defensive dominance has followed Luc his entire prime other than the awful Sixers. Andrew Bogut called him the Bucks(who had a dominant defense in that era), the Draymond of their tean.
I never said losing Ariza was bad because he was a great player. Losing Ariza was bad because we didn’t keep Luc as a replacement.
Let's give him good shooting out of thin air. Because his shooting prowess has no been impressive in the RS and PS as a whole. Let's give him that. What else does he bring? He is a spot-p guy with no ability to make plays, see the floor, or defend. He is Ryan Anderson if D'Antoni actually started playing Anderson at the 4 with a Center instead of at the 5. He is bad.
Melo we need that 2 of Gordon/cp3/harden on the court at all times. Defense will be fine in the starting lineup as long as cp3/tucker/Clint is on the floor.
A better Joe Johnson - unless he is our starting PF and allows Tucker to be the super sub defender off the bench. I don't like Carmelo but at this stage if he is willing to accept a backup or much lessor role then sure. DD
Tucker and Melo can and probably will start together. The 3/4 are interchangeable positions in our system. They both have the same role on offense and we switch everything on defense anyways.
Remember when we were seeing Harden and cp3 facilitate and operate from the elbow post up position? It was pretty good operation for open looks and indication isolations. I think we will see that from melo a lot, especially with bench units.
Bear in mind that this board craps all over their own star in Tracy McGrady and calls him a cancer. Heavy grains of salt required.
You are assuming Morey actually knew at the time that Melo wouldn't demand the MLE. What Morey did know (from reports) is that if Melo had to settle for a buyout of less that his full pay due, that he was going to expect the next team to make up the difference....and for us, that meant saving the MLE, just in case.
Dumb logic countered with... no logic. We still have the MLE and you're not exactly providing balanced reviews of these players' skillsets.
cheap offensive insurance, if someone gets injured (God forbid) Melo can pick up the scoring. I think anyone could be happy with their role on 60+ win team.
Pwul’s Injury history should be included in his body of work. He cannot stay healthy through the playoffs. That sucks for him and I hate that that’s the case but that’s the case no less. We all knew that trading for him last year.
Let's just pretend, for a second, he realizes this is his last go around and hes playing for a contract next season... Let's just imagine he steps it up and puts in effort on the defensive end because his best friend is relying on him to do so... Then it's the best signing of the offseason. If none of that comes true, well then we weren't winning without him anyway so who cares?
It's tough trying to liquidate one of the biggest overpaid contracts in the league. Hence why we still have Ryan Anderson.
You're a little crazy. The strategy is going to be to integrate and placate Anthony first, I doubt they immediately bring him in as a reserve.
