robj55;1634093 wrote:Even if Melo does go, DRose is an unknown at this point. I played against a dude today who plays in Switzerland professionally and he said he recently played against Derrick Rose in some summer thing. The jist of the story is that he said DRose was terrible, couldn't score and couldn't defend anyone. Said it looked like he had lost all passion to play the game after being out for two years basically. Take it with a grain of salt or whatever but DRose may never even be close to what he was before. His entire game was based on athleticism.

KB0938;1634099 wrote:I kinda doubt Derrick Rose would be putting up much effort in an off season pick up game, or show any real passion for playing pick up in the summer lol. I dont think hell be 100% of what he is, but even 80-90% of what he was is better than almost every PG in the NBA

HelloAgain;1634101 wrote:If Carmelo goes to Chicago and they don't have to give up Gibson, they are the favorites to win the East in Vegas. That's not really in question.

And your friend sounds like a fucking idiot. I'm shocked Rose wasn't going 100% coming off a near career-ending injury in a pickup game against a guy who spends his free time trying to take over YMCA pickup games.

robj55;1634104 wrote:He's not my friend just some dude I played with, I said take it with a grain of salt but apparently you didn't read the whole post. He said he was terrible. Doesn't mean anything just thought it was interesting.

Pick6;1634106 wrote:Chicago doesn'y even have cap space right now. They would need to do a lot of clearing and would look quite a bit different if they were to land melo.

robj55;1634100 wrote:I disagree, DRose isn't the player he was, plus they won't be able to play off of each other with chemistry. They both need the ball in their hands and are ball stoppers. They would be good but not better than those Cavs. All hypothetical of course because we don't know what's going to happen, doesn't look like Melo is going to go to Chicago.

HelloAgain;1634105 wrote:He's playing in pickup games that you're apparently good enough to hang in and you buy his shit about playing in a pickup game with Rose?

KB0938;1634109 wrote:I dont know if Rose will be the player he is until he steps on the court, not sure how you could know hes not the player he was before he even plays a game either.

And as far as Melo being a ball stopper. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1959538-is-carmelo-anthony-really-a-one-dimensional-player-for-ny-knicks Hes actually very good at passing out of double teams and finding the open man. Hes no lebron, but hes not a black hole by any means. But yeah like you said doesnt matter bc hes not going to Chicago anyways

gport_tennis;1634114 wrote:So apparently Wiggins just signed a close to $100mill shoe deal with adidas....

HighRoller74;1634124 wrote:Hornets gave Hayward the max.

robj55;1634071 wrote:Is Cleveland a championship level team if Lebron returns?

Classyposter58;1634128 wrote:Haha I will admit I think D-Rose at 20% beats me in a pickup game. Lmao "lost the passion"

Classyposter58;1634128 wrote:Haha I will admit I think D-Rose at 20% beats me in a pickup game. Lmao "lost the passion"

friendfromlowry;1634131 wrote:Haha oh man it'd be close though he probably only beats you by a couple points!!