Carmelo Anthony After Blazers Debut: 'The Physicality Of The Game Has Changed'

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:55 am

Carmelo Anthony said he felt like he belonged following his season debut during the Portland Trail Blazers' 115-104 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.

Anthony, who started the game, finished with 10 points on 4-14 shooting from the field.

Anthony acknowledged how he has to adjust his game to fit with the physicality of the league.

"The physicality of the game has changed. The way that they call the game, the way that the game is played has changed, so you almost have to adjust again," said Anthony.

Terry Stotts was encouraged by Anthony's debut.

"To be honest, I thought he looked good. I thought offensively he got looks, he got good looks at the basket. I thought he got fouled at least two or three times taking it strong to the basket. He then came away empty, so that kind of affected his (stat) line," said Stotts.

Stotts added that Anthony may continue to start for the team.

Via Andrew Lopez/ESPN

br7knicks · Post #2 » by **br7knicks** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:37 am

It changed a while ago...

...you refused to accept and adjust.

Jabroni Lames · Post #3 » by **Jabroni Lames** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:56 am

10 points on 4 for 14 shooting.

Melo still got it.

Post #4 » by **TheCage4** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:12 pm

What physicality? If only these players knew what hand checking was.

alienpick · Post #5 » by **alienpick** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:07 pm

Jabroni Lames wrote:10 points on 4 for 14 shooting.

Melo still got it.

Watch the game before commenting. Melo looked pretty good.

ebrian · Post #6 » by **ebrian** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:20 pm

Melo comes in having not played for a full season, takes the 2nd most shots on the team, shooting the worst.

Let the Tankmelo Experiment begin!

SparksAC · Post #7 » by **SparksAC** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:15 pm

ebrian wrote:Melo comes in having not played for a full season, takes the 2nd most shots on the team, shooting the worst.

Let the Tankmelo Experiment begin!

Exactly. It wasnt about him shooting 4 for 14. It was about him coming back taking 14 shots. No way he would be okay coming off the bench. Hes still the same old Melo.

alienpick · Post #8 » by **alienpick** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:40 pm

SparksAC wrote:
ebrian wrote:Melo comes in having not played for a full season, takes the 2nd most shots on the team, shooting the worst.

Let the Tankmelo Experiment begin!

Exactly. It wasnt about him shooting 4 for 14. It was about him coming back taking 14 shots. No way he would be okay coming off the bench. Hes still the same old Melo.

you really need to watch the game before commenting. If you did, you’d see that Dame didn’t play. Of course Carmelo is going to take more shots with Dame out.

Portlander · Post #9 » by **Portlander** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:57 pm

If it's going to work (and I hope it does, not just for Melo's sake, but because I'm a Trailblazer fan), it'll be Stott's and his crew, who gets it to happen. Sure Anthony has to have the attitude, desire and work ethic, but it'll be the coaching crew for the 'Zers that'll put together the program that'll bring the ultimate success.

saltybs · Post #10 » by **saltybs** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:15 pm

I thought all his looks were generally good looks. Could have easily had 16 pts on 7-14 with a 2-2 trip to the line and everyone saying "OMG HES THE ANSWER." Sometimes the ball just doesn't find the bottom of the rim - that's why small sample sizes don't mean anything. Let's check back in 10 games, see where he's at.

Pickled Prunes · Post #11 » by **Pickled Prunes** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:42 am

alienpick wrote:
SparksAC wrote:
ebrian wrote:Melo comes in having not played for a full season, takes the 2nd most shots on the team, shooting the worst.

Let the Tankmelo Experiment begin!

Exactly. It wasnt about him shooting 4 for 14. It was about him coming back taking 14 shots. No way he would be okay coming off the bench. Hes still the same old Melo.

you really need to watch the game before commenting. If you did, you’d see that Dame didn’t play. Of course Carmelo is going to take more shots with Dame out.

Agreed...POR has no one beyond Dame or CJ that should be shooting in any volume. That is why they brought Melo in. It certainly wasn't for defense!

To be fair:
Melo went 4-14
Simmons went 4-13
Hood went 4-12
Bazemore went 3-8 (35% FG% on the season)
Little had a good game at 5-6 but he's shooting 39% on the season. He's certainly not reliable for that kind of efficiency in a higher volume.

Unfortunately the Blazers suck bad enough right now that Melo could actually help them. Remember what everyone said about Kanter last season?