Signing(s): Melo to the Rockets

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[Virtanen18]

The rich get...poorer

 

[darko]

FML.

 

[cgf]

I don't know why but Houston will make this work & 25-30 times this season they'll pull Olympic-Melo out of their ass when they need him. Especially during the regular season, when they rest CP3 to keep him fresh for the playoffs.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Don't their Vegas odds go down as a result of this?

 

[Cassano]

Most overrated player of all time. Rockets now 2nd round material at best.

 

[Ivan13]

I don't get how stupid these GMs can be sometimes.

 

[dahrougem2]

Lol @ impending Melo/D'Antoni explosion

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Yeah, I don't get this at all from the Rockets' perspective. Dude was overrated even in his prime, and he's pretty far from that now.

 

[tony d]

No surprise to see this. Still can't see a team of Harden, CP3 and Melo working together that well. Have to see what happens.

 

[cgf]

You guys are over-thinking this. They didn't get Melo to go up against the Warrior's death-lineup in the WCF. They got Melo to help them grind through the regular season; so they can keep CP3 fresh for GSW in the playoffs. And say what you will about the man, but he can still pop off for 20 against bad-to-mediocre teams in the regular season when he's feeling it.

The question will be limiting his ball stopping in the 80% of the games where he's not hot. But if last season humbled him at all & Harden/CP3 can corral him, so that he swallows his pride when he's not hot, then I can see it totally working. Cause his game actually fits the way they are playing now in a way it never did the way Mike D had the knicks playing, and this time around Melo isn't the franchise player, he's a veteran minimum guy that can be waived 8 games into the season if he's causing problems.

How well the new guys replace Ariza & LRMAM is much more salient to their chances IMO.

 

[Voight]

If Melo had signed 3 year deals in 2006 like his buddies LeBron & Wade, he'd probably have at least one ring by now. He could have been the third Heatle, not Bosh.

Respect for being loyal to Denver and signing 5 years and he has a made more on court than both of them but damn what could have been for him...

 

[dahrougem2]

But if last season humbled him at all .

This right here is the problem. It didn't humble him.

If anything, it seems to have made him even more stubborn into thinking he's still some superstar that should command touches.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

If Melo had signed 3 year deals in 2006 like his buddies LeBron & Wade, he'd probably have at least one ring by now. He could have been the third Heatle, not Bosh.

Respect for being loyal to Denver and signing 5 years and he has a made more on court than both of them but damn what could have been for him...

He does have that championship at Syracuse to fall back on.

 

[darko]

You guys are over-thinking this. They didn't get Melo to go up against the Warrior's death-lineup in the WCF. They got Melo to help them grind through the regular season; so they can keep CP3 fresh for GSW in the playoffs. And say what you will about the man, but he can still pop off for 20 against bad-to-mediocre teams in the regular season when he's feeling it.

The question will be limiting his ball stopping in the 80% of the games where he's not hot. But if last season humbled him at all & Harden/CP3 can corral him, so that he swallows his pride when he's not hot, then I can see it totally working. Cause his game actually fits the way they are playing now in a way it never did the way Mike D had the knicks playing, and this time around Melo isn't the franchise player, he's a veteran minimum guy that can be waived 8 games into the season if he's causing problems.

How well the new guys replace Ariza & LRMAM is much more salient to their chances IMO.

Words like humble and corral aren't in Melo's dictionary.

There is a reason why Melo's team don't win anything.

 

[cgf]

Words like humble and corral aren't in Melo's dictionary.

There is a reason why Melo's team don't win anything.

I feel like I read similar things about what a disaster Harden & CP3 would be.

 

[dahrougem2]

Harden and CP3 was more about playing styles and could two ball-dominant guards co-exist. I admit I didn't think it could work and I was proven wrong.

This is a different issue entirely. This is a guy that still fully believes he's a superstar, and very likely wants to continue being treated as such on the court even though he is far, far from it these days.

 

[cgf]

Harden and CP3 was more about playing styles and could two ball-dominant guards co-exist. I admit I didn't think it could work and I was proven wrong.

This is a different issue entirely. This is a guy that still fully believes he's a superstar, and very likely wants to continue being treated as such on the court even though he is far, far from it these days.

I guess we’ll see, but I see a stylistic fit there even for the lessened player Melo now is. And I think that Harden & CP3 will be able to put him in his place after the way last year went. Regardless of what he said about coming off the bench

 

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[Morozov]

Well I yapped off that I didn't think Harden and CP3 would work and they flourished. I'm not a Melo fan at all, but, maybe Paul can be the one to make this work. He's a competitive guy who must know his window is closing. He's smart, he's got that off-court affiliation with Melo, and I'm sure he'll get Melo chances to eat if he does his part because he's still to me the best floor general in the league. Maybe Paul can be the guy to get Melo to buy in, Melo knows him, he's been around a long time, he's done a lot so Melo has to respect him, and they're in a similar "boat", they're the part of the crew with no ring

 

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[LT]

Tossing Melo and bringing back Bzdelik should get this team back on track.

There's no way the loss of Ariza has this much of an effect on the team. The early season injuries and lack of structure have been killing us.

 

[The Night King]

That's kinda sad so early in the season lol. But shouldn't have signed him in the first place.

 

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