Carmelo Anthony 3 straight playoff games with 0 assists

[Logicallylethal]

Carmelo Anthony has come to define what it means to be an absolute BLACK HOLE on an offense

In the playoffs, Melo has gone 3 straight games (a whopping 115 minutes of basketball) without recording a single assist

For the year, Melo has 24 games where he has finished the game with 0 assists! He has 48 games total in which he has 1 assist or less for an entire game

For the entire season Melo averages 1.3 assists a game. That ranks him 167th in the NBA. For someone that plays 32 minutes a game and touches the ball so often that is a HARD thing to do.

To put that in perspective, there are 17 players who play less than 20 minutes that average MORE assists that Melo. Guys like Zaza Pachulia and Kyle O'Quinn who are bigs that don't necessarily pass and barely play (14 mpg & 18 mpg) are averaging more assists per game than Melo.

It's crazy when you think about how fast paced the NBA game is nowadays. A lot of players get assists by accident just by simply moving the ball. How do you go 24 games without a single assist!?

Melo's season high in assist this year is 4 and he did it once all year...in 82 games (including playoffs). Melo went the ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY averaging 0.5 assist and never getting more than 1 assist in any game that month.

This is what playing with Russell Westbrook does to you. It's a simple cause and effect. He averages 10 ast a game but he doesn't share the ball. He dribbles, dribbles, dribbles, looks for a way to score, passes the ball, demands it back, dribbles, dribbles, dribbles than when he realizes he can't get a shot he finds a teammate for a low percentage shot, sometimes they make it, he gets an assist. You do this enough, you're going to get 10 assist throughout the span of the game.

So when you're someone like Melo and you see that, any time you get an opportunity to touch the ball, you're not going to pass it. Because if you do, you might not ever get it back. This style of basketball is what has plagued OKC all year. It is the main reason why Kevin Durant left Russell Westbrook. It is why Victor Oladipo didn't work out with Westbrook.

Statistically, Melo is the black hole on offense, but the true source of the black hole is Russell Westbrook

 

[tlance]

Melo has been pretty bad.

But, to be fair, his role on this team is catch and shoot. He rarely gets the ball in position to create offense as he normally defers to Russ and George there, as he should.

Catch and shoot players don't usually get many assists unless the team gets great ball movement. OKC does not.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

Carmelo Anthony has come to define what it means to be an absolute BLACK HOLE on an offense

In the playoffs, Melo has gone 3 straight games (a whopping 115 minutes of basketball) without recording a single assist

For the year, Melo has 24 games where he has finished the game with 0 assists! He has 48 games total in which he has 1 assist or less for an entire game

For the entire season Melo averages 1.3 assists a game. That ranks him 167th in the NBA. For someone that plays 32 minutes a game and touches the ball so often that is a HARD thing to do.

To put that in perspective, there are 17 players who play less than 20 minutes that average MORE assists that Melo. Guys like Zaza Pachulia and Kyle O'Quinn who are bigs that don't necessarily pass and barely play (14 mpg & 18 mpg) are averaging more assists per game than Melo.

It's crazy when you think about how fast paced the NBA game is nowadays. A lot of players get assists by accident just by simply moving the ball. How do you go 24 games without a single assist!?

Melo's season high in assist this year is 4 and he did it once all year...in 82 games (including playoffs). Melo went the ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY averaging 0.5 assist and never getting more than 1 assist in any game that month.

This is what playing with Russell Westbrook does to you. It's a simple cause and effect. He averages 10 ast a game but he doesn't share the ball. He dribbles, dribbles, dribbles, looks for a way to score, passes the ball, demands it back, dribbles, dribbles, dribbles than when he realizes he can't get a shot he finds a teammate for a low percentage shot, sometimes they make it, he gets an assist. You do this enough, you're going to get 10 assist throughout the span of the game.

So when you're someone like Melo and you see that, any time you get an opportunity to touch the ball, you're not going to pass it. Because if you do, you might not ever get it back. This style of basketball is what has plagued OKC all year. It is the main reason why Kevin Durant left Russell Westbrook. It is why Victor Oladipo didn't work out with Westbrook.

Statistically, Melo is the black hole on offense, but the true source of the black hole is Russell Westbrook

I have never thought of him as that good of player - He plays more of an individual game, but doesn't make others around him better - Black Hole is a good description of him in my opinion
Ironically NOT SIGNING CARMELLO by Jim Buss was the smartest thing he did(by accident)

 

[Inimical]

Melo has been pretty bad.

But, to be fair, his role on this team is catch and shoot. He rarely gets the ball in position to create offense as he normally defers to Russ and George there, as he should.

Catch and shoot players don't usually get many assists unless the team gets great ball movement. OKC does not.

I can add a name to this list, JJ reddick. Good point.

 

[CitySushi]

I can add a name to this list, JJ reddick. Good point.

If Klay has a game where he has more than 3 assists, heads explode in the bay area.