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Moving to GSW might give him a better chance in winning a ring, I agree that after signing with Portland way back, he already accepted

his new role, he already surrender that alpha thing and a ball hugger mindset. He can adjust and play alongside with anyone now. We

witness how he adjusts to being a role player now. He just need to adjust to his defense since young stars are really doing a damage

when they see good advantage with the matchup. Melo needs to be willing to hear loud scream with Green!

I think he can find a way to make it happen because if he stays with his old weight, we know for sure that he will likely get injured. He has the talent and he can help his team to succeed, but without consistency because there's no assurance that he could be healthy all throughout, that will only put the teams effort into waste as they will again struggle in the playoffs if ever they will reach the playoffs.

You don't have to wait next season because it is already the source of his lower body injury since he entered the league. Even at 280, he is still overweight since he is just 6'6". Normally, you see that weight to taller guys, 6 ft 9 and higher. That clause in the contract does not only benefit the pelicans but mostly for Zion. If he want to stay longer in the league, he needs to reduce his weight. His playing style already puts too much pressure on his lower body, that pressure multiplies if he keeps getting heavier. So shedding those extra weight will do wonders to his career. 

Of course even when he was in Portland, he knows his role already no demands from him. And if I remember it correctly, it was first just a 10 day contract (or is it Houston?).

So he knows where his spot is, if he is going to be taken by any teams in the NBA, much more with Warriors, it will be a privilege to say at least for him. Just don't jinx the Warriors though, Lol.

I will never forget this.

In the 2016 NBA Finals where I placed a bet for the Cleveland Cavaliers prior to the start of the Finals and add another risky bet when they downed by 3-1 by the Golden State Warriors. I extend my bet since I already face the risks and hope that miracle will happen lol.

Believe me, only a few will risk betting for a team that is downed by 3-1 in the Finals. If I remember it right, the odds for Cavaliers was @7 that time.

The bet took place in Directbet, one of the popular sports betting sites here.

That is why he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2017, and since then he became a key member of the Warriors, I really think the Warriors will struggle if it wasn't for him, I say if the Golden State Warriors can give him his offer, the Warriors should not let Draymond Green leave the team, it is surely heart breaking if the Warriors can not fulfil what he wants,


There are a lot in Basketball that you will need to know, it is not just dribbling, shooting, and passing the ball, it is very crucial to the team if a player can not defend well, and that is where Draymond Green is good at, you can really never tell that he is a good defender because all we see is player scoring but that is just basic basketball to do to gain score, but in stopping your opponent completely in scoring is just like winning a game, imagine if the Warriors can have 3 Skillful players that have Draymond Greens IQ and calmness in a game I really think the Golden State Warriors opponent will have a less score than them then that is a very Crucial to the team, having good at defense, means you will likely never seen a player like Draymond Green increasing in his stat, and according to statistics Draymond Green really has good stats and having a good output on doing 3 point shots, well, for me, Draymond Green is really essential to the Warriors,

I've been consistent on the amount I bet in most games and I'm more on the single than parlay or multi so results doesn't vary that much. Biggest wins are betting on the underdogs of course  and sometimes on favorites with higher handicap. There have been a few of those so I can't really say which one is the best.

What was the best NBA gambling win of your lifetime?

Interesting. This is honestly the first time I heard about that agreement. Is this for real? And Zion accepted that disclosure? lol.

What if even at that weight, he will show dominance and still establish decent stats per game? Maybe that was too much to ask since if they will forced Zion to reduce weight, it will take several months in the process and that might affect his usual game performance once the season commences.

The best way would be, they should see first if Zion's weight will be a big problem to him once official games are now started. From there, they can decide if Zion should take the reduced weight program or just allow him on his usual.

Look at Luka Doncic, noticeably seen that he increases his weight too since he entered the NBA. Slow moving and not that athletic but look, always establishing decent numbers and can even carry a team. Although can't compare to what is happening to Zion, the overall point is just the same.

A decent amount of contracts have it in their these incentives.  Look at the recent Kyle Murray contract extension that had film study stipulations.  I think with $200mil type contracts these owners are tired of getting screwd since most of them are guaranteed.

Interesting disclosure about Zion Williamson’s contract with the Pelicans. He’s financially incentivized to keep his weight down or else the amount of guaranteed money in his contract is reduced. I’m order to get the full amount, Zion needs to keep his weight + his body fat % below 295. I imagine that means he needs to stay under 280lbs. While that may seem easy, there were speculations that his weight had ballooned to over 325 while he was injured last year. 

Barnes seems to be off-limits in the Raptors and Nets negotiation for the KD trade package. I don't see any deal happening between them since neither team is willing to budge.

I don't see anything visionary from the Raptor's point of view. They already won a championship and already found someone to build on after Kahwi and Kyle left.

I doubt that is all they want for Durant. The way they are fleecing the NBA right now, they want to maximize the value they can get from him. Sure they want as many picks they can get because they don't have any picks anymore since they traded them all away. They still want a star to get from durant trade so if they can't trade kyrie away, they can still be legit contender since they still have simmons in their roster.

Difference is he has no say over trade and can't just "join" a successful team.  If the Nets wanted to they can chuck him on a floundering team and let him rot for 3 years so long as that team can provide enough young guys and picks.  In free agency a lot of people do that.  And I actually respect him for that. He could have coat tailed on the Warriors for years always being title favorites.  He knew that was stephs team.  There are few people who are true #1s and steph and Durant are both 1s

Hmm, I think it's not. If that is just simple, there are teams who can match Kevin Durant's salary without risking their players to keep.

It's no secret that Brookly Nets already turned down lots of offers from those who show interest in Kevin Durant as they want good players in return which can't be granted that easily by those teams. It's not just they want some team to match the salary of Durant but they want a better package to fully utilize the trade.

They are trading a wonderful piece, not just a common player, and there's a chance they can get a big-name player too. For now, they don't find yet any good trade package so Durant is still hanging or maybe, no trade will happen and Durant has no choice but to still wear the Nets jersey in the upcoming season.

Well, we don't know though what's happening inside. Let's wait for the progress.

Well, he is passed with his prime now and that's why he's not in the position to demand anymore, or else with his demands, he'll experience again the hardship of being on board.
While the Warriors are still on their greatness, the potential is there that they get a back-to-back championship and Melo could be part of it if they get him this season. Well, for sure, too many fans will be happy for him.

He will not as he is already a bench player so for sure in GSW he's role will be at the bench. This is good addition since they could use the shooting ability of Melo and fit up on their system. Lets just see if he will get more good exposure in GSW since if he produce good numbers maybe he will also get a ring on this team.

The thing is, he could ask to get traded, Simmons did as well and we know how long it took Sixers to deal him away (ironically to nets) and we are going to just keep seeing offers and rumors back to back for a long time until it really happens. There aren't any teams that could offer anything to Nets right now that would be worthy, so we are waiting for Nets to get the "best possible" one and not a worthy one.

It's clear that what Nets are looking for is salary fillers (players unimportant, just match the salary of Durant) along with overhaul of picks, if they can get like 3-4 good picks, then whoever else as a player comes along with that wouldn't be cared.

Regardless if he will be fit or not, for sure his role will be limited and with only limited playing time.

Coming off the bench, Carmelo still has that good shooting form. And l agree with what you said that it might be his last shot to have a chance to experience the NBA Champion as Golden State Warriors will obviously be one of the favorites next season to win the Championship as their Championship lineup is still intact and only have some minor changes right now at this point.

Carmelo will surely just allow the young players to take over his minutes and for these young players, it's good to have Carmelo as their teammates as they might also consider him as an advisor like what Draymond Green is currently doing to their young teammates.

Well, I'm quite sure that he won't be a part of the starting five and it is quite obvious why. The GSW has already established their attacks and the defensive maneuvers they will have to do in any team they face that's why I don't think that they will just add Carmelo on that rotation. He will be good at bench producing nice figures every night and it's much better to give him more exposures as a substitute player because he's already proven to produce numbers.