The Donald Trump of the Lakers.

You’re looking at it the wrong way. It wasn’t that Melo wasn’t the best player, he clearly was. It was that Melo respected and let Billups control the flow of the offense. He gave Melo the ball when it was the right times, and didn’t when it wasn’t. This enabled Melo to be more successful because he wasn’t being a…

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Melo didn’t bring those teams to the playoffs. Chauncey Billups did.

No Isaiah Thomas? Wow. He definitely should be a starter.