Poll: Is Carmelo Anthony a starter or bench? How many minutes a game is he worthy of this season?

He's a starter but he is a bench player on the Rockets.

Cp3 and Harden take the Start.
Melo and Gordon take over off the bench.

That's a deep bench with non stop offense, not sure about the Defense part though but someone will pick up the slack.

 

I think you start him and take him out with Paul, let harden do his things sub him out and then put cp3 and carmelo back in.

 

Ryan Anderson and Melo = Lethal Weapon 2

 

I think Ennis will start and he will come off the bench with EG to abuse second units. I think it's more important to consider how we STAGGER our main offensive guys. Personally I like...

Start CP3 + Harden...then sub Gordon for CP3

- Harden + Gordon: both strong attacking guards. They obviously led the team in 2016 and played valiantly in game 6/7 last year without CP3. ​

Sub CP3 + Melo for Harden/Gordon

- CP3 + Melo: CP3 is better at orchestrating the offense and is better at reading players so I would keep him with Melo to make sure Melo is engaged.
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Obviously finish the game with Harden + CP3 + whatever else is needed. Now we have a HoF point guard (Harden + CP3) AND a professional scorer (EG + Melo) for 48 min/game.

 

He will play.

 

I still don't understand why he HAS to start the game on the bench but he's allowed to play starters minutes. I feel like for some of you you'd just get joy in seeing him in warm ups to start the game lol. Weird to me honestly.

 

He doesn't have the speed anymore to play a traditional SF. He's probably better suited as a stretch 4 in this system.

I can see him starting in place of Ryno, but on limited minutes, maybe 25-30.

 

WE are going to average 137 points per game. Defense be damned.

 

The poll is just a tiny bit biased.

 

I would love to see 3/5 on the floor at all times.
CP3
Harden
EGo
Melo
Capela

 

I don't care he start or coming off the bench. I only care if he's willing to help the team win. Including not playing in the 4th quarter.

 

I will have significantly reduced expectations for this team if Melo starts. We aren't even going to sniff 7 games against the Warriors with Melo as the starter. We still need another 3 and D wing.

 

Depends on James Ennis!

 

STARTERS
Paul----------Def/Off--------31 mins
Harden-----Offense--------34 mins
Tucker------Defense-------30 mins
Melo--------Offense--------31 mins
Capela-----Defense--------30 mins

KEY ROTATION
Gordon----Offense---------30 mins
Ennis-------Defense--------24 mins
Anderson----Offense-----12 mins
Green------Offense---------12 mins
Zhou-------Defense---------6 mins

SPOT DUTY
Nene
Melton (give him shot @ Ryan's mins)
MCW
Hartenstein
Edwards

Paul ran the 2nd unit last year when Harden rested. He'll have Melo mirroring his minutes, helping to run the 2nd unit. That unit would look something like..
Paul (defense)
Gordon (offense)
Ennis (defense)
Melo (offense)
Tucker/Zhou (defense)

Still hoping for a Ryan Anderson trade.

 

Plays like a 3, but with some fading athleticism he'd be better on both ends against slower PFs.

 

"Power" has nothing to do with playing the 4 in 2018-19 NBA.

He's too slow to be a wing on defense. At the 4 he's less likely to get torched defensively (though it will still happen because he is that bad defensively).

On offense he will be RA + hopefully have the ability to not look so awful when he puts the ball on the floor.

 

He has a career rebound percentage over 10 and he was over 10 last year too. Capela, Tucker, Harden, Paul are all good rebounders for their position. Rebounding should be fine.