lebron is going to win it, but what happened to that argument last year that amare should have gotten in because he led his team to the playoffs? some say that carmelo and lebron are equal, although i disagree, but lebron is still going to win, regardless if he gets to the playoffs. the fact that the playoffs criteria is not an issue this year, i think, proves that yao got shafted last year for reasons outside of basketball ability, and more so those voters could feel more right about their predictions in the beginning of the year.
I always believed that Lebron will win. But tonight's Denver's game against Portaland just proved that Melo deserved as much as Lebron did. He stepped up when they really needed him at the crunch time. He was unstopable, it reminded me of the game he played against UT.
Melo was...wow. My favorite part was right before overtime, Buzz was telling the team, "Guys, if you don't start playing D, you're not going to win." Melo interrupted and said, "Coach, we won't lose. I won't let that happen." The balls on this kid are incredible. I konw some of you hate him for the refusing to enter teh game thing (lord knows I was pissed for a while), but he's growing up FAST. Not a day goes by where I don't thank Detroit.
both denver and cleveland were in a push for the playoffs going into the final 15 games. this is where both rookies were to step up and grab this thing by the horns - prove their leadership abilities. well...Lebron's squad has gone 2-11 with two games to go. they lost to detroit, phoenix, philly, dallas, milwaukee, memphis, and miami all by a minimum of 15 points and couldn't close of easy wins vs golden state (lost by 3) and toronto (lost by 1). Lebron has proved that his team does not deserve the playoffs. In one of those two wins that they had...lebron scored 41 - amazing! But in the other he scored a measely 10 (although his 11 assists were huge). and Melo? Well, his squad has gone 7-6 with key victories over Utah, Minnesota, Houston, Portland, and avenging a loss to the Sonics. They have kept themselves in the drivers seat of the final playoff spot and Melo has taken control more than ever scoring 29.4 ppg over the last 5 (four of them being wins). ROY??? your call.
ill have to go with carmelo. Carmeolo has taken his team to the playoffs while lebron couldnt while still in the eastern confernce. That why yao got shafted last year.
neither deserve to win. LJ lead his team to 34-47 record and missed the playoff. Melo built his stat by taking tons of the shots.
It should be Melo cause his team is in the playoffs. He and James have similar stats, but one is still playing while the other is going home. I hope they dont give it to James or even have some Co-ROY crap cause that would just prove that Yao got SHAFTED last year.
I say Melo. He got his team into the playoffs with a winning record in a tougher Western Conference with a team that the previous year was tied at the bottom for the worst record in the NBA with Cleveland. James couldn't even get his team in the playoffs in a weaker conference where even a below .500 record will get ya a #6 seed and being 1 game over .500 will get ya a freaking #4 seed which is exactly where the Nuggets would be in the Eastern Conference. Hell if they had the luxury of facing teams like the Tragic 4 times instead of 2 they might even be fighting with the Nets or Pistons for a #2 or #3 seed. You can debate whether Denver had a better overall supporting cast than the Cavs, but results are what matters in my eyes. Both practically have identical stats but the results for their respected teams are exact opposites so I give the nod ten fold to Melo. As for people saying no one expected James to be so good so fast whereas with Melo it was expected, this isn't a surprise award. It's a results award and Melo delivered in a tougher conference.
Well hell, by your qualifications we'd better not give any awards. I mean, Garnett takes a lot of shots. Can't have that. And Duncan? Damn. Better take his award away too.
I still don't see how they take it away from James -- who did live up to his incredulous hype. But CoRoy's does seem right. Melo's done an amazing job -- and the team's records should count for something. Congrats Nugs.
they take many shots because they make a lot of them. Melo takes ton of them and miss ton of them. He is averaging 18 shots per game! And his pg% is only at 42.7%. Melo's D is so-so. He is nowhere close to KG or Duncan.
Another Co-Roy in my opinion. Although I hate that. One person should just win it and the other suffer with the pain of losing.
If we applied any of the principals last year that lead to Amare over Yao it has to be Melo for ROY. I don't think it will happen--because logic and reason do not often dictate these awards and rather hype does, plus some of the idiots already mailed in their votes, but less than a share to him would be a shame.
I think Melo should win based on the fact that he proved himself, carried his team to the playoffs with a huge must win perfomance against the Blazers and the fact that he didn't get lost in the Lebron hype.
