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[QUOTE="KevMonstah, post: 2657578, member: 327"]
I would love to silence all debate about Melo by stating the following (and I think it's
almost doable):

Through his first ten years, Carmelo was a better NBA player than Paul Pierce, for 
comparison's sake.  He'd taken Denver to the playoffs for ten straight years in a 
harder conference than Pierce had done (four times) in a weaker conference.  The
stats, Melo a better scorer by like 3 ppg, Pierce a better passer and rebounder, by
roughly one each, aren't that different.  The big difference is, after year ten, Pierce
gets to play with Garnett and Allen, wins a title, loses game 7 in another final, and
suddenly he's a big winner, whereas Melo forces his way via trade to the Knicks, 
and plays with and is coached by assorted flotsam and jetsam for the next six years.
I get forcing the trade, because the NBA was about to have its lockout and alter 
the max contracts allowed, and since Melo wanted the max deal available, he had to
be traded.  Had he simply waited out and signed the free agent deal, yes, he loses
out on some dollars - lots, actually - but he ends up on a far superior Knicks team 
which probably makes a lot more noise for good reasons than it did for bad ones.
And his rep is considerably higher.

But if you even attempt to point out the comp between Pierce and Melo, people
think you are nuts.

Kev
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