[tupark82]

I agree, I think if Melo comes back and plans to play the same his played his whole career (gets him stats, destroys the team) then this will be short lived. I think Melo needs to learn to come off the ball if this is going to work. I agree that his prices will never be as high as they are now, unless he starts averaging 30 a game for the rest of his career, and I can't believe the money that's being spent on his cards. If he was a top 3 pick in the draft and went off like this, ok, that's one thing because then it was semi expected and he's proving he can play in the NBA. But when someone goes undrafted and has games like this, they're 99% destined to go back to normalcy. Which sucks because I love this story. Kind of similar to Big Ben. Undrafted, gets on a team, eventually gets to Detroit where he wins 4 DPOY and a championship. It's a great story, and I think Lin has been a class act through it, but it's going to end at some point.

the thing about what you're saying is, never mind someone undrafted, no player period has had the kind of start he has had. i assume you already know he has broken all kinds of records for amount of points scored for a first time starter. no one else has ever done this and that is a fact. there's no one you could possibly compare him to to say that he's going back to "normalcy" because there isn't even a sample of "normalcy" to go back to unless you mean to say he will go back to being a 15th man that played 5-10 mpg that will be out of the league.

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com...ke/?src=tp

this is a pretty nice read.

melo has played with accomplished and ball dominant point guards before. hell he's even played with iverson before. great things are ahead for the knicks this season with lin in charge of it all. exciting times, if you are a knicks fan or just a fan of the game in general like me. i don't think anyone thinks it's sad because while his averages will tail off, his level of play won't.