TrueWarrior wrote:Well I want to build my team defense first, especially my center. Jah does not have more superstar potential than Towns. They're different and can both be superstars in their own way. Id just prefer to go with the more complete player, even if he scores a few less PPG. Yea our offense was good in 2013 but our defense sucked and we fizzled in the playoffs because of that. You're proving my point. Jah would help get easy buckets inside which that team didnt have, but our D would still be trash.
I understand this feeling but our issue in 2013 was not our defense. Remember in the playoffs we actually played good defense (led by a healthy Shump). Our issue was that outside of Melo we had no offense. Still we weren't championship good but that's mainly because it was a horribly built team not because of any team principles.
Im not making this pick just with Melo in mind, but it just so happens that Towns complements Melo more to me. No more one way players. We've had Tyson, Amare, JR, Shump, etc. All one way players.
Dallas created a championship squad with one way players. The problem was most of our one way players were practically no way players and they had no skills outside of basically one or two things. If JR could pass, Shump could shoot, Amare could play, etc. the team would be way better. Talent trumps all and bringing up the fact that we built around Melo by giving out bad contracts to players with little to no talent doesn't really prove a point.
Magic and Duncan were easy fits next to Kareem and Robinson. Dont know why thats being brought up. They won titles after they picked them together, and Im trying to do the same now. Melo still has good years left in him so Im not about to just throw him aside and build around Jah. Towns is a perfect complement to Melo right off the bat and pretty soon will be a 20/10 guy himself. Add a few free agents and other pickups and thats a contender. A Melo/Jah duo is going to need to be surrounded with hard to find defensive studs who arent zeros on offense. Much easier to just take Towns and start a team of two way guys.
Duncan and Robinson play the same position! Robinson literally became a defensive role player because his offense became redundant with Tim on the team. You are right on Magic though.
And no one is saying to throw Melo to the side but why can't Melo and Jahlil work especially in the triangle. As a scorer Melo works in the same spots as Kobe and Jahlil in the same spots as Shaq.
Also on the bolded: No matter what build we are going for talent is hard to find. There's a few good defensive PFs we can put next to Jahlil as a perfect fit that are free agents RIGHT NOW. I understand that KAT is more well rounded but no matter how you build it is going to be hard to find talent. Finding 2 way players is way harder than finding one sided role players.
Mudiay seems to have an alright jumper. It needs work but you sell him short a bit. Point is players have been successful in the triangle without being great shooters. No need to box Mudiay in as a "triangle PG". Hes just a guard who we can mold into what we want. He def has better physical tools than Russell which cant be glossed over. Russell plays on a crap team but I still worry if he can get to the basket in the pros if he can barely do it in college.
Who? Michael "the greatest mid range shooter ever" Jordan and Kobe "top 5 midrange shooter ever" Bryant? You don't need to be able to hit threes but you need to be able to hit jumpers and Mudiay is about even with John Wall as a shooter.
