Should Jazz claim Melo?

[kabenac]

No. It’s a fact. Newton actually died right before releasing his 4th law of motion:

“A Melo in motion, or not in motion, isn’t passing.”

OK - that was clever.

 

[zman1527]

Dang it, I was counting on melo to hurt Houston all season. They wised up too fast.

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[The Thriller]

This is a joke right?

When has melo ever improved a team?

 

[infection]

This is a joke right?

When has melo ever improved a team?

Every team that he’s been on he has improved. Every team. When and how he did that is another story.

 

[The Thriller]

Every team that he’s been on he has improved. Every team. When and how he did that is another story.

Like Houston this year? Soooo much better than last year...

 

[infection]

Like Houston this year? Soooo much better than last year...

Try thinking a little less concretely.

 

[The Fresh Prince]

Except he couldn't.

Doesn't shoot, defend or pass nearly as well as Joe.

RIP Bryan Williams aka Bison Dele.

 

[SoUjazzfan]

Every team that he’s been on he has improved. Every team. When and how he did that is another story.

When he left of course! Every team he has been on he has improved the minute he walked out the door and became a plague on the next team.

 

[infection]

When he left of course! Every team he has been on he has improved the minute he walked out the door and became a plague on the next team.

Was surprised nobody had caught that.

 

[David Stern]

I'm cool with claiming Melo if the intention is that he never plays and is simply a practice dummy for Donovan to practice his isolation game on

 

[fishonjazz]

Was surprised nobody had caught that.

I got it right away. You made it quite clear

 

[Jack Strop]

I got it right away. You made it quite clear

I did too.

Has to be tough to be his agent, calling every other team in the NBA and getting a "no" reply.

Might come down to, "Hello, Lavar? I've got the perfect player for your Big Baller League."

 

[Chargers Jazz Angels]

People I'd rather play at stretch-5:

Crowder
Thabo
Niang
Cavanaugh
Udoh
Exum
Antonio Lang
Segana Diop

I would add ghandi, buddha, stalin and Hitler.

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[SCS]

I feel like people are being a little hard on Melo. If he can get into a situation where he can fit into an offensive role and rediscover just a small degree of efficiency, even if it's like 42/43% FG shooting, he can be useful for a team. He's going to be a minus on defense. He just is. But he can cause some offensive mismatches too.

He's not a fit here though.

 

[gregbroncs]

I feel like people are being a little hard on Melo. If he can get into a situation where he can fit into an offensive role and rediscover just a small degree of efficiency, even if it's like 42/43% FG shooting, he can be useful for a team. He's going to be a minus on defense. He just is. But he can cause some offensive mismatches too.

He's not a fit here though.

You are going to easy on him. He's a bad player because he won't accept that he is a role player. He still thinks he's a star, which he never really was. He's always been an inefficient player, who needs the ball too much and doesn't do anything particularly well except Iso. Now he's still all of those things but he also not as athletic as he used to be and the league went and changed on him. I don't think he's all that useful for any team, unless they are willing to build the offense around him and find a way to cover his defense. That's a tall ask, and unlikely in the current climate of the league. I'm sure he'll sign somewhere, but that team will likely regret it.

 

[Keefe]

There’s two parts to the game. Defense and offense.

Defensively, he sucks.
Offensively, as skilled as he may be, he’s wildly inefficient and therefore sucks.

So he sucks no matter how you cut it.

 

[SCS]

He's a bad player because he won't accept that he is a role player.

I do agree with this. 100%