The one that starts at 3---very good player but has his flaws but the fit wont equate into great winning
The one that starts at the 4 IF he was surrounded by the right people---hes a top player almost impossible to check
When we made a decision to move Melo back to 3 and go big--it cost us any chance at being good first half of season. The mistake made this offseason was using assets to make us bigger--for a triple draft pick package--we needed someone who have helped revamp the smaller team--we did the opposite we made ourselves bigger slower and killed what we had accomplished.
If there is a chance to improve the team at the deadline--that makes us faster better---hopefully someone who can help us keep Melo--a really worthy player--we might as well do it. And no I dont meet Rondo.
You have any numbers to back this up or just going by the eye test. I will say he is putting together a great all around season and has done a better job rotating down low at times. He still does some bonehead things and needs to clean up his game but its been a good year for him regardless of position. I do think the offense works better with Melo at the 4 only because Bargs is not a good fit with CHandler just like Amar'e wasn't a good fit with CHandler until he developed a low post game.
Anyway, MDA commented he didn't understand why Melo didn't work in his offense Well I do think the reason why it didn't work was because Melo did not play the 4. If they would have went small with Melo I think the offense would have been everything they both wanted it to be if they could have both been more compromising. However, the guard play would have been an issue as well
If he keeps rebounding like this (and not just in a contract year), then I think PF is a better spot for him.
I think Melo is hard cover no matter who you put on him. The key is getting the right mix of shooters around him. He scored 62 Michael-Kidd Gilchrist, who's a solid wing defender, and he scored 30+ against an assortment power forwrad on the Lakers. People shouldn't get to hung up on where Melo plays. Last year's team had a number of players outside shots at rate higher than the league average. That helped provide spacing and give Melo room to operate.
