Let's be real: This Melo/OKC Experiment ain't Working

[Primetime]

Bad basketball to watch and now Adams got hurt.

I don't think the whole sending Melo to the bench is the solution either. That only makes sense if chemistry isn't an issue and its just about depth. But since they already stagger their minutes on the court, whether all 3 play the first 5 minutes of the game or not doesn't change anything.

The early struggles of Miami's big 3 in year 1 had ppl clamoring that Wade/Bron couldn't play together and Wade would have to come off the bench. Lol but nah, bc that doesn't solve anything. It just attempts to avoid the unavoidable. Which is you either learn how to be productive with your big 3 or it flounders, there's no running from it.

Russ/PG13/Melo seemingly isn't good enough to out-star power the average western conference team with their iso-stuff, annnnd i don't know if their offensive schemes can be completely revamped 10 games into the season unless their coach is fired.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Bad basketball to watch and now Adams got hurt.

I don't think the whole sending Melo to the bench is the solution either. That only makes sense if chemistry isn't an issue and its just about depth. But since they already stagger their minutes on the court, whether all 3 play the first 5 minutes of the game or not doesn't change anything.

The early struggles of Miami's big 3 in year 1 had ppl clamoring that Wade/Bron couldn't play together and Wade would have to come off the bench. Lol but nah, bc that doesn't solve anything. It just attempts to avoid the unavoidable. Which is you either learn how to be productive with your big 3 or it flounders, there's no running from it.

Russ/PG13/Melo seemingly isn't good enough to out-star power the average western conference team with their iso-stuff, annnnd i don't know if their offensive schemes can be completely revamped 10 games into the season unless their coach is fired.

Miami early struggles their first year was only the first 10 games.. after that they caught wreck..

Thunder are now 11 games in... fact is again Westbrook is over fukkin rated and his triple doubles have zero impact.. he plays no defense

 

[Regular_P]

Miami early struggles their first year was only the first 10 games.. after that they caught wreck..

Thunder are now 11 games in... fact is again Westbrook is over fukkin rated and his triple doubles have zero impact.. he plays no defense

Miami started 9-8.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

You've been dikkriding Russ for years, don't switch it up now he's struggling.
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Difference is, I acknowledge when the players I like perform badly. I'm asking @KOBE to apply the same logic.

 

[Greenhornet]

I was pissed ... the look like a fukking mess

raymond felton was carrying them

 

[GilSho]

Difference is, I acknowledge when the players I like perform badly. I'm asking @KOBE to apply the same logic.

Fair. You buying my theory Russ isn't 100% healthy though?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Fair. You buying my theory Russ isn't 100% healthy though?

Doesn't really matter if he is/isn't. There are no excuses for the way he's been playing this season. None.

 

[Art Barr]

the problem is okc won't play big and make a match up issue every night on paper.

melo ain't no four i don't care who keeps saying it.

plus steven adams is at best a strict four and never a five.
dakari should be getting ramped and have to be forced to rap and gel along side adams.
respectfully at the four and five.

trying to play like the warriors will not beat the warriors.
trying to be the warriors and buy into the misleading pr on them being a small ball team won't help either.
as the narrative on the warriors playing small ball is completely misleading as fukk.
you have to be bigger than the warriors and impose your will on them physically.
of which will never happen if you have no real center and no real of size and pedigree power forward and no real front line.

if people would go back and watch the big lineup cleveland used before abandoning it in the first series they lost to the warriors.
they would see that is the best idea of how to impose your will on the warriors and big big works on the warriors, period.
to the point when cleveland was healthy with its lineup of death with:

kyrie
jr
bron
love
tt

their size and the circumstance nullified the warriors. every team that beat the warriors in any capacity or setting, regular to post season.
previously had an intangible of size to have a chance.
[ex. previously the bucks, and wolves last year and the year before]


this whole small ball idea in the nba is a myth. the warriors are a big team and i continue to say that.
yet, people keep talking small ball and the warriors are successful because they are stereotypically bigger.
or more pedigreed at the position [draymond is actually more pedigreed at the pf than most of the league, too] than the rest of the league in general.
they do not play small ball, except for the few times that the cavs were injured.
when, the warriors put out their version of the klaw, in kawhi as the other ai, andre igoudala onto lebron.
which also resulted in the same results for kawhi as it did for iggie in the finals mvp.
past that, the warriors are of stereotypical size at every position.
or bigger than the rest of the league every night without fail.



art barr

 

[Art Barr]

Another team gets better after Melo leaves.

when did the nuggets get good after melo left, breh.


art barr

 

[Big Boss]

Another one

 

[Drunken187]

 

[CantStop]

I hate NBA twitter man. These dweebs(look at him) be slick behind a keyboard but when they around these players they never have the same energy.

 

[Kinguno]

It's Russ fault

 

[Illified infinitely]

I hope a non super team wins a chip this year and these forced super teams flop. This super team shyt can be done with

 

[Stick Up Kid]

It's funny, I haven't seen 1 OKC game all year and I'm right solely off instincts