Official Melo Doubters Thread (not just another Melo thread, well sorta)

I was picturing all day yesterday about coming home to a huge, thick and juicy eye fillet steak.

Literally all day, all I could think about was being united with this beautiful steak.

When I got home, I realised the expiry date was past, and I had to settle for sausages.

I was so unenthused whilst eating the sausages, honestly I was just not happy at all since I had my heart set on something else for so long. I was so deflated.

Now I'm stopping at the grocery store on the way home tonight and going to buy the fattest eye fillet I can find. And I'm going to enjoy every second of it.

There's an analogy in there somewhere.

 

LOL. Please define great.

I doubt the Rockets every year until they can deliver the championship.

 

Take it easy, cowboy. I live life to the fullest however when it comes to the Rockets I am entitled to my doubts every year. It doesn't make me any less of a fan than you. Sure, I can acknowledge the great 65 win feat last year and having an MVP but it doesn't take the bitterness away of still coming up short.

I will forever cherish the glory years but watching them come up short every year since is frustrating. Not every Rocket fan can have the same optimism as you. Hindsight.

 

We need MORE Melo threads because we haven't said all there is to be said.
I wonder what Dmo is doing right now? Someone should start a thread

 

I am confused. Why is a non-doubter starting an official doubter thread?

It's like a Trump supporter starting an official Trump hater thread.

 

OP, I seriously doubt Melo will be "fantastic". That ship sailed for him awhile ago. Last season, it took OKC far too long to concede he's nothing more than a role player who can no longer consistently win one-on-one matchups. His shot selection was horrendous as he continued searching for the old magic. The way teams brutally attacked his defense late in the season and playoffs was the nail in the coffin for me. Even if Melo helps the offense (as a 5th wheel averaging ~13 ppg), he will be useless in the playoffs. Rockets already have that guy in Ryan Anderson.

If anyone believes "Olympic" Melo can last an entire 82-game season and playoffs, prepare to be disappointed.

One thing he can do early on to demonstrate his head is in the right place is to agree to come off the bench.
He should have learned this lesson from last year (watching Jerami Grant): It's not who starts, it's who finishes. If he still doesn't understand that, oh well.

 

Count me in the doubters group but don't blame them for taking the risk at the vet's minimum. Still think he's a net negative at this point though.

 

I think I will move to the Melo Optimism thread.

I am just a tad excited in terms to what he can bring with the 2nd unit, he is by far no Lebron but he has the tools to make the game interesting yet he is also nigh to self destruction.

 

so he knows where to have the crow delivered?

It's just a thread for all the doubters to come to...Wait! It's a trap! SCATTER!

 

I was too sober today. My bad. Coulda woulda shoulda...

 

I wish he didn't look so fat playing with the Thunder.

Enjoy life when you've retired.

Give the fans their money's worth.

 

The Olympics are a 1-2 month tourney, I wish ppl would stop referring to it. We are talking 82 games plus 10 plus playoff games.

Virtually anyone in the league could go hot for 1 month. They also play lots of lesser competition during that tourney.

Jeezus. If you are talking Lebron, never heard anyone mentioning Olympic Lebron.

Only thing they do there, they scheme and form superteams there.

 

Melo can and will score. Harden and CP3 are willing passers. They do it for the team. Westbrook passed just so he could get 10 assists. There's a huge difference there and I'm sure the players get that. I wouldn't want to be a tool for Westbrooks triple double if I had a career like Carmelo. I would want to be part of a winning TEAM.

I think Melo was being misunderstood too. My take on his comments is that he has always been a number 1 option guy and he still has more to give. He is still a starter in the NBA, not a bench scrub.

I hope he realises that he won't be an All star in Houston no matter how well he plays though. We only had 1 last year LOL- despite 65 wins and taking GS to the edge of elimination.

 

I'm just glad plowman delivered now everyone has to start eating crow.

 

Feels a lot like when we picked up J-Smoov mid year a few seasons back. There was skepticism about even that...

Melo is a multi-gold medal winning hall of famer. Calm yo t*** everyone, it’ll work.