Definitely better than Melo (in no particular order)

  1. Nikola Jokic

  2. Giannis Antetekounmpo

  3. Stephen Curry

  4. Damian Lillard

  5. Luka Doncic

  6. LeBron James

  7. Anthony Davis

  8. Kevin Durant

  9. Jayson Tatum

  10. Jimmy Butler

  11. Joel Embiid

  12. Shai Gilgeous Alexander

  13. Devin Booker

Definitely better than Melo when healthy

  1. Kawhi Leonard

  2. Zion Williamson

Agree or disagree?

  • Wavepops@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    zion is not better than melo when healthy lol. Prime melo would be in the 10-15 range

  • AllenOneal37@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    This is list is probably based on stats. Thats fine but as prime prospects in a draft you don’t take half of these people over Melo.

  • JoJonesy@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Definitely don’t think Shai, Booker, or Dame are unambiguously better than prime Melo. Not sure about current LeBron either. Probably would put him in the back half of the top 10

  • RVAIsTheGreatest@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Prime Melo would feast in this era and was an elite scorer. He’d be top 10. His scoring would absolutely put him ahead of Booker, SGA. I think I’d edge him over AD too unless AD’s shooting is really back. I’d put him ahead of Butler overall…regular season wise? Melo would be ahead. So somewhere in the 8-10 range.

  • k-seph_from_deficit@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    When Carmelo led the league in scoring in 2012-13 (28.5), 9 players had more than 20 points, 4 more than 25 and obviously 0 more than 30.

    The next 3 after Carmela on the list were multiple time FMVPs each. (Kobe, Lebron and KD)

    The top 7 of the 8 after Carmelo who scored 20+ that year all either MVPs or FMVPs (Kobe, Lebron, KD, Harden, Curry, Westbrook, Wade).

    In the last season, 43 people scored more than 20 points, 13 more than 25 and 6 more than 30.

    Basically close to 5 times the number of 20+ scorers, 2.6 times more than 25 compared to Carmelo’s peak.

    Wherever you rank Carmelo, that context is important to keep in mind. Carmelo was a consistent 25+ ppg scorer in an era where the only other guys who did that were Lebron, KD and Kobe level guys.

    Carmelo is nowhere close to as good as them overall but as a pure versatile scorer, even they rank Carmelo as among the very best.