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rlsmooth775
10-03-2014, 08:09 PM
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Real14
10-03-2014, 08:11 PM
melo.
Richesly
10-03-2014, 08:13 PM
melo.

Kid you're a ****ing retard.
Real14
10-03-2014, 08:16 PM
Kid you're a ****ing retard.
d wilkins never made conf finals and I'm a grown damn man lil niguh.
Milbuck
10-03-2014, 08:17 PM
Kid you're a ****ing retard.
Yeah because it's not even remotely close, right?
Legends66NBA7
10-03-2014, 08:17 PM
At their best, it's Wilkins. In 85/86, he was 2nd in MVP voting to peak Bird. Nobody else got first place votes outside of Bird and Wilkins. That's over guys like Magic, Kareem, Hakeem, Barkley, Isiah, and Moses.
Richesly
10-03-2014, 08:19 PM
Yeah because it's not even remotely close, right?


It's certain that Wilkins was better. He could do everything. The only thing that Melo has over Nique is the 3 ball. Nothing else. Nique was a better finisher, guarded players like bird and jordan with great defense.
Legends66NBA7
10-03-2014, 08:22 PM
Yeah because it's not even remotely close, right?

As players, it is a close comparison, I agree. They have similar career paths too.
3ball
10-03-2014, 08:22 PM
better stats for nique in every key category and he had that historic playoff series with the Celtics, where he almost beat an all-time great team in game 7 to go to the Finals while playing like superman.

shows you how great that 1992 olympic team was because nique didn't make it but melo was a staple and team leader of his olympic teams.
Sarcastic
10-03-2014, 08:28 PM
Dominique wasn't on Dream Team because he snapped his Achilles.

As for who's better, they are both criminally underrated. Nique at his peak was a top player in the league.
Hoopz2332
10-03-2014, 08:29 PM
melo
Real14
10-03-2014, 08:30 PM
At their best, it's Wilkins. In 85/86, he was 2nd in MVP voting to peak Bird. Nobody else got first place votes outside of Bird and Wilkins. That's over guys like Magic, Kareem, Hakeem, Barkley, Isiah, and Moses.
I guess 2013 never happened.
bizil
10-03-2014, 08:34 PM
GOAT wise of course Nique is the answer. But peak wise it's close as hell, but I think I would lean slightly Nique. These two are actually cut from the same cloth in many ways. They are two alpha dog SF's and also great rebounders for SF.

Nique had a very good midrange game, used the glass as good as any SF, and of course was EPIC in transition, scoring off the offensive glass, slashing, and on the block. Melo has a total scoring skillset on par with any player ever. He's great on the block, slashing, and midrange. Plus he's a very good three point shooter too.
NewYorkNoPicks
10-03-2014, 10:49 PM
GOAT wise of course Nique is the answer. But peak wise it's close as hell, but I think I would lean slightly Nique. These two are actually cut from the same cloth in many ways. They are two alpha dog SF's and also great rebounders for SF.

Nique had a very good midrange game, used the glass as good as any SF, and of course was EPIC in transition, scoring off the offensive glass, slashing, and on the block. Melo has a total scoring skillset on par with any player ever. He's great on the block, slashing, and midrange. Plus he's a very good three point shooter too.

I really want the girl in your avatar to sit on my face
Real14
10-03-2014, 10:50 PM
I really want the girl in your avatar to sit on my face

I would finish in her multiple times.
rhowen4
10-03-2014, 11:05 PM
24.8 vs 24.6

i pick melo
kuniva_dAMiGhTy
10-03-2014, 11:06 PM
I'm one of the few that don't think its particularly close. Sure, Carmelo is a better jumpshooter, but honestly, thats all he's better at. Nique was a terror in the post, spinning off his defender and finishing w/ either one of his patented mid-range shots, or ferocious rim rockers (anyone remember watching an open court episode where Nique said that he deliberately attacked the rim with the intention to strike fear into bigs? - :eek: possibly the greatest in-game dunk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FIDpHIJvX8) ever, this side of Vince's "dunk of death").

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9mKSsrKIKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brQSTnDGijs

^if he isn't finishing in transition (unstoppable on the fastbreak), dude is working in the post, looking for better shots; checkout the opening minutes in the first link - everything looks so easy because dude had his fundamentals down.

What I really respected about Nique, though, was his perseverance. Not too many players, hell athletes have come back a year after an achilles tear and statistically put up their BEST season (his best year, numbers aside, was in '91). Insane.
houston
10-03-2014, 11:13 PM
wilkins slightly
Dro
10-03-2014, 11:15 PM
wilkins
wakencdukest
10-04-2014, 12:11 AM
Wilkins. He was better than Melo in all categories except outside shooting. He was definitely more entertaining to watch.
the mesiah
10-04-2014, 01:23 AM
As much as I like melo , I'll take human highlight real..
Cold soul
10-04-2014, 01:41 AM
wilkins even so slightly.
hawksdogsbraves
10-04-2014, 02:16 AM
Nique was going head to head with guys like Larry Bird in the playoffs, Melo is going head to head with guys like Demar Derozan and not even making the playoffs....
Legends66NBA7
10-04-2014, 11:08 AM
Nique was going head to head with guys like Larry Bird in the playoffs, Melo is going head to head with guys like Demar Derozan and not even making the playoffs....

Melo just 2 years ago was going head to head with LeBron James and the Big 3. Even went head to head with Kobe Bryant in 08 and 09.
smoovegittar
10-04-2014, 12:01 PM
I'll reply when Melo's career has ended, as it's an unfair comparison. But it's very close; Wilkins was nothing short of amazing.
sportjames23
10-04-2014, 12:38 PM
I'm one of the few that don't think its particularly close. Sure, Carmelo is a better jumpshooter, but honestly, thats all he's better at. Nique was a terror in the post, spinning off his defender and finishing w/ either one of his patented mid-range shots, or ferocious rim rockers (anyone remember watching an open court episode where Nique said that he deliberately attacked the rim with the intention to strike fear into bigs? - :eek: possibly the greatest in-game dunk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FIDpHIJvX8) ever, this side of Vince's "dunk of death").

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9mKSsrKIKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brQSTnDGijs

^if he isn't finishing in transition (unstoppable on the fastbreak), dude is working in the post, looking for better shots; checkout the opening minutes in the first link - everything looks so easy because dude had his fundamentals down.

What I really respected about Nique, though, was his perseverance. Not too many players, hell athletes have come back a year after an achilles tear and statistically put up their BEST season (his best year, numbers aside, was in '91). Insane.


This here.

Melo is a beast, but Nique was on a whole 'nother level.

Can you see Melo (or anyone not named Kobe) going toe-to-toe, shot-for-shot against the likes of prime Bird or MJ? Nique used to do that on a regular basis.
sportjames23
10-04-2014, 12:40 PM
And yes, bizil, who is that honey in your avatar? I, too, would enjoy her resting her arse on my face.
hawksdogsbraves
10-04-2014, 01:01 PM
Melo just 2 years ago was going head to head with LeBron James and the Big 3. Even went head to head with Kobe Bryant in 08 and 09.

Couldn't quite get past the mighty Pacers led by the immortal Roy Hibbert in 2012, would have loved to see Melo actually go head to head with LeBron, (and get swept).