How does posting their stats further your argument? I said myself Melo was the better scorer... BTW, great rebuttal with the "Melo has great passing skills too." Anyone that has watched him play for more than 2 games knows that his achilles heel is that he holds onto the ball for too long.
Debating really isn't one of your strengths, huh? I don't even know why I waste time with this stuff.
DHow has uncanny athleticism, but very little skill. Yao is very much the opposite. He has a lot of skill, but is limited by his lack of athleticism. Melo has been a prolific scorer as of late, but lacks completeness. Tracy has a far more polished game, but has been plagued by injury. You're entitled to have an opinion, but let your hate blind you. Your arguments don't hold water.
dwight howard is NOWHERE close to yao or even in the same stratosphere. i thought howard had potential too but now going into his 3rd yr, watching the USA team, he still HAS NOT have one go-to offensive move. so if by your 3rd year as a hyped rookie and STILL ZERO go-to offensive move, it's likely he will never develop into a dominant offensive player. so in that sense, he will never be better than yao. carmelo last yr was a better and more efficient scorer than tmac. but he never had to initiate an offense at the top of the key. every melo play was WHERE he wanted which was on the sides of the court where he can go whereever he wants. he doesn't need to think about playmaking (which is not just passing like u said, tmac has to INITIATE an offensive play 85-90% of the time, not just pass). but tmac can score just as good if not better if his shot is good. and plus he's a better defender. i'm sure u saw team USA. u saw howard and melo are fairly one dimensional when they are on the court. howard is jsut rebound and does putbacks. melo is just to score.
wow, you must have waited shawn bradly to retire for saying this. same argument goes with shaq is only better because he is bigger and heavier, and d howard is only better because he jumps higher than others. Have you ever seen any other 7' guy shoots like yao before?
Tony Mejia? This is the same guy that one year ago had a mending Amare and a then (and probably still) raw Dwight Howard ranked ahead of Yao in Center rankings: http://www.sportsline.com/nba/story/9625945 I wouldn't pay him much mind.
Dwight? Dominant force? Sure he's a better rebounder than Yao, no question, but Yao eats up Dwight on offensive and defensive skill. Dwight is far from offensively inept, as many here would suggest, but he is nowhere near Yao. Yao is only better because he's longer? What kind of reasoning is that? Dwight is miles ahead of Yao in terms of sheer athleticism. Shouldn't that make him better than Yao? It's stupid to act like Yao's height give him an advantage over Dwight and then forget about Dwight's massive athletic advantage. Skill-wise, I think TMac still has the edge. No knock on Melo because he's an amazing player himself.
I don't think many people like you, from what I've gathered through the recent posts. The only difference between me and you is that I don't give a s***. You obviously do, since you hang around here taking an ass-reaming day after day after day. Good job - here's some lube to make life easier.
I won't even try to imagine where this though came from. Trying to compare Melo's numbers don't hold any weight. For example, Vince and T-Mac had identical numbers (VC- 25pts, 6rebs, 5asts; T-Mac - 24pts, 5rebs, 6.5asts) Which one of them made All-NBA team and was an MVP candidate? Melo doesn't have anything close to the responsibilities that T-Mac has. T-Mac is responsible for 90% of our offense. He has to make plays for everyone. And at times he also becomes our primary perimeter defender. Melo is nowhere near the playmaker or defender that T-Mac is. Like someone said, Melo gets the ball in his desired spots. Also, Melo doesn't have T-Mac's range. His shot past 20ft is non-existent. Howard over Yao is just plain stupidity IMO. Howard has very little offensive skills. He's like an Amare Stoudemire minus the inflated system and spoonfeeds(from Nash) but with better rebounding/defense. Yes Howard is a better athlete, but thats where it ends. Yao is better in every aspect of the game. Also, Yao's rebounding numbers could be better, but at the same time Yao has much better rebounders around him than Howard. Even when they went head to head over the season, Howard was under the ownership of Yao. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270311010
Howard is not better than Yao. He is a better athlete than Yao but Yao is a better player. Yao is the currently the best center in NBA. But it doesn't say that much. He is easier to be neutralized than other superstars. We already seen how Memo Okur handled him defensively and Boozer attacked him offensively in the playoffs. Total playoffs series win = zero for T-Mac and Yao combined says it all.
exactly, if melo controls an ENTIRE offense like tmac and is the captain of that offense, i'll guarantee you the offense will not be very good. u RARELY RARELY see melo initiate a play like he's a PG. he's a finisher so he finishes plays and does it well. tmac is more than a finisher. but we want him to be a finisher only this yr so he can score easily like melo.
if tmac and yao win IT ALL this yr, i guarantee you both will be top 5 and tmac will be #1 or 2 when next rankings roll around.
i just hope tracy will win so he can get the legendary status he deserves. i just hope yao wins so all this pathetic talk of amare or howard better than him is just a disgrace and a stab to his greatness.
Maybe this year...Well everything looks great, deep team and I really think Rick can ramrod us to the Championship this year. Than everybody will respect Tracy and Yao. Let's win it
