28 15 and 6 , on 10/16 shooting


with no MPJ or Jamal Murray




>Carmelo Zone: Players who score an astronomical amount of
>points, but
>don’t improve the performance of the team, because they
>don’t or can’t
>do anything else, especially on defense. They are empty
>calorie players, and their
>game lacks fiber and protein.
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>There are several players throughout the history of basketball
>who fall
>under this category.
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>Carmelo Anthony, Allen Iverson, Adrian Dantley, World B Free,
>Dominique Wilkins,
>etc. You see where I’m going here. Those are some serious
>scorers and some
>are even top 75, but all were shit on defense and didn’t
>really make their teams
>better.
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>I’m starting to believe Derozan fits in this category. In
>Toronto, the raptors constantly
>came up short in the POs, and the Spurs went backwards after
>he was traded to
>the team. He is an outstanding scorer, but he is a rag doll on
>defense, and I’m
>not seeing any leadership skills from him.
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>Our big three are Carmelo Zone players... Lavine, Vucch, and
>Derozan are elite offensive players, but other than scoring
>points, they are seriously empty in
>other aspects of the game. It’s very, very frustrating to
>watch. And I know
>it’s frustrating for Billy to watch. Three allStar players
>should not be immensely
>paper thin on defense.
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>Don’t let that score fool you, the Suns doo-doo’d all over
>us....and no one fears us.
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