03-30-2021, 12:31 PM
At first glance, I thought this was the long awaited "Why can't Melli be a superstar?" thread.
I'm actually cautiously optimistic that Melli could actually be the 3rd big by the end of the year. I'd say he's a shoe-in for the 4th, just on the basis that he even has a game like last night in him. The question is: can he play well consistently enough to leap frog the Powell/WCS combo in the rotation? It's a tall order, but then again, the fact that neither of them seem to have claimed the job exclusively leaves the door open a crack, imo.
This might a bit too harsh on WCS, though, since his health/safety stuff has set him back a bit recently. Maybe a better question is whether Melli can claim Powell's half of the 8th man ownership shares.
I'm actually cautiously optimistic that Melli could actually be the 3rd big by the end of the year. I'd say he's a shoe-in for the 4th, just on the basis that he even has a game like last night in him. The question is: can he play well consistently enough to leap frog the Powell/WCS combo in the rotation? It's a tall order, but then again, the fact that neither of them seem to have claimed the job exclusively leaves the door open a crack, imo.
This might a bit too harsh on WCS, though, since his health/safety stuff has set him back a bit recently. Maybe a better question is whether Melli can claim Powell's half of the 8th man ownership shares.