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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:30 am Post subject: Better player: Paul Pierce or Carmelo Anthony
I feel like Carmelo does everything better than Pierce offensively, but he just seems like a career loser whereas Pierce has a ring. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
Yeah, gonna have to go with Paul 'season ending paper cut' Pierce, just cause the ring... still pissed about that. We should be at 17 and they're at 16!!!
Melo is the better player, but Pierce will be thought of as the better player largely due to the ring.
They have similar career issues...
Pierce bsically was on the same timeline as Kobe, and that comparison made it seem like he was a second rate star. Pierce is a legit all star otherwise.
Melo's career has very unfortunately been overshadowed by lebron's attention sucking career. It's unfortunate because melo is a better player than lebron overall.
Melo is the better player, but Pierce will be thought of as the better player largely due to the ring.
They have similar career issues...
Pierce bsically was on the same timeline as Kobe, and that comparison made it seem like he was a second rate star. Pierce is a legit all star otherwise.
Melo's career has very unfortunately been overshadowed by lebron's attention sucking career. It's unfortunate because melo is a better player than lebron overall.
I'm sorry, did you watch the NBA finals? On what planet is Melo capable of doing anything near what Bron just did?
Melo is the better player, but Pierce will be thought of as the better player largely due to the ring.
They have similar career issues...
Pierce bsically was on the same timeline as Kobe, and that comparison made it seem like he was a second rate star. Pierce is a legit all star otherwise.
Melo's career has very unfortunately been overshadowed by lebron's attention sucking career. It's unfortunate because melo is a better player than lebron overall.
I'm sorry, did you watch the NBA finals? On what planet is Melo capable of doing anything near what Bron just did?
The claim is indeed ridiculous. It would compel me too to make an account on a Lakers site just to defend my team.
I think if Pierce didn't get the good fortune of playing with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen this conversation would be viewed as a little silly. Winning championships doesn't appear to be as important to Carmelo as some other things. That's his right, but it does open him up to fan conversations like this. _________________ 14-5-3-12
I think if Pierce didn't get the good fortune of playing with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen this conversation would be viewed as a little silly. Winning championships doesn't appear to be as important to Carmelo as some other things. That's his right, but it does open him up to fan conversations like this.
I think Melo would definitely have won a championship or two with KG, Allen and Rondo. But, Pierce was no slouch. They have similar stats lines, even if you look at Per 36, the main difference is Melo's 4 PPG advantage. But Melo also needed 4 FGA per game to get there.
Melo took the Nuggets to the playoffs every year.
Amazingly, if he was drafted by Detroit he would probably be sitting on three rings right now and then this discussion isn't even a discussion
I think if Pierce didn't get the good fortune of playing with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen this conversation would be viewed as a little silly. Winning championships doesn't appear to be as important to Carmelo as some other things. That's his right, but it does open him up to fan conversations like this.
I think Melo would definitely have won a championship or two with KG, Allen and Rondo. But, Pierce was no slouch. They have similar stats lines, even if you look at Per 36, the main difference is Melo's 4 PPG advantage. But Melo also needed 4 FGA per game to get there.
Pierce was a better defender as well.
Pierce was certainly no slouch. But if Pierce's career (which was actually pretty similar to Melo's before the KG/Allen trades) had played out the way it was going before the big trades, I don't think anyone would think Pierce was better. Rings do that for you. _________________ 14-5-3-12
I think if Pierce didn't get the good fortune of playing with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen this conversation would be viewed as a little silly. Winning championships doesn't appear to be as important to Carmelo as some other things. That's his right, but it does open him up to fan conversations like this.
I think Melo would definitely have won a championship or two with KG, Allen and Rondo. But, Pierce was no slouch. They have similar stats lines, even if you look at Per 36, the main difference is Melo's 4 PPG advantage. But Melo also needed 4 FGA per game to get there.
Pierce was a better defender as well.
Don't think Kobe would've let Melo get one or two, Pierce and Co got lucky Pau wasn't ready to handle KG in the 1st match up
I think if Pierce didn't get the good fortune of playing with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen this conversation would be viewed as a little silly. Winning championships doesn't appear to be as important to Carmelo as some other things. That's his right, but it does open him up to fan conversations like this.
I think Melo would definitely have won a championship or two with KG, Allen and Rondo. But, Pierce was no slouch. They have similar stats lines, even if you look at Per 36, the main difference is Melo's 4 PPG advantage. But Melo also needed 4 FGA per game to get there.
Pierce was a better defender as well.
Don't think Kobe would've let Melo get one or two, Pierce and Co got lucky Pau wasn't ready to handle KG in the 1st match up
Melo's Nuggets took the 09 Champion Lakers to 6 games. Melo was rolling with a post-prime Chauncey and post-prime KMart. Pretty sure Melo with KG and Ray could have done some serious damage. _________________ 14-5-3-12
The only time I would take Pierce over Melo is in an all time flopping team. Melo mans up and Pierce flops his way to a finals win that was helped along by, among others, the transcendent performance of Leon Powe.
iMO, Carmelo is the most overrated player of his generation. He's a pretty good player overall, but some people act like he is one of the best in the league. He's a volume scorer, for sure, but he's an average rebounder, a below average defender, and in general a guy who doesn't seem to help his team as much as his scoring numbers would suggest.
iMO, Carmelo is the most overrated player of his generation. He's a pretty good player overall, but some people act like he is one of the best in the league. He's a volume scorer, for sure, but he's an average rebounder, a below average defender, and in general a guy who doesn't seem to help his team as much as his scoring numbers would suggest.
I'd say Westbrook is immensely more overrated, but he's the next generation. Also Damian LOLard but he's like 2 gens later.
So yeah. Melo is not as good as Bron, Wade, CP3 or Bosh. Some people act like he's better then the latter two but he's not. Still a damn good player.
I think if Pierce didn't get the good fortune of playing with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen this conversation would be viewed as a little silly. Winning championships doesn't appear to be as important to Carmelo as some other things. That's his right, but it does open him up to fan conversations like this.
I think Melo would definitely have won a championship or two with KG, Allen and Rondo. But, Pierce was no slouch. They have similar stats lines, even if you look at Per 36, the main difference is Melo's 4 PPG advantage. But Melo also needed 4 FGA per game to get there.
Pierce was a better defender as well.
Pierce was certainly no slouch. But if Pierce's career (which was actually pretty similar to Melo's before the KG/Allen trades) had played out the way it was going before the big trades, I don't think anyone would think Pierce was better. Rings do that for you.
Lots did. I did. Pierce seemed like more of a leader, less of a ball hog, better defender, won a few playoff rounds. I should repeat, way better defender. And definitely strong mentally, knowing game like Kobe when to strike, when to lay back when to go for the kill. Until later, it felt Melo was learning while Pierce had learned already.
And I think Melo was pretty formidable overall. Kobe and he would have worked out eventually IMO.
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