As Carmelo Anthony leans toward leaving New York, Chicago and Houston emerge as frontrunners

He's not a championship coach. Player, yes, but that has nothing to do with coaching.

He also got obliterated by Terry Nobody, despite having the better roster.

He's a nice enough guy, but, like Lin, that doesn't cut it. We're chasing rings. We'd have a better chance, with a better coach.

 

Love is fool's gold. No matter where goes, he'll put up big numbers, but his team won't succeed.

Melo can go toe to toe with Lebron. We need that more than anything Love can provide.

Melo isn't a perfect superstar, but he is a superstar. Love is an all-star. You always go with the superstar.

 

That isn't how it works. You don't just have 3 guys defend, the other 2 score.

What will happen is everyone can focus more on defending since the offensive load will be shared. We can get Howard into the block, run a Harden/Howard pnr, Harden/Melo pnp, Melo at the high post.

 

I just hope we don't turn out like the 2012 Lakers. Harden + Melo kinda worries me because both love the ball in their hands. And I wonder how Dwight will feel about getting less touches.

Hopefully things go right if we get Melo.

 

Team isn't ready for a ring, let's not make that also McHale's fault.

 

In my opinion, all the Melo haters will be jumping for joy like the rest of us if he chooses Houston. Just like all the Dwight doubters last year until he signed with us.

I get it though. Some people just don't want to get their hopes up too high so if he chooses elsewhere they won't be as disappointed.

*fingers crossed*

 

Last FA period was very fun because we tried to decode every sign from DH. A thread which was over 1 mil views(if i am not mistaken) and so many comments. Even if we hadn't landed him, it was awesome. As a international fan,I didn't sleep until later in the morning i heard he was coming.

 

JR really thinks with Melo we wouldn't be as good or better then the clippers or OKC?

Seriously I don't understand the anti homerism on getting Carmelo.

Harden, Carmelo, Howard will all draw double teams, none of them can be guarded one on one. They will create a feast of offensive opportunity's for each other (Parsons will especially benefit), allowing them to all completely light up the score board, scoring easily and efficiently every night, crushing and running defenses ragged.

Great offense leads to good defense, low turnovers and high field goal % means leads to less fast breaks, less rebounds, more set defense, controlled game pace. Lets not forget about how much energy other teams will have to exhaust on trying to contain a Carmelo, Harden, Howard and Parsons offensive wrecking ball. Flip it around for our players, all of our players can focus and will have more energy for defense since our offense will be so gravy. That means Harden, Parsons, Carmelo and Howard can all focus and exhaust more energy on defense more then they every have in there career, the wings focusing on defense within its self will also make is much easier for Howard to control the paint.

We improve greatly on offense, greatly on defense (yes, I said it). We finished 5th best team in the league, ill be damned if acquiring Carmelo doesn't boost us into the top 3 at worst.

 

Some of us have been on this board long enough to remember the last time this was said about the Rockets on this board (or, its predecessors anyway). The players are different, obviously, but the rationale is a dead ringer for what was said 15+ years ago. It didn't end so well, sigh.

Basketball is not played on paper, and chemistry is important.

 

I think if Hakeem, Barkley, and Pippen had been in their primes the outcome of that team would have been a little different.

 

Where was the chemistry with the Heat? Winning two championships with in 3 years of forming. There wasn't any, they were just too good, created it as they went, won 2 titles. I don't see why it should be different with the Rockets.

Carmelo, Harden, Howard and Parsons is just as good if not better (IMO) then Lebron, Wade, Bosh.

 

Exactly

i know that the major concern for people is defense and ball sticky play

defense can be improved especially with a good coaching staff
for the offense it's the same thing as Miami in their first months : they did not know how to play then they adjusted

another point is: i think IMHO that there is a psychological effect of not believing in your team when it loses: when the same thing happens again and again there is such a believe that it won't change
same thing can be said when a team wins: when you face the HEAT or the SPURS you are psychologically convinced that you're gonna lose, until you win and do it again and again

the Rockets have not been that good since the champ years,, so the fans are used to the loss in the first round even after leading the series: Images of Stockton and Lillard shots among others are stuck in their brain

so please stop the Melo hate: he's an unbelievable skilled offensive player who can score in every way possible and has a deadly midrange game which can be the difference between losing to Portland and going to the finals (of course the defense has to improve drastically)

and as you said if we get Melo we'll see all the haters jump on the wagon to celebrate!

 

Melo doesn't love the ball in his hands, Melo loves to shoot, the problem is often that teams don't have people that can do a) and allow Melo to do b) so instead he does a and b

 

The thing about Love: he shouldn't be your best player, but he is an "ultimate role player". Yeah, role player is disrespectful as he is much better than that. But he is a guy that can't really create his own shot but is great, when his teammates find him. Plus he is an absolute beast at the boards.

So Love would kill other teams double teaming Dwight or Harden and he would make us one of the best rebounding teams in the league. Plus he is pretty young. That's why I would definetly prefer him to Melo.

With Melo this team would have quite some growing pains. Melo and Harden both want the ball all the time and Dwight wants his touches. From a pure fit perspective Love would be the better bet (or Bosh). But I sure as hell wouldn't say no to Melo.

 

I think you could have said the same thing about Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnet up to the point they joined forces in Boston.

 

Perspective on this site is all screwed up.

There are actually "fans" rooting for Carmelo to go to Chicago because it is better for him? Fans rooting for McHale to fail? A big DUMMY rooting for Harden to be traded?

People actually don't want to add a player (Anthony) that is a defensive upgrade over any PF on the team and averaged 27/8 and in still in his prime?

Just insane ...

 

^ We should necrobump a thread from the days we use to argue about Kevin Martin, Chase Budinger or Luther Head...*shudder*

How quickly they forget

 

If we get Melo we are an immediate contender. Especially if it only comes at the loss of a pick, Lin and Asik. Two bench players and a late first round pick for one of the best players in the NBA. For those against the trade think about that for a second.

 

There are legitimate reasons to be worried about the fit of Carmelo here, but I would still take him on the team. I'm sure Lin fans hate melo.

 

You can have all the talent in the world but it is futile when you have an imcompetent, clueless loser bottom 3 NBA head coach like McHale. If Rockets get Melo, they are truly ready to win it all and they need to act smart and get rid of this gimmick pathetic coach McHale and bring in a real coach.

Spo is not the best out there but he is a far superior coach than McHale and did a great job putting all that talent together and making it work. McHale I doubt can take a team with CP3, Harden, LeBron, Melo and Dwight to the title.