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laker4lifeman
Originally Posted by DubA169
leme know when blake can create his own shot. he's a human highlight. that's all for now. yall wanna crown him like stern did with that kia garbage. i'm gonna enjoy watching him grow i think he's a very good player. but i mean first i have to stomach karl malone references and noe he's better than melo. it's nonsense at this point
way too premature
That's how I've felt.
You guys sound dumb when you criticize the Malone comparisons. Karl in the 80's couldn't create his own shot at all. Not to mention that Stockton created the vast majoirty of his shots in his career. Now Karl averaged a ton of points, but so did Amar'e before he was distinctly good at creating how own shots ( and the Knee) What people fail to understand that the Malone's, Amar'e' and the Griffin's of the world always will be able to score big at the beginning of their career. Not being required to give them significant post touches makes an offense flow better. When guys like Nash, Stockton are feeding you with a good amount of shooters, and you have no post presence the lane is open all the time.
That's why Howard is looking for an elite passing pg. He is the same type of player, whom is just a dominant athlete.
The thing that separates Howard is that even before last season, he had enough of a post game where a Paul could have let him average 25-30.
Where as Malone didn't get the post game til was 34. Amar'e still doesn't really have it consistently, and Griffin has no semblance of it.
About KD.... We all know Melo iso's too much, but although he is more efficient is he really that guy like Melo where you want him taking the last shot?
With Melo you can put him in space and count on a decent look. For all his ball handling, and supposed isolation prowess. I wouldn't dare match him up one on one with the very good wing defenders with the game on the line. I said this all summer. Russell Westbrook, and the Thunder struggle with the fact that its generally thought that Durant is the guy you go to in the clutch. But Russell has a better chance of getting a good attempt if the sets Brooks craft's up don't work. You could say the same thing about Bron, but he is great in iso situations most of the game.
None of them shoot a great percentage on the lest second shots, but If Melo were ever to curtail his ball stopping instincts he could be distinctly better than KD.
