Snell apparently can shoot 3 good, and actually plays on the defensive side of the court. That alone is an improvement over Melo.
I'm amazed watching the Twitterverse proclaiming the greatness of the Lakers in landing Melo. I just saw a tweet about them having a big four: LeBron, AD, Westbrook and Carmelo. I saw another tweet yesterday that had Carmelo starting in LA. I'm not a Carmelo hater. However, if he's starting for the Lakers, that team has problems. And its bench is an even bigger problem.
I like the Snell signing. I think he's one of those under-the-radar people who really can help a team. Wasn't nearly as happy with McLemore. I liked him out of college and really thought he had a chance to be a big-time player, but he's had plenty of chances now and shown he's not.
This. People think it's 10 years ago when assessing the Blazers' lack of height. Everyone except the Lakers are playing small-ball. There just aren't many teams anymore that are posting up guards and small forwards when they have a height advantage.
Was he even the 4 while he was here? Not positionally, but importance on the team. I'd put Dam, CJ, Nurk, Powell/Trent and even Kanter ahead of him.
let’s be real…Snell isn’t better than Melo. Like your positive attitude though! We’re gonna need it during the season after letting Melo and Kanter go for Snell, MacLemore and Zeller
According to ESPN's depth charts Michael Porter Jr. at 6'10", LeBron James at 6'9", Kyle Anderson at 6'9", Kyle Kuzma at 6'10" and Poku at 7' but he doesn't really count because his PF is 6'8". So it is crazy how man guys are 6'7"... it was well over half of the starting small forwards in the league. Then there were a bunch at 6'6" and 6'8". Under 6'6" there was Devin Vassell 6'5", Isaac Okoro 6'5", Josh Okogie 6'4" and Norman Powell 6'3". The average height of the starting small forwards in the league when I substituted Poku's 7 feet with 6'8" was 6'6.7". Obviously those depth charts are shifting around as we speak but most of the guys that were listed were starters at SF before. Just to give everyone an idea of what's out there versus what we have.
He may not score as much, but he's a better 3 point shooter and a significantly better defender. And he won't get tunnel vision and ignore other players who are wide open.
We will see just how good a defender he is - truly hope so! He’s now a Blazer - so I’ll cheer him on and hope he fills a role.
ok...I see that I guess I'm so used to Portland having no leverage I can't recognize what any leverage would look like
