Westbrook vs Melo :jbhmm:

[Trip]

And in 30 shots if given to him .. how many are ill-advised bad shots..

Ima a fan of his .. 1 of the top Pgs in the league. But natural scorer.. no..

He just knows how to finesse the game to work In his favor with his explosiveness

But not a better scorer than Melo at all..

Melo takes a ton of bad shots. An occasional hot night does not make one a prolific "scorer" Melo scores a lot because he shoots a lot...there's not a ton of value in that tbh other than padding PPG.

 

[Suiken]

Remove Westbrook's athleticism and he'll be Jarrett Jack.

 

[Marco Andretti]

Melo takes a ton of bad shots. An occasional hot night does not make one a prolific "scorer" Melo scores a lot because he shoots a lot...there's not a ton of value in that tbh other than padding PPG.

Most of Melo's bad shots come from within 6 secs of the shot clock remaining..

He isn't a shot chucker at the 1 ..

No pass and shoot like Westbrook..

I feel ya tho .. I rather Melo take 30 any day..

He can't get it anywhere and do work .. get to the line whatever .. Westbrook will get his but not from the 3 like Melo.. midrange not like Melo.. (maybe dribble pull up)

Post game not like Melo..

Drive is strong so he has that..

Draw fouls like Melo.. nah..

 

[mvp_status]

Melo takes a ton of bad shots. An occasional hot night does not make one a prolific "scorer" Melo scores a lot because he shoots a lot...there's not a ton of value in that tbh other than padding PPG.

lol Melo has been more efficient than Westbrook damn near every year Russy's been in the league

 

[Marco Andretti]

Remove Westbrook's athleticism and he'll be Jarrett Jack.

Or d rose

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

Right now? If Im given 30 shots it's Westbrook and it's not particularly close.

I knew what you'd say in this.

Anyway melo is not really liked on the coli. Anytime I see a thread asking Melo vs ....... I know what the consensus will be

 

[Trip]

lol Melo has been more efficient than Westbrook damn near every year Russy's been in the league

Recently he hasnt been.

 

[Trip]

I knew what you'd say in this.

Anyway melo is not really liked on the coli. Anytime I see a thread asking Melo vs ....... I know what the consensus will be

Well, he's not very good soo... PPG is a terrible metric to judge a player on. And it's basically the only one folks try to use to pump up Melo.

 

[Marco Andretti]

I knew what you'd say in this.

Anyway melo is not really liked on the coli. Anytime I see a thread asking Melo vs ....... I know what the consensus will be

Coli isn't exactly made up of real nikkas only.. lol

Its some lames that troll ..

It's expected lol

 

[mvp_status]

Recently he hasnt been.

Are we looking at the last several years, or a single season following major knee surgery?

 

[Trip]

Are we looking at the last several years, or a single season following major knee surgery?

Melo's overall body of work/career as an offensive player is hardly anything to write home about when we account for usage and efficiency. Westbrooks career isnt either, but right now if you're taking Carmelo over Westbrook you're nuts.

 

[PortCityProphet]

Melo takes a ton of bad shots. An occasional hot night does not make one a prolific "scorer" Melo scores a lot because he shoots a lot...there's not a ton of value in that tbh other than padding PPG.

and Russ doesn't?

 

[Trip]

and Russ doesn't?

He does but he also takes more shots closer to the basket, which are better shots.

 

[mvp_status]

Melo's overall body of work/career as an offensive player is hardly anything to write home about when we account for usage and efficiency. Westbrooks career isnt either, but right now if you're taking Carmelo over Westbrook you're nuts.

Westbrook is obviously the better player, that's not what this thread is about

 

[Trip]

Westbrook is obviously the better player, that's not what this thread is about

"scorer" is at best a bar stool type of argument