re: Melo might test free agency next summer

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I hear this a lot and tend to disagree. Isolation players can win and have often. What Melo needs is a cast around him that opens the floor. A couple of shooters that can spread and a Post that can step out and draw his defender or stay inside effectively. Currently I just don't see the cast there. JR Smith takes too many contested shots with his man right on him. When he takes these isolation jumpers or drives iso he is essentially taking shots away from Melo; a player who does these things more effectively. Chandler is extremely limited offensively allowing his man to loosen up on him at time to help on Melo Absolutely hate the MWP addition. When he was on the lakers it would kill me to see some of the stuff he would throw up with Kobe on the floor. Absolutely inexcusable shots for a player of his caliber

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typical melo fanboy passing the buck to his supporting cast. His team in Denver was built perfectly for him. 7 guys who played D, rebounded, and did the dirty work so melo could just score. Then he complains there's no one to help him score. Get iverson? Bitch about someone else scoring.

You talk about adding this, adding that. If you want a stud defender in the paint who can also score, he'd be a better player than melo. And there just aren't that many gifted 7 footers on this planet who can play D and O at a high level. Not to mention, melo is a ball stopper. He completely dominates the ball and other great players have no interest in playing with him. Well, other than JR smith....

Carmelo is a flawed player. Building your team around a flawed player in a salary cap league is a losing proposition. He wants max money, and everyone else to do the dirty work. There's a reason he's been outta the first rd only twice in his career. He thinks playoff basketball is about scoring. It's all about defense. I highly doubt he ever gets a ring.