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[QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 890199, member: 127"]
Melo was Donte Green while at SU shooting wise , Melo had a superior supporting cast and much stronger inside game but their stats while at SU were comparable with Donte being a better 3 point shooter despite the volume. Donte with a much greater volume of 3 point shots lowered his overall fg% and Melo with his superior strength and greater willingness to mix it up inside was the better rebounder.

name----games- 2pt fg%----3pt fg% ---total FG %---total FGA --- 2 pt fga---3pt fga----Reb/gm--block---steals
Donte----35----- 49.2%---- 34.5% ---- .418---------- 521 ---------- 261-------260----------7.2--------57------45
Melo----- 35----- 49.1%---- 33.7%----- .453 ----------616-----------450------161-----------10.0------30------55

Wonder how Melo would have done switching - Edelin, Hakim, Forth, GMac, Pace, Duany and O'Neil for frosh Flynn, Soph Harris, frosh Rick Jackson, frosh Scoop, junior Ongenaet, and junior Arinze. Remember junior Rautins had an injury redshirt and Devendorf (who was averaging 17 points/game) was out injured after 10 games in Donte's freshman year.  Wonder what our NC team would have done if GMac didn't play and Melo was forced to be a  major outside threat like Green was. I often thought the vehemence towards Green was misplaced but never did the work before this to see if looking at the facts and stats it could be true.
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