Welcome Back Melo

[bksballer89]

 

[DJ]

Wow.

 

[Gman]

 

[SJ76]

Thank God. I couldn’t take another Whiteside vs TRistian thread.



good for Melo. Maybe he’s rested now to where he can D up

 

[bksballer89]

He can provide a needed boost for their bench

 

[ChrisperJ10]

Should’ve been signed there 2 years ago...

 

[bksballer89]

Should’ve been signed there 2 years ago...

 

[Black Adam]

desperate times call for desperate measures...

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Good pick up by the Blazers.
He'll help them.

 

[thunderc]

desperate times call for desperate measures...

This is pretty fn desperate though. Lillard will have a hit out on him inside a week.

 

[wildturkey]

Good. He was too good a player for his career to end the way it was looking. He deserved at least one more go round.

 

[CitySushi]

Should have been a Warrior to start the year.

 

[trojanfan12]

This will be interesting. I doubt that he has forgotten how to score. So if he takes an attitude similar to the one Dwight has had so far with Lakers and accepts a 15-20 minute per game coming off the bench role...he could help them.

If not, he could wreck their season.

 

[GNG]

I thought he retired.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

desperate times call for desperate measures...

LOL - I was going to say anyone thinking that piece of shit was going to help was being delusional - but you kind of beat me to it

 

[True Lakers Fan]

I thought he retarded.

FIFY

 

[True Lakers Fan]

This will be interesting. I doubt that he has forgotten how to score. So if he takes an attitude similar to the one Dwight has had so far with Lakers and accepts a 15-20 minute per game coming off the bench role...he could help them.

If not, he could wreck their season.

Dwight wasn't all together to blame for his problems in the past in my opinion - I think in most of those situations, he wasn't really a good fit. Coming to the Lakers in my opinion was a humbling experience which he accepted and Either way past and present a far better player then Melo. I would wish him good luck, but I want any good luck to go the Lakers - so I'm going to be selfish here

 

[shopson67]

Dwight wasn't all together to blame for his problems in the past in my opinion - I think in most of those situations, he wasn't really a good fit. Coming to the Lakers in my opinion was a humbling experience which he accepted and Either way past and present a far better player then Melo. I would wish him good luck, but I want any good luck to go the Lakers - so I'm going to be selfish here

He wasn't a good fit because he wouldn't work hard enough when needed and wanted to be a bigger part of the offense then he was capable of handling. Add in his "just want to have fun" head space he was in at the time and it was unavoidable disaster pairing him with Kobe.

Melo has gotten a bad rap for no real reason. He is what he is, an aging scorer that doesn't bring much else to the table at this point. To get practically black-balled is ridiculous.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

He wasn't a good fit because he wouldn't work hard enough when needed and wanted to be a bigger part of the offense then he was capable of handling. Add in his "just want to have fun" head space he was in at the time and it was unavoidable disaster pairing him with Kobe.

Melo has gotten a bad rap for no real reason. He is what he is, an aging scorer that doesn't bring much else to the table at this point. To get practically black-balled is ridiculous.

Quite frankly, I have never liked Carmelo as a player. I think he is selfish, doesn't play much defense and is a dirty player when he does play defense. So far Dwight Howard has proven his ability to change and work within a system. If Carmelo does the same and proves himself - I will gladly change my mind about him. I do agree, though that Dwight was lazy and just wanted to have fun - that was a huge part of. The game started changing around that time, however and was no longer the same for the big men. I still think there is a place for big men and how to make them effective in the game. It's just going to take some talented coaches that knows how to integrate them into the small ball that most teams like to play.

 

[shopson67]

Quite frankly, I have never liked Carmelo as a player. I think he is selfish, doesn't play much defense and is a dirty player when he does play defense. So far Dwight Howard has proven his ability to change and work within a system. If Carmelo does the same and proves himself - I will gladly change my mind about him. I do agree, though that Dwight was lazy and just wanted to have fun - that was a huge part of. The game started changing around that time, however and was no longer the same for the big men. I still think there is a place for big men and how to make them effective in the game. It's just going to take some talented coaches that knows how to integrate them into the small ball that most teams like to play.

As a Syracuse fan, I will always be a Melo fan at some level. I can admit to being homeristic a bit, lol.