Post Up: A Man Alive

@ShadiestBen, AllenP, nbk, Lz, Jukai, T-Money and others: I got love for all y’all but I need to know…how the hell do you guys manage to comment on here so much? I mean, don’t y’all got jobs or something?? I’m not just talking about the quantity but the quality of the comments. Anyways, bless y’all, for I may not have the time to get in like y’all do, but you do make it an intersting read everday on the Post Up.

I’m sure different players have higher PER than him in respective weeks, but for as long as I have been following it this year he has been first or second (usually with Kobe or Dirk flip floppin). That’s a good point, i’m just using the stat to show how effective he is, if his PER was sixth and D Will was first i would still be saying CP3 was the best PG.

@ShadiestBen: After looking at those stats I might have to change my view on them as shooters. Will pay more attention to Paul’s shooting in the future. But I have to add that my naked eye tells me I would rather have Deron shooting a jumshot than Paul. I might be wrong though, the stats are indeed impressive.

I just pray that Paul’s injuries don’t ruin his career like Roy.

@Enigmatic: To answer your time question. If you pay attention to my commenting habits (I don’t expect you to) you will see that I have long periods where I don’t comment at all or only comment very briefly in the evening or during lunch, this is when my workload – most of the time unfortunately – is big. This last week I have been commenting a lot, because we are closing down the year (today is my last working day juhuuuu!) and I have already tied up all the loose ends so I have had a lot of time on my hands to comment. I can’t speak about the other guys except for Eboy who I am sure is in some type of confinement where the only site he can access is SLAM (I am joking Eboy no need to bring out the muskedonner).

I have a very flexible job, thank the Lord. Sometimes I’m too busy to even open the site, but most of the time, I have enough autonomy to do my work and be on here.

Thanks all for the feedback. Making a mental note to look for another job with more flexibility! LOL, no in reality I’m actually trying to get into the Law Enforcement field so, won’t be any time for Slam if that happens.

Lz – I really think it coincides with all the teens on here going back to school.

wow – Miami v NY – NOH v UT – PHX v Dal, tonight is going to be a good night

Once again I agree Allen your last post is on point. As an example; Chris doesn’t have any move that leads to a jumpshot that comes even close to being as potent as Deron’s crossover to pull up jumper move. Deron can get and hit that shot from deep against anybody in the L.

Deron Williams has the best stepback in the whole league. Thats for certain, nobody creates as much space. I’m not saying who is a better shooter cuz that fluctuates game to game really, but that stepback Deron has is one of the premier “go-to” moves in the whole league.

To start a new topic and get you guys opinion; On one hand I believe that the Knicks would be worse of trading for Melo (assuming that Chandler, Gallo and others would be part of the deal). Yes, Melo and Amare would be a deadly combo on O in that system but having 2/3 of your frontline defensively challenged (Amare although improved is still below average) will not be good for the teams overall ability to challenge for a title. On the other hand history has shown that normally it is a good deal to trade for a superstar giving up several good players (The Barkley to Suns trade comes to mind, defensively challenged stud forward traded for 3 good not great players kind of the same scenrario as the ones being suggested for Melo in the media). Thoughts?

Allen
Yeah I see what you mean, for CP3 in most cases the jumper or any shot for him is his last option. It shows you how great he is that he’s still getting 16 a game playing that way, on only 10 shots a game.
I see what you mean about styles of play too, sometimes I feel like the Rondo’s, Nash’s, CP’s (primarily pass first) guards shouldn’t always be compared with the Derons, Rose’s and Westbrook’s (who are a lot more aggressive looking for their shot.

I don’t want Wilson Chandler to be traded, or Raymond Felton. If the Nuggets wanted Gallo, Chandler and Felton for Melo, that would be a tough call to make (just speaking for me personally).

Lz, I think that if the knicks played in the WC along with Melo they would probably make the WCF and take the lakers to 7gms and might even make it to the finals but in the east with great defensive minded teams like the celtics, mia, and orl they would have a hard-time beating those teams and getting to the finals like the 93 suns did. At the end of the day in the playoffs, you’re going to have to make stops down the stretch to win games.

JTaylor don’t get crazy son. LAL is not getting beat by any team that can’t play defense, or even play a 7 footer.

@Anton – despite living in a state where some people literally fish or die…I’ve never been fishing in my life…how ’bout darts??

I would make the trade NBK suggested in a heartbeat. I wouldn’t trade both Gallo and Chandler, and if I had a choice, I’d rather trade Gallo than Chandler because if Melo comes, Gallo has to slide to the four, and a frontline of Melo, Gallo and Amare is the worst defensive frontline in the NBA without a doubt. It’s a beast offensively, but defensively, you can’t win games like that.
Chandler can slide to the two, and the Knicks can look for a decent big if they keep him.
I think Melo and Amare together on defense is bad, but if you get three other players can defend, with the Suns pace and style, they can still be dangerous. The Suns offense is a part of their defense, and as long as the majority of the players on the floor for them can play defense, they should be a serious threat. Once you get three or four players who can’t defend, and aren’t very good offensive players on the floor then it’s a problem.
I just realized I called the Knicks the “Suns.” My bad. I don’t feel like changing it though.

Nbk, I said might, just imagine if Melo and Amare get hot at the same time, it’s lights out for any team (remember both amare and melo had a great gms vs La in the playoffs before). @shadiestben, Dal maybe might make it to the ECF but SA making it is highly unlikely. I just don’t see either team beating Mia, Bos, or Orl in a 7 gms series.

just imagine, Wilson Chandler guarding Pau Gasol.

Seriously, you can’t be a serious contender if you ask Wilson Chandler to guard the opposing teams best post player.
That move by D’Antoni made me wince, not because it was stupid, but because of what it said about Amare’s post defense. Damn son, it’s really that bad?
Amare murdered Pau on offense once he started going to the rim last year. But, I wonder how Melo and Amare would work together on a team. Would Melo crash the offensive boards? Would Amare? that would be the best way for them to abuse teams, but owuld either of them do it?

Ultimately I think the biggest question concerning the Knicks though is…can they be a legitimate championship contender with O’Antoni as the coach? And if not, who do they get?

Allen you didn’t realize how bad Amar’e was on defense when what 3 people had the best games of their career on him? Muhammad, Griffin, Love – Griffin had the best game of any rookie in 25 years on Amar’e.

I knew he was bad, but so bad that they have to guard KG with Wilson Chandler in the cluth?
That’s an entirely different level bad. That’s Steve Nash bad…
Yeah, I said it.

the worry is, that since their is a lockout, and Anthony would be giving up atleast 5 million dollars next season if he became a free agent to begin with that he might just sign with Denver to shore up his NBA financial future in a time when you don’t even know if there will be a season next year.