Carmelo Anthony's NEW Role With Houston
191Melo is officially a Houston Rocket. Rick Strom and Robert Littal break it down. Give us your thoughts in the comments below!
Read more here:
https://deadspin.com/rockets-add-carmelo-anthony-but-why-1828174439
“It has long been known that Carmelo Anthony, upon working out the finer details of his buyout from the Atlanta Hawks, would join the Houston Rockets. Melo finalized his buyout and was waived by the Hawks on July 30; he cleared waivers on Wednesday, August 1. Today brings the expected development
Who even knows how this is supposed to work. Anthony and Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni didn’t mesh at all when both were with the Knicks, and that was when Melo was still a good NBA player. Those days are pretty well over; Melo hasn’t been an especially efficient offensive player in at least four seasons, and while he has never been much of a force at the other end, his defense last season was lousy enough that he was, at times, downright unplayable. Here’s a funny stat about Melo getting targeted and roasted by the Jazz in the playoffs, from FiveThirtyEight’s Chris Herring:
The Jazz found success with that approach, scoring 1.22 points per direct screen when getting Anthony to switch onto a pick-and-roll ball-handler, per Second Spectrum. For context, Kevin Durant — who led the league in efficiency when handling the ball in pick-and-roll situations — averaged 1.15 points per direct screen set for him during the season."
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