Melo will make about $82million over the next four seasons, Deng will make $51 million.
what kind of player can you buy for $7.75 million per year, especially in the new CBA.
Is Melo that much better than Deng?
]]>I don’t know why you’ve left out free throws in the comparison since you’ve been rightfully harping on Derrick to get to the line more. If you add in free throws, Carmelo is a significantly more efficient scorer than Deng. For Deng to average 28.2 points like Carmelo does considering that he doesn’t take many threes or draw many fouls, he would have to average around 24-25 shots a games, about three more shots than Carmelo.
Besides scoring, Carmelo is a much better passer than Deng. His career assist percentage isn’t tremendous at 15.7 percent but it’s much better than Deng’s 11.1 percent. Luol’s numbers actually don’t tell the whole story as his assist percentages the last two years playing with Rose has been 9.0 and 9.1 As a point of reference, the year at Golden State Corey Maggette was called out publicly by his teammates for his selfishness, his assist percentage was 9.2.
While it’s true that Carmelo’s eFG% is slightly lower than Deng’s, there are not close in offensive effectiveness.
]]>And Matt, come on, are you really putting Deng’s three point percentages in a completely honest way? That 40 percent of his came in all of 20 attempts. Last year he attempted 83 total. Carmelo’s not a real threat from deep either but to say that you looked beneath the surface and surprise, surprise, found that Deng’s a better three point shooter or even a competent one is distortion.
Deng’s okay but he’s only a good role player and fourth wheel. He’s still the same player he was four years ago and he hasn’t grown with his contract. Carmelo’s a better scorer and passer and Luol the better defender but it’s not like Luol is a great defender either. He’s not a stopper by any means. It’s easier to find a defender/role player to go with Carmelo (like say Ronnie Brewer) than it is to find a scorer who can create his own shot to put next to Deng.
I don’t buy the argument that somehow Deng is a better fit or even perhaps a more valuable player than Carmelo but I could buy the argument that Carmelo has a lot of improving to do if he is to play a key role on a championship team. That would be my concern in trading for him, not whether it wouldn’t be better to hang onto Deng instead.
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