Big 3: James Harden, Melo, and Dwight.. most selfish big 3 ever

[Kidbasketball20]

1 ball.
3 of the most selfish, egotistical players in the league.
A coach who allows his players not to play defense and focus purely on stats.

Did I mention how all of them NEED the ball in order to be productive offensively?


The only bright spot who passes would be Parsons (and even he is suspect at times of being selfish).

The Big 3 in Miami worked because Bosh is incredibly selfless. He agreed to be the #3 and sacrifice stats. Houston doesn't have that.

Harden will not allow Melo to overtake him as a #1, and if Melo accepts a #2 role Howard will be PISSED when he's not getting his touches night in and out.

At least 1 of the 3 will have to accept a downgraded role in order for it to work, and we know it's not going to be Melo or Harden.

Not sure what Morey is thinking. This has disaster written all over it.

[navy]

Talent wins out. I'd do it and take my chances. Not like they can be worse than a first round exit or no playoffs.

[r15mohd]

Parsons is likely gone if Melo decides on Houston

[Beastmode88]

Dwight Coward's selfish? :sleeping

[AnaheimLakers24]

hes trying so hard to create something like miami did. horrible franchise

[Levity]

Sure, thats a selfish big 3, but thats also a buttload of talent. Those 3 CAN be productive together, but its going to take the right coach/offensive schemes to get it out of them. is mcchale that coach? i doubt it. but i also dont know what available coach is THAT coach, either. (if they were all willing passers and accepted playing off the ball, adleman could have been that guy)

[jzek]

Spurs in 5

[Akrazotile]

People who are sayin "oh its so much talent" seem to have very little idea what theyre talking about.

[Kidbasketball20]

Talent wins out. I'd do it and take my chances. Not like they can be worse than a first round exit or no playoffs.

The problem is James Harden does not have skill. He has talent.


Carmelo will be sick and tired of carrying James Harden defensively by the next 2nd month into the season.

He is a lazy selfish player. Not the #1 that Morey/McHale envision for him.

[moe94]

People who are sayin "oh its so much talent" seem to have very little idea what theyre talking about.

Are you denying their talent?

[Lebronxrings]

People who are sayin "oh its so much talent" seem to have very little idea what theyre talking about.
this. The loser trio won't even make conference finals.

[Akrazotile]

Are you denying their talent?


Not denying their talent any more than Im denying Jose Calderon's talent or Tyson Chandler's talent.


Harden and Melo are not exceptional players, people just think they are because they are designated as volume scorers. This is not any more important of a talent than playing defense or hitting corner threes. Guys who can do multiple things at a high level are the difference maker. Volume scorers who cant do anything else are simply hyped up role players.

Carmelo and Harden are the same low-IQ player. Its one thing to have one guy hog all the shots and everyone else compliment him, but to have another guy who wont swing it, cant play D, is known to give inconsistent effort, it doesnt mean anything. Carmelo's "talent" is no more important than prime Shane Battier's. Harden's is no more important than Shawn Marion.


Dont be fooled by guys scoring 25 ppg into think theyre valuable championship assets. If all you do at a high level is score points, you better be a special player in terms of efficiency like Dirk or Durant. Otherwise who cares? What can these guys do that teams like the Nuggets or Suns cant do without any media superstars?

[moe94]

Not denying their talent any more than Im denying Jose Calderon's talent or Tyson Chandler's talent.


Harden and Melo are not exceptional players, people just think they are because they are designated as volume scorers. This is not any more important of a talent than playing defense or hitting corner threes. Guys who can do multiple things at a high level are the difference maker. Volume scorers who cant do anything else are simply hyped up role players.

Carmelo and Harden are the same low-IQ player. Its one thing to have one guy hog all the shots and everyone else compliment him, but to have another guy who wont swing it, cant play D, is known to give inconsistent effort, it doesnt mean anything. Carmelo's "talent" is no more important than prime Shane Battier's. Harden's is no more important than Shawn Marion.


Dont be fooled by guys scoring 25 ppg into think theyre valuable championship assets. If all you do at a high level is score points, you better be a special player in terms of efficiency like Dirk or Durant. Otherwise who cares? What can these guys do that teams like the Nuggets or Suns do without any media superstars?

Harden did 25/5/6 on 62 TS%. He had a bad playoffs. He's still incredibly young.

The whole first option scorer is also a role player nonsense you keep spewing is cute.

[MVBallin2K]

Talent wins out is an outdated concept in today's NBA. Lebron James is considered the most talented player in the league by many and he didn't win this year. The Spurs are very talented but they all made sacrifices to be able to have depth and be able to make it that far. No one can assume because these three want to play together that it's going to work out and everything is going to go smoothly, it doesn't work that way.

Look at the Lakers from two years ago and the Nets from this past year. You can harp on age all you want but this Houston team is going to lack depth using up all of it's cap space on signing Melo. You'll have an amazing offensive punch but you aren't going to have the defense necessary to be able to win a chip unless James Harden makes a HUGE leap defensively. I'm not saying that they shouldn't go after Melo because you can make bank off of marketing Harden, Dwight and Melo playing together but a chip is going to be a lot harder with the tough West that has teams with both talent and depth that are going to be tough to beat in a 7 game series.

[UK2K]

1 ball.

The Big 3 in Miami worked because Bosh is incredibly selfless. He agreed to be the #3 and sacrifice stats. Houston doesn't have that.

Harden will not allow Melo to overtake him as a #1, and if Melo accepts a #2 role Howard will be PISSED when he's not getting his touches night in and out.



Not sure what Morey is thinking. This has disaster written all over it.
Dwight was 70th in FGA per game last season (at 9.9). Im sure hes going to be furious.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

two obese clowns and one ripped clown.
great mix:applause: