"We're going to Disney World!" NBA to resume season July 31 at WDW
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Also dead horse, but... Blazers that quarter: 42 points allowed to the #20 offense in the league, with the playoffs on the line.
Hard to believe Melo shot 38.5% from deep this year watching these bubble games. But hey, chuckers gonna Chuck.
Memphis has to win twice to make the playoffs. Portland just needs to win once.
If CJ didn’t have a fractured back before, he sure does now after this carry job the last few minutes.
Lakers are going to win each game by 20...Portland may score 130 each game, but LA will never not score.
Did they pull Valanciunas before the 2nd free throw? I get the logic (they needed to advance quickly) but Nurkic was in position immediately with him out. Oh well.
18th all time in points. He's done a lot in his career, just never came close to winning a single thing.
Melo hit that clinching 3, but my god he needs to be crashing the boards. 3 rebounds in 38 minutes for the second biggest guy on the floor? They have to be by far the weakest among teams in the playoffs at the wing.
Avoiding that extra game has to be huge for the Blazers, fatigue-wise.
I think they pull out at least a couple wins against the Lakeshow. They can’t defend, but can score on anyone; and the Lakers’ offense right now is crap.
I think they pull out at least a couple wins against the Lakeshow. They can’t defend, but can score on anyone; and the Lakers’ offense right now is crap.
Nor would I, he probably gets in on his college career at Syracuse.
But he's not an NBA all-time great, more like a Knick all-time top 10 guy.
I put Melo in the Isiah Thomas category of: college superstar / high pick who always carried himself like a superstar, took big shots like a superstar, and put up counting stats like a superstar, but was actually more like a #10-20 player in the league at his peak in terms of impact on wins.
Key differences: Isiah was actually part of a championship team (x2); and Melo is by all accounts a super likable and decent human being.
in any case, yeah, Melo’s 100% a Hall-of-Famer. Not happening, but: what a cherry on top of his HoF career it’d be to knock off The King...
Key differences: Isiah was actually part of a championship team (x2); and Melo is by all accounts a super likable and decent human being.
in any case, yeah, Melo’s 100% a Hall-of-Famer. Not happening, but: what a cherry on top of his HoF career it’d be to knock off The King...
This feels right. He made 2nd team all NBA twice and 3rd team all NBA four times, which I think accurately captures his peak value.
Hmmm, that’s an interesting one. Frazier, Monroe, Ewing, Willis Reed, Bernard King ... yeah, Melo kind of has to be on there.
But man ... for an original NBA team that plays in the Mecca of basketball, their all-time team is shockingly terrible. Like, you could pick ~20 Celtics/Lakers, and another ~20 Warriors/Sixers/Rockets/Spurs/Blazers before you got to the #1 all-time Knick.
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IMO somewhere in the 6-10 range seems fair. I'd put Dave DeBusschere ahead of him as I think he was a more complete player
Regardless of how fans feel about Melo, he is essentially NBA royalty. His peers and the core NBA media mostly seem to adore him. I would not be surprised to see him make the HOF based on that and his undeniable offensive accomplishments.