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Message: [QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 278918, member: 906"] Lebron is a media hog. The media is all over him. Should you blame Lebron for that, No. I used to say Yes but not anymore hes toned the arrogance down some without hurting his self esteem hes just trying to EARN it. I think the majority hate him because A he was annointed the king of basketball B they want the player they root for to be the chosen one and C. Lebron hasn't really turned out to be the annonted one. [B]Melo gets compared to Lebron because he is as good as any scorer in the NBA. Thats a great accomplishment. U[/B]nlike Lebron every NBA player has to Earn the medias love. As far as offensively Melo is more multidimentional then Lebron as far as defensive supreme athletism and reflexes like a Dwight howard type hes not. As far as his shot and being strong around the basket Melo has Lebron beat. As far as outjumping Lebron has everyone in the NBA beat. Asking Shaq at PF to be a aggressive in your face foot sliding defender would be rediculous, but thats what Melo is a undersized PF who is a true SG, SF, and PF on offense with ball handling and court vision. Also defense in the NBA is few and away. You can't play defense in the NBA you can only hope to alter. And even while you are doing that its more the case of players just missing or team defense rather then individual defense. Heck Melo was guarding Kobe a few years back instead of whats his name who was only on the nuggets for defensive purposes. Hes a alright defender because hes not lazy. Was he lazy last nigh sure. Good defense annoys players there are few players that are BUILT to play like that and Melo isn't one of them like Chris Paul, Lebron, Wade and Howard are. But, he still blocks shots at important moments, rebounds, gets down in a stance and gets his hands up. IF anything, after the injury he might not be quite the defender he once was. [/QUOTE]

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