L F G !If those videos were legit tho...ray:
His jumper is so wet
You guys know way more NBA.Good fit for him. Portland desperately needs front court help, and their offense is very iso heavy. Plus he’s not gonna see many double teams with Dame and CJ on the floor. They should play him at the 4 and let him work on the block out of the post
You guys know way more NBA.
I thought the know I was he needs the ball to do ANYTHING
That happens in Portland? I get they need the position....
He needs to be a spot up guy and put in like 20-24 minutes a game. He isn't going to be an iso guy playing with Dame n CJ.This will not work.
I read a blurb somewhere basically discussing that this only works if he has changed into a modern NBA player.Can he spot up though? I thought I remember his spot up shooting % is well below the average stretch role player.
Analytics guys get way too carried away. Melo hasn’t played in over a year, had zero practices, and dame didn’t even play, so of course their offensive efficiency would suffer. Portland’s def efficiency was terrible without Melo it’ll be terrible w him, he’s not there for that. He’s there to give them additional scoring, any pulse of life in the front court, which they don’t have outside of the occasional Whiteside outburst.
I watched the game, he actually wasn’t bad offensively. You could tell he needs to build up his game conditioning, which is expected, but he was able to get open looks and get to his spots. He played to contact, got zero calls, and doesn’t have the explosion of the floor back, yet. Give it time.