Paul George Can be the Best Player on a Champion, but Melo Can't?

[eliteballer]

Someone explain to me the logic of that..

[MichaelCorleone]

Who said that?

[KyrieTheFuture]

PG plays two ways, but I also think Melo can be the best player on a championship team

[oarabbus]

Who said that?


Paul George Can be the Best Player on a Champion, but Melo Can't.


It was you bro.

[MichaelCorleone]

It was you bro.
Editing my posts seem fun around here huh...:facepalm

[PsychoBe]

melo "can" be. if melo the sf on the pacers with pg playing guard then of course melo would be the team's consensus best player by almost a mile. he can score and defensively he has potential to play the passing lanes well and he's a pretty good rebounder for his size and he has a great shooting touch and can play through the post as we all know.

[red1]

That is faulty logic. Melo is a legit first option. What is happening in ny is not his fault

[Brook(lyn)Lopez]

Not if Melo gets the full max when he becomes a free agent.

[Milbuck]

Melo could absolutely be the #1 guy on a championship team. Hell his Knicks for a while last season looked pretty scary, until they pretty much fell off.

Does anyone honestly think the Pacers wouldn't be championship favorites with Melo instead of PG?

[MichaelCorleone]

Rarely do I agree with Milbuck, but yeah, Melo on this Pacers team would contend no doubt. May even stand a chance to go to the finals.

[Milbuck]

Rarely do I agree with Milbuck, but yeah, Melo on this Pacers team would contend no doubt. May even stand a chance to go to the finals.
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[cos88]

please give me the number of the guy(s) that said Paul George Can be the Best Player on a Champion :bowdown: maybe for a respectable fee he can lend me his time machine

[moe94]

It was you bro.
This can't be real. Too funny. :oldlol:

[eliteballer]

please give me the number of the guy(s) that said Paul George Can be the Best Player on a Champion :bowdown: maybe for a respectable fee he can lend me his time machine

Well, seems most people think Indiana has a legit shot to win the title and...George is the best player on that team.

Use yo brain:coleman:

[outbreak]

Well, seems most people think Indiana has a legit shot to win the title and...George is the best player on that team.

Use yo brain:coleman:

they are a team though, the pacers aren't a one man show. yeah george may be the most talented but they are an overall solid well built team. Melo on this team would have a shot of winning aswell if he played into the teams game plans.

the issue with george is he will end up being overpayed to be a number 1 guy and the team won't be able to afford to put solid players around him.

[russwest0]

Melo could be a champion, he's just like LeBron where he needs a supremely stacked supporting cast to do so.

[cos88]

Well, seems most people think Indiana has a legit shot to win the title and...George is the best player on that team.

Use yo brain:coleman:


long long road before winning a chip. then call him a champion, at this point he isn't that was my point. they won't get past miami and then the best team from the west

[CJ Mustard]

Because he isn't a ballstopper/non-playmaker.

[bdreason]

George would be the best player on the Pacers like Billups was the best player on the Pistons.

[16X]

George > Melo, especially given his ability to guard Bran/KD which is very important.

Melo probably would've won in 2012 next to Wade and Bosh, and maybe even 2011, but he wouldn't have been the best player. Wade would have been.

If he was drafted by the Pistons and learned to play more of a team game early on, maybe he could have won there.

Do I think Melo could win on the Pacers in place of George? No. Probably not.

[Demitri98]

please give me the number of the guy(s) that said Paul George Can be the Best Player on a Champion :bowdown: maybe for a respectable fee he can lend me his time machine
He's the consensus best player on the Pacers and they're one of the 4 that's going to win it all this year.

[MichaelCorleone]

George > Melo, especially given his ability to guard Bran/KD which is very important.

Do I think Melo could win on the Pacers in place of George? No. Probably not.
You do realise Melo outplays both Lebron/KD most of the time right? as much as I hate to admit it...

[16X]

You do realise Melo outplays both Lebron/KD most of the time right? as much as I hate to admit it...
In the regular season. I don't like Melo's chances in the Playoffs. Playoffs is a different beast.

[Mure]

Neither will ever be the best or win a chip. Melo is a black hole chucker who plays no D, and Paul George is beta as ****.

[QuebecBaller]

Melo plays for himself
PG plays for a team

[Blue&Orange]

Melo on the Pacers playing like he been playing this season and the Pacers win 82 games.

[Xiao Yao You]

no

[215Philly]

Melo plays for himself
PG plays for a team
:facepalm This couldn't be further from the truth & just plain ignorant

[miles berg]

George is elite defensively and plays within the team concept offensively, two things Carmelo is incapable of doing.

If both were free agents and you had cap space you would have to be an idiot to give it to Carmelo and not George.

[secund2nun]

they are a team though, the pacers aren't a one man show. yeah george may be the most talented but they are an overall solid well built team. Melo on this team would have a shot of winning aswell if he played into the teams game plans.

the issue with george is he will end up being overpayed to be a number 1 guy and the team won't be able to afford to put solid players around him.

That's exactly what's gonna happen.

[secund2nun]

You do realise Melo outplays both Lebron/KD most of the time right? as much as I hate to admit it...

Gotta disagree with you here.

H2H stats:

Melo: 24 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.6 apg, 19.5 shots per game, 44% fg
Lebron: 26 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 7.1 apg, 20.2 shots per game, 49% fg

In recent years the gap has widened as Lebron has improved greatly while Melo hasn't really improved much throughout his career.

[D-Rose]

One word, Op...defense.

[LONGTIME]

One word, Op...defense.

Where was that defense when Lebron was pushing his shit in last year in the playoffs?

[JohnFreeman]

Melo is a better player then George..

[MellowYellow]

Gotta disagree with you here.

H2H stats:

Melo: 24 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.6 apg, 19.5 shots per game, 44% fg
Lebron: 26 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 7.1 apg, 20.2 shots per game, 49% fg

In recent years the gap has widened as Lebron has improved greatly while Melo hasn't really improved much throughout his career.

Melo also shot better from 3 and ft line in those games

[WWRWestbrookDo?]

Melo can be the best team on a championship team but it needs to be on a team like Indiana or Chicago. Basically a good defensive team that can cover up for him.

[MellowYellow]

Melo can be the best team on a championship team but it needs to be on a team like Indiana or Chicago. Basically a good defensive team that can cover up for him.

Every superstar needs a good defensive team......

[Smoke117]

they are a team though, the pacers aren't a one man show. yeah george may be the most talented but they are an overall solid well built team. Melo on this team would have a shot of winning aswell if he played into the teams game plans.

the issue with george is he will end up being overpayed to be a number 1 guy and the team won't be able to afford to put solid players around him.


He could be a 20-22pt player his entire prime...his elite defense coupled with that makes him a max player. So many guys that do nothing but score get huge contracts, so to think George won't or to think not to pay him is frankly idiotic.

[fpliii]

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[Real14]

That's dat bullshit:biggums:

[MMM]

Melo can be the #1 option on a championship team but I don't think he's well rounded enough or impacts defense enough to be the best player on a Championship team.

Melo is a better fit as a 1B or 2.

[Rik Smits' Hair]

:banana:

[Lebronxrings]

Melo just isn't cut out for a championship ride. He just isn't that leader that improves his teammates and help rise to the occasion. Lebron has it, durant has it, and now pg shows glimpses of this.

[bluechox2]

george is a manufactured star

[Number24]

george is a manufactured star
been hearing this all season long but how do you exactly manufacture a star?

[Number24]

He could be a 20-22pt player his entire prime...his elite defense coupled with that makes him a max player. So many guys that do nothing but score get huge contracts, so to think George won't or to think not to pay him is frankly idiotic.
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[fpliii]

george is a manufactured star
lmao

[Droid101]

Paul George is first an elite wing defender... he just so happens to be okay on offense too. That's the difference.

[Kiddlovesnets]

Melo can be, but he needs a PG like Billups to go that far into playoffs.