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

[Long Live The Kane]

Carmelo Anthony? Self-Correct?

Russell Westbrook needs to let it be know who his team is and PG13 be his sidekick. Send Melo to the bench and try something else, because this shyt right now looks awful.

Aye P! They say I have to self correct

 

[AMcV'88]

they'll be alright.....until crunch time in the play offs were Russ and Melo will put themselves first and both try and save the day.

 

[Roman Brady]

where are the posters that got carried away with their pre season form and performance. name and shame them

I don't know about preseason but I know when the acquisitions were made that clown art barr argued with me to the extreme that this team was going to win it all..Started talking about intellect and all that nonsense told the fool wait to till the season starts you can't erase history these dudes have always lost for a reason.

 

[Lord Beasley]

Remember when Melo chuckled at coming off the bench?

Pepperidge farm remembers

 

[The D-List Vet]

they have a whole damn season to get it right.....after the all star break is when you see everything come together

 

[GilSho]

Y'all know it's only been 10 games right? These things take time. It was always a high risk, high reward trio.

The fact that they're already an elite defensive team bodes well for them.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

For those who keep saying it's too early, Greg Popovich has a famous and true quote.. you are who you are after 20-25 games

This isn't baseball where couple pitchers get hot and can carry a team to a 10+ game win streak

OKC has about 10 more games to see who they are and right now it's not looking good...

 

[kuts]

Carmelo Anthony? Self-Correct?

Russell Westbrook needs to let it be know who his team is and PG13 be his sidekick. Send Melo to the bench and try something else, because this shyt right now looks awful.

I don't agree. Westbrook needs to see himself as the third or maybe even fourth option (considering Adams as an asset) before he starts jacking up shots.

WB's point guard development has gone well, it's just that he wants to score a lot too, yet his shot is broker than broke. Melo and PG deserve blame too, but this team's success depends on WB establishing a passing culture.

With three volume scorers, if the tone is set to hero ball then OKC will just lose. OKC's Big Three are legit All-Stars, so if they get out of the scorers mindset to a team player mindset then they are more than a match for anyone.

 

[DonKnock]

Actually surprised there hasn't been more coverage of their early struggles... To me it's more more alarming than the Cavs sucking so far just cause they at least have plausible deniability with the whole "they'll turn it on" and "wait till IT gets back" narratives... Thunder don't have successful playoff runs to fall back on

This is what happens when the media is wrong.

They never eat crow they always pivot.

The media was so happy Melo opened his NTC for OKC. They’d been gassing Westbrook all last year and crying how he had no help and now was their chance to prove how smart they were when Thunder roar out the gates.

But then Indiana looks good and OKC struggles and what you hear on all of these shows?

“What’s wrong with the Cavs”

“Will Giannis win MVP?”

“Did Chris Paul make a huge mistake going to Houston”


This is nothing more than these media people downplaying themselves being wrong

 

[Poitier]

All it will take is a game where they run a "contender" out of the gym and yall will make overreaction threads in the opposite direction

 

[Buckeye Fever]

It's a legitimate topic of discussion.

There are glaring flaws with this squad, and unless Westbrook and Melo take on new player identities, it's unlikely that those flaws will go away.

When one has the ball, the other 2 need to move and cut, but move and cut with a purpose. I see a lot of stationary or moving without a purpose shyt, on some "Ok, it's his turn now. Let me conserve my energy for when I get a possession"

 

[Poitier]

When one has the ball, the other 2 need to move and cut, but move and cut with a purpose.

Or just use one or both of the other 2 as screeners to directly involve them in the action.

 

[Miles Davis]

You can tell a lot of people in here ain’t watching the games just box scores.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

I don't agree. Westbrook needs to see himself as the third or maybe even fourth option (considering Adams as an asset) before he starts jacking up shots.

WB's point guard development has gone well, it's just that he wants to score a lot too, yet his shot is broker than broke. Melo and PG deserve blame too, but this team's success depends on WB establishing a passing culture.

With three volume scorers, if the tone is set to hero ball then OKC will just lose. OKC's Big Three are legit All-Stars, so if they get out of the scorers mindset to a team player mindset then they are more than a match for anyone.

It's not that the shot is broke...his shot selection is dog shyt. He shoots like he's Steph and that's the problem. He's a damn good midrange guy but he insists on taking bad 3s without his feet set

 

[triplehate]

This is like 11 games already

Remember game 1 last the warriors get manhandled by the spurs and u guys run up in here saying the warriors and KD shyt will failed

Wait till game 50

Sir can you please explain how somebody is gonna get credit for calling it back in November if they wait 50 games to voice their opinion breh??????


Calling it>>>>>>more data points