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[QUOTE="OrangeDW, post: 2590090, member: 2458"]
Melo scored more, rebounded more and shot better as a rookie.  LeBron got 508 points in rookie of the year votes, Melo got 430.  Relatively close.  That wasn’t Syracuse fans voting for Melo.

As late as 2006-07, Melo averaged 29, 6, and 4 and shot 48%.  LeBron averaged 27,7, and 6 and shot 48%.  It was fairly close.   It became clear pretty quickly that LeBron was the more well rounded player(assists, defense) and had the higher ceiling.  But there was also a time where LeBron had zero post game and really wasn’t all that great of a shooter either and it could be argued that Melo was the more skilled scorer and that LeBron relied
more on brute strength and athleticism to score his points while Melo was the b-ball purists guy with all the shots, footwork, moves, etc.

I’m sure it’s changed drastically in the last 5 years, but I’m pretty sure I remember there was a time well into their careers where Melo’s teams lead the head to head matchups by a solid margin and Melo had a number of huge performances and big shots in the head to head matchups.

We don’t need to pile on Melo because he’s faded like a normal star and LeBron is superhuman.  LeBron vs Melo is like Jordan vs. Dominique or Barkley.
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