Melo

[BigErnMcCracken]

Lakers are working awfully hard to give this game back to San Antonio.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

He just made the team 2 years ago in 2012 (in his sixteenth season) as well as 11 of 12 years before that.

Kevin Garnett hasn't made the team since 2012. By your logic, he doesn't play defense anymore either.

His FG% is the highest it's been since 2011, so if you want to whine about him being selfish, whatever, but he's still getting it done.

he shoot 45% for his career. I wouldn't brag about his fg%. Again, his own coach called him the most uncoachable player he had ever seen also the most selfish which was the point being made. Don't argue with me, call the dude with 12 rings.

 

[Husky999]

If you put Melo on the Lakers instead of Kobe they still win the 3 titles with Shaq. They didn't need much at that point. Everyone always talks about the 5 rings, but really only 2 of them were truly Kobe's. The other 3 were Shaq's. Any competent wing player at the time could have filled the void there. The East sucked in those years.

 

[Husky999]

That being said… Melo still hasn't done anything in the NBA and probably won't if he is the centerpiece of a team, whereas Kobe has gotten it done twice.

 

[CallMeBruce]

His FG% is the highest it's been since 2011, so if you want to whine about him being selfish, whatever, but he's still getting it done.

Yeah, I think you're going to want to check this again. Kobe's FG% is well under 40% this year.