Build around Carmelo

[KG Living Legend]

Jalen Rose made a good point about Iverson's Sixers and how they had perfect role plyers to do the dirty work while Iverson chucked up as many as he could.

 Nowadays it's hard to build a winner around one chucker, so give Melo one more scorer and three more starters that would be a great fit a couple bench players is fine too.

 Rose also said when you put guys like JR Smith, Bargnani, Amare. not a great idea.

[mgent]

Perfect role players like Iverson's Sixers don't get it done anymore, players decided to start teaming up.  That team didn't have to go up against teams like the Heat or the Pacers. 

Carmelo didn't have the wrong idea pairing up with a big like Amare, it just didn't work out for health reasons.

[MVPPierceNoJoke]

PG Calderon
SG Tony Allen
SF Melo
PF Bosh
C Chandler

I like the Melo Chandler pairing and a player like Bosh at the 4 could spread the court for Melo to operate in the paint. Calderon can run the pick and pop with Bosh and the pick and roll with Chandler. Tony Allen we be a high energy wing and could guard the better wing player of the opposing team. 

[D.o.s.]

The various rule changes over the last ten years have more or less eliminated the single-scorer team. Not to mention that Carmelo's not really the same kind of offensive force that Iverson was in his prime for the majority of the season.

I think that if you were going to build around Carmelo as a big piece, you'd want to emulate the 2011 Mavericks more than the 2001 76er's. Put him at the 4 with a Tyson Chandler type at the 5 (hey...), an instant-offense Jason Terry/JR Smith type at the 2 (hey...), a smart, veteran PG ala Jason Kidd (Prigs? Maybe?) and a 3 and D defender at the quick forward like Shump (huh.)

Do I think the Knicks are 5-15 without Chandler's injury and Woodson's apparent allergy to the lineup that won them 54 games last season? No.

[LarBrd33]

Knicks need a strong interior defender... someone like a Tyson Chandler or something.

[KG Living Legend]

 Here is my contending team for Melo.

 Deandre Jordan
 Anthony Davis
 Carmelo
 Klay Thompson, Aaron Aflalo, Wesley Mathews, Lance Stevenson
 Mike Conley, Jeff Teauge, Eric Bledsoe, Ty Lawson

 I think they could be a real contender with any combination of those guards.

[Celtics4ever]

You need five other guys who can play without touching the ball.

Varejo and Pachulia would be ideal bigs.

[Moranis]

Rondo, Lee, Anthony, Sullinger, Asik

[pearljammer10]

C: Chandler
PF: Garentt
SF: Melo
SG: Aflallo
PG: Conley

[CFAN38]

Chandler
T Young
Melo
Iguodala
Conley

[LooseCannon]

If I had to build around Carmelo Anthony, I would want a center who can play defense and get a lot of offensive rebounds when Melo misses.  I'd want a combo forward who can defend both positions well, so that you can hide Carmelo Anthony on defense and put him on the weaker offensive player.  And a couple of guards who can hit threes and play solid perimeter defense.

[obnoxiousmime]

At this point I really don't believe you can win a championship by building "around" Melo, because that suggests you are adding players who aren't as good to support him. I would ask, "Where should Melo go to team up with one or two stars who are better than he is so he can ride their coattails?" 

[chambers]

At this point I really don't believe you can win a championship by building "around" Melo, because that suggests you are adding players who aren't as good to support him. I would ask, "Where should Melo go to team up with one or two stars who are better than he is so he can ride their coattails?" 

I think he gets a harsh time- he's never had any superstar support other than Allen Iverson who just took better shots away from Melo.
He seems to always be paired up with the wrong guy.
Put him at the 4 spot and he'd dominate.

PG Rondo
SG Bradley or 2014 pick
SF Green
PF Melo
C Chandler or Bosh

Surround him with 3 point shooters and defenders. Jeff Green could guard the other teams best player like George and Lebron.
He could also get so many double teams that Green would have a great time getting open looks.

Has he ever had a PG like Rondo? Billups and Felton were okay but a truly elite pass first PG like Rondo or Chris Paul would take a lot of pressure off him.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

At this point I really don't believe you can win a championship by building "around" Melo, because that suggests you are adding players who aren't as good to support him. I would ask, "Where should Melo go to team up with one or two stars who are better than he is so he can ride their coattails?" 

I think he gets a harsh time- he's never had any superstar support other than Allen Iverson who just took better shots away from Melo.
He seems to always be paired up with the wrong guy.
Put him at the 4 spot and he'd dominate.

PG Rondo
SG Bradley or 2014 pick
SF Green
PF Melo
C Chandler or Bosh

Surround him with 3 point shooters and defenders. Jeff Green could guard the other teams best player like George and Lebron.
He could also get so many double teams that Green would have a great time getting open looks.

Has he ever had a PG like Rondo? Billups and Felton were okay but a truly elite pass first PG like Rondo or Chris Paul would take a lot of pressure off him.

When are people going to STOP blaming Melo's teammates and start looking at him? I guess not until he has 2 superstars to play with 0.0


As much as I loathe Lebron, have you seen the Cavs teams he played with? They weren't bad teams but find me one superstar not named LeBron on them. He still managed to take them to finals and win like 60 games a couple times! Melo just recently figured out how to get past the FIRST ROUND!!! If Melo constantly took his teams to conference or the finals and not winning, then maybe you could blame it on his teammates, but not getting out of the first round and struggling recently to do it, pfft that's on Melo b/c his teams have been good enough to do more than they have!

Melo is overrated IMO.