Comments on: The Melozoic Era, Statistically Speaking http://KnickerBlogger.Net/the-melozoic-era-4/ The NBA's indispensible, premier analytical blog. Tue, 21 May 2013 22:02:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: KnickfaninNJ http://KnickerBlogger.Net/the-melozoic-era-4/#comment-322523 KnickfaninNJ Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:05:43 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6407#comment-322523 Weirdly enough, I just realized by these numbers the Knicks got more offensively than they lost defensively. I wasn’t expecting that from the trade, but it’s a hopeful sign. I had thought, like many of you, that Melo wouldn’t improve our offense much because it was already good.

]]> By: totti http://KnickerBlogger.Net/the-melozoic-era-4/#comment-322390 totti Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:21:13 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6407#comment-322390 Let’s see if the knicks can have a game where the win is never in doubt

]]> By: Nick C. http://KnickerBlogger.Net/the-melozoic-era-4/#comment-322387 Nick C. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:17:01 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6407#comment-322387 Is it too late to jump on the Faried bandwagon? Next question. How different would he be than Shelden Williams, who gets no burn?

]]> By: tenebrous http://KnickerBlogger.Net/the-melozoic-era-4/#comment-322385 tenebrous Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:26:46 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6407#comment-322385

Robert Silverman:
Don’t feed the troll.  

You mean past midnight? (Or in my case 24hrs a day?) I love that movie too.

]]> By: tenebrous http://KnickerBlogger.Net/the-melozoic-era-4/#comment-322384 tenebrous Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:24:39 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6407#comment-322384

ess-dog:
OK I give up.Why is he “elo”?Because he doesn’t play any M?Is it like a weird avi Lee thing that I don’t understand?  

It’s just my preferrence. what is M? Who is Avi? Or who is Avi Lee? Anyway elo is shorter and faster to write. When he’s a Melo he takes too long to shoot. When he’s Elo it’s faster. Plus elo kinda reminds me of the word halo. Regardless, I personally like an Elo than a Melo on my team.

]]> By: ess-dog http://KnickerBlogger.Net/the-melozoic-era-4/#comment-322383 ess-dog Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:56:09 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6407#comment-322383

Owen: “Is he going to be worth the 11-12 million he’s going to get? Probably, if he stays healthy, but if he’s your best or even second best player you have no shot at a championship”That’s exactly how I feel about Amare and Melo. But the opportunity cost of employing them is the possibility of Paul or Williams. You could win a title paying nene 11-12 and having him be your third best guy. You can’t win a title paying your third best guy 20 million.  

Took the words right outta my mouth.

]]> By: nicos http://KnickerBlogger.Net/the-melozoic-era-4/#comment-322382 nicos Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:55:45 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6407#comment-322382

thepalerider: I still say we should have kept Brewer.I’m shocked no one is really talking about this.Why let him go?  

His agent also represents Amar’e and (maybe more importantly) Shawne Williams- most likely just a favor to him to get his client playing time in a contract year and you hope he returns the favor by getting Shawne to sign a reasonable contract for next year. Bottom line is as bad as Brewer is on the offensive end (and given he can’t defend the post) he wasn’t going to see more than 10-12 minutes a game anyway.

]]> By: Owen http://KnickerBlogger.Net/the-melozoic-era-4/#comment-322381 Owen Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:48:41 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6407#comment-322381 “Is he going to be worth the 11-12 million he’s going to get? Probably, if he stays healthy, but if he’s your best or even second best player you have no shot at a championship”

That’s exactly how I feel about Amare and Melo. But the opportunity cost of employing them is the possibility of Paul or Williams. You could win a title paying nene 11-12 and having him be your third best guy. You can’t win a title paying your third best guy 20 million.

]]> By: Robert Silverman http://KnickerBlogger.Net/the-melozoic-era-4/#comment-322380 Robert Silverman Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:29:30 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6407#comment-322380

thepalerider: I still say we should have kept Brewer.I’m shocked no one is really talking about this.Why let him go?  

Yes – Brewer’s a better prospect/player than Mason/Walker/Brown (the guys he’d take PT from) – but if we’re talking the 10th-11th guy in the rotation, you’d rather have a “happy to be here”/less-talented guy than someone pouting.

And yes, this is all speculation on my part

]]> By: thepalerider http://KnickerBlogger.Net/the-melozoic-era-4/#comment-322379 thepalerider Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:16:55 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=6407#comment-322379 I still say we should have kept Brewer. I’m shocked no one is really talking about this. Why let him go?

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