how is harden better than melo ? because he is a first option in a team full of bums who cant score except parsons so he is free to do his offensive game ? you say melo is bad defender but harden is good ? get serious at least melo got size and strength unlike harden that the only thing that he does is try take foul in every single touch with the opponent defender and eurostep till he rolls his ankles.
howard better than melo as first option ?use hack a howard and he is done.until howard learn to use his body like shaq did he is going nowhere.
y all should respect melo more and remember he is last years #1 scorer in the league and one of the best scorers in NBA history.he can score with any way he wants something that only kobe could do in his prime.and please even lebrons offensive game isnt good enough to be compared to melos , bron may have better FG % but anyone who knows about basketball knows melo is a better shooter.
melo is the victim of a poorly organised team that its players dont know their roles.its melo and 4 wannabe melos(smith,bargnani,hardaway,felton).even kobe in his prime would look crap in this knick squad.melo would be a beast if knicks had a PG like rondo or cp3 that sacrifice scoring for orchistrating the offense , a PF like david west that is a great scorer but not a ballhog and that wont let them enemy team 2 man melo because west got mid range shot and can score.