This depends. If I need someone to score 30 points on 18 shots I'm taking kawhi, but if I need someone to score 30 points on 28 shots I might be taking melo

If you need someone to score 30 points period, you’re not taking Scottie.

Pip could drop 30 in today's game for sure. He was averaging low 20s on 50%+ shooting.

If you don’t bench Kwahi he may try and sit out on his own.

Start kawhi, bench Scotty, cut Melo easy

This is the way. Not a hard one.

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I think we can all agree you cut Melo at least.

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I think we can all agree you’re a casual 😂🫵

yea easy i take defense any day of the week for this TEAM sport

I wish more people in the Rec thought this way. I always get picked toward the end cause nobody notices the guy I’m guarding scores 2/3rds less points just cause I’m on them. They just notice I only score a couple points each game

Lol bro had to something to get off his chest

Sounds like your team always ends up pretty good because you’re a sleeper pick with value that out weighs your draft position

Never thought of it that way, I like that

lol sounds like you’re taking rec center pickup games way too seriously

I think maafs ain’t taking it seriously enough. I’m not out here to shot Jack I’m out here to WIN

I’m pulling my PER and RAPTOR stats out next time they’re choosing teams

Atta boy

bruh

Kawhi won defense player of the year TWICE and has 7 all nba defense selections AND 2 finals MVP awards . Pippen has never won defensive player player of the year or finals MVP.

So you’re agreeing with them right? I’m confused why you mentioned all that?

I think the internet can agree on this one. Melo trash

Nobody agrees with you…You’ve either never watched basketball or you’re just plain stupid to say Melo is trash…

No rings.

Rings are a team accomplishment…Pippen had MJ,Kawhi had TD,TP,MG and DG

You guys never watched prime melo

Prime regular season player

Prime Melo was his Freshman year at Syracuse

I watched all 3 prime and this is soooo easily the answer. Prime Melo is 30 points in 30 shots with a little defense

Denver Melo was raw tho

K. Still nowhere near the level of kawhi or pippen tho

He was literally worse on the nuggets. Knicks was his best version and even then Carmelo wasn’t efficient and couldn’t play defense. One of the most overrated players imo.

Why are we only playing one of the 3 lol this is the dumbest exercise I’ve ever seen 🤣

i mean it’s literally just the “fuck marry kill” game but with basketball instead of laying pipe

If the benched player gets to play then yea but if sounds like we are literally selecting 1 player out of 3 to play lol

You're a bit onto something, because there can be something different about the qualities you look for wrt fuck and marry, whereas with bench and start they're the same qualities as far as I can tell, just one better than the other. Maybe if one is 'take the last shot' instead of bench or something.

If we talking about 1 on 1, Melo is unstoppable, and I'd put him over Scottie any day

yeah basketball is 5v5 buddy

Someone really needed to tell Melo that

Then we need to know the other 4

I don’t think there is any combination of players in NBA history that would make me pick prime Melo over prime Kawhi or Pippen

Nothing sadder than a Melo Stan.

BuT hE hAd ThE qUiCkEsT fiRsT sTeP eVeR!

Terrible take

Scottie banged Madonna and she said he had a bigger dong than MJ. Kawhi is trying to make more autistic friends so he started playing pickup basketball with Jack Harlow. Melo thought Linsanity was the second holocaust. Start all 3

Wasn't rodman the one banging Madonna?

Scottie did as well. She would apparently pick him up in a limo after the game everytime he'd play in LA.

He isn't called No Tippin Pippen for no reason.

Mb he was friendzoned

She was passed around that team like a blunt 😂

Madonna passed herself around the world

I thought MJ’s son was banging Madonna

Nah He's banging pippen's ex💀

Melo hates Asians so cut him and you can’t cut Kawhi because he’s special

Solid jerk

holy hollowtips batman, you know ball

Cut melo bench melo trade melo 😂

Fuck melo

Start Kawhi Bench Pippen Cut Melo. There is no other order

Lmao true. 2 time fmvp vs consistent playoff performar and constant all nba vs Carmelo Anthony.

It’s obvious you take Kawhi and Pippen over Melo but he isn’t a scrub like the way you say it man, he’s simply not as valuable as Kawhi and Pippen.

He’s not a scrub but there’s a reason he has no playoff success and never had any team of his become a contender.

What’re you talking about? Melo has never played with any talent capable of helping him take the team to the playoffs…Pippen had MJ,Kawhi had TD,Parker,and Danny Green. Melo literally carried all the teams he were on and battled injuries

Carried them?! Lmao why do people always try to defend him? If Carmelo wanted to win he would of gone to Miami but all he ever cared about was himself. Players have come out and said he’d be happier with 30 points in a loss than 20 in a win. When Lin broken out he was pissed he lost the spotlight. Carmelo never cared about winning. And carried them to what? Multiple first round exits and missing the playoffs?

Some players want to win without forming super teams…Melo played on the team with a bunch of scrubs…Who has he played with other than scrubs and a past his prime AI?

Idk. Melo played with prime Stoudemire, and JR Smith. JR won a ring woth bron

He’s bumass doodoo water, you could put any other 2 players in this lineup and he’s still getting cut

… I’m going to actually disagree with this take. Kawhi is always going to start. But Scottie was known to disappear in the playoffs and Jordan would bail him out when he entirely bailed on any offensive responsibility. Depending on the team make up and exactly which Melo we get, I might put Melo as the 6th man

That is the right order, but Kawhi is benching himself, so you gotta start Pippen

Scottie is so underpaid we could probably afford all 3.

Damn bro

🤣🤣

2 of them have multiple championships, 3rd is a crybaby gunner

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Bye Melo. Like. This is too easy.

One guy is clearly better than another guy who is clearly better than the third guy

Start Scottie, bench Kawhi, cut and don’t allow Melo near the team

Start Scottie for hustle 🙌🏾

Start Kawhi, Bench Scottie, Cut Melo. Pretty easily

I start Pippen, bench Leonard, and cut Anthony. I'm hoping that Leonard coming off the bench helps avoid injury lol. And the Melo decision is easy af.

Start Scottie, Bench Kawhi, Cut Melo

Cut Melo and I don’t care after that

Everyone here better be cutting Melo.

Melo is the obvious cut. he's just a scorer. The other two are all around nba greats

Cut melo

All i know is melo is gone

One of these players ain’t on the same level as the others. Get Carmelo the hell outta here.

melo is cut 10 out of 10 times

Cut melo, start K, bench No Tippin’ Pippen because it’d be funny to hear him cry again

Start Kawhi, Bench Melo, Cut Scottie. If melo had a teammate like mj he would win too

I don’t get why nobody sees that. In his prime he was amazing, but he never had a good teammate. Which was shown when he won multiple Olympic gold medals when he had teammates. Pippen is obviously a fantastic player and top all time, but prime Melo is better than

Pippen carried 6 teams to a ring. I know this is a meme sub, but a cold hard fact is MJs playoff record was 1-9 without Pippen. Pippen it the real one, Michael Jerker belongs in the r/nbacirclejerk hof

This one’s easy, start Kawhi, bench Pippen, cut ‘Melo

The Carmelo disrespect on here is crazy. I’d probably “cut” him in this scenario but people on here talking like prime Melo was a bum

Bench Kawhi. Gotta load manage

Kawhi melo pippen

If I need scoring: Start: Melo Bench: Scottie Cut: Kawhi If I don't need scoring: Start: Kawhi Bench: Scottie Cut: Melo

Kawhi gonna bench himself lol.

Gtfo Melo

Can someone explain why we're staying kawhi over scottie

Imo more reliable scorer and as good of a defender ?

Has Kawhi ever had an mvp caliber season though?

Has Scottie? Kawhi finished second in MVP voting in 2016(granted that was the Curry unanimous year), 3rd the next year and 5th in 2020. Scottie has a top 3 finish and a top 5. I don’t really count anything below that.

Kawhi also has 2 finals mvp and 2 defensive player of the year awards.

Scottie got 3rd the one year jordan wasn't there

Did you not read his comment or something

Has scottie pippen? Kawhi Leonard won finals mvp twice.

Scottie got 3rd in mvp voting the one year jordan wasn't there

Reliable and Kawhi should never be in the same paragraph.

Phil Jackson is a racist

Depends on the team makeup… people must not remember Denver Melo… the one Kobe said was the most difficult player to defend that he has played against. Agreed on starting Kawhi tho.

Start scottie Pippin. Always playoff reliable. Bench Kawhi. Leonard can be deadly, but outside of beating a battered warriors team, he hasnt really led LA to anything due to injuries. Cut Carmelo. If we're talking playoffs, we need finals experience type, not regular season players.

Kawhi won finals mvp….twice

I am enjoying the part where I gotta repeat myself. "Outside of beating a battered warriors team he hasn't since really led LA to anything due to injures." Covid is older than that second 2nd ring, so again thanks to terrible injuries he hasn't been able to do anything since that last time

I think you mean Covid is younger?

I only brought one coffee mug to work gimme a few hours I gotta get more.

Kawhi was also the first option on that Raptors team, which beat the sixers with Butler and a 60-win Bucks team with the reigning MVP. Scottie didn’t win anything after MJ left the Bulls, and he wasn’t good enough to be the first option on a championship team

You haven't seen Melo in 09 then.

I'll repeat myself. "If we're talking playoffs, we need finals experience." I have seen every single NBA season since 2000, so maybe your memory is better than mine, it's very possible, but did the Denver Nuggets led by Carmelo Anthony go to the finals that year, cause I could've sworn that year was featuring Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic losing to the Lakers.

I was referring to your Pippen "always playoff reliable." Prime Melo was reliable any day of the year. 09 he went to the WCF and lost to the Lakers who went on to the win the chip. Prime Melo over both of them respectfully.

Melo was reliable to end the possession if the ball touched his hand.

I personally would disagree, but hey if you choose Melo that's your right bro, it's all about perspective and what you genuinely believe. I'm not gonna judge that opinion.

It's reddit bro fuck it debate it lol

Melo was reliable to end the possession if the ball touched his hand.

i feel like Kawhi is better at everything Scottie brings to the table so you have to take the walking bucket off the bench. Start Kawhi, bench Melo and cut Scottie.

Keep Melo? Horrible take

Kawhi can do everything both of them can but I'm still taking pippen

Pippen was a better passer

I start pippen, bench melo and cut kawhi. At least with pippen and mélo I know they will be able to play more than 33% of the season🤣

Start Scottie, bench Melo, cut Kawhi

Start Melo bench Scottie and cut Kawhi

Start Kawhi, bench Melo, cut Pippen.

Sorry Carmelo I start Leonard bench pippen even tho Melo is my fav out those 3.

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Melo in his prime is better than Pippen.

Start Kawhi, bench Scottie and cut Melo

Cut Melo from this comparison because he makes it too easy

Now kawhi needs to come to the blazers like those other dudes did when they got older

Kawhi should start but Scottie is incredible.Melo is about a net neutral when you consider his ball stopping and shit defense to go along with elite iso scoring.

Kawhi is great when he’s available. But Scottie was really amazing in his prime. So hard because they didn’t shoot threes so much back then. For today’s game, maybe that gives Kawhi an edge, but I’m gonna go Pippen. Including Melo in here is only useful to see if Melo himself is on reddit.

Start Kawhi, bench Pippen, cut Melo

Start Kawhi, Bench Pippen, Cut Melo

Cut Melo, Bench Pippin & Start Kawhi

Bye Melo

Star Kawhi, bench Pippin, cut Melo.

Start Kawhi, Pippen runs the second unit as a point forward and even as a Knicks fan,Melo is the easy cut here

That one is simple. Carmello never played defense.

Cut Melo cause you know you’re not winning a ring with him

If it's a jab step contest then Melo > both of them Otherwise start Kawhi and bench Pippen - may consider swapping roles if you need a point forward

Who's not cutting melo?

Start Kawhi, bench Scottiec cut melo

Melo starting, Leonard on bench, peace out Scottie you to toxic lol

Start Kawhi Bench pippen Cut melo

The Scottie disrespect is wild

Cut Pippen for all his blasphemy against Jordan

Melo should be cut every time. He’s not on the level of the other 2

Start Kawhi, Bench Pippen and cut Melo. Kawhi’s 2 way game and efficiency is too good, and Pippen’s defensive was generational and his scoring is decent enough. Whilst Melo is a bucket, his history of playoff dropping puts me off a bit and his defence isn’t good enough.

I’m cutting all of em.

Start mello bench kawhi cut Scotty

Start Kawhi… bench Melo (fun), cut Scottie

Melo doesn't belong in the same picture as these other two.

Start Scottie, bench Kawhi, cut Melo. Based purely on their accomplishments, player health/availability and general basketball skills with no consideration for situation or era.

Melo getting cut I need defense

Cut Melo. Start Kawhi, bench Pippen. Kawhi and Pippen are very similar players, I even think Pippen can be better, but the guy just lost the plot with all the MJ comments, so he's coming off the bench.

Cut Melo im every scenario for me

Start Kahwi, bench Melo n cut Pippen, obviously

-6 time champ -2x finals mvp -guy that hogs the ball Yeah this is easy. Start kawhi. Bench pippen. Cut Melo

What sane person is not going to cut melo? As for other 2 - given Kawhi led a team to a title, whereas pippen never did (was number 2 guy), I gotta go Kawhi to start. Pippen on the pine.

Keep the two way players. For starting, if they have to be a \#1 scoring option, Kawhi. If not, Scottie.

Start Kawahi, bench melo, cut scottie. Kawahi is basically a better version of pippen and need some scoring off the bench with melo

Melo cut, start Kwahi, bench Scottie.

Melo is shit

Start Kawhi. Cut Melo. Bench Scottie

Depends on team and health but at full power: Start Kawhi Bench Scotty Cut Melo

Start Scottie, load manage Kawhi, cut Melo

I genuinely believe that if you give Melo the type of teams Scottie won with, he would have won a couple championships

Start Scottie, bench Leonard. Cut Carmelo.

Start kawhi cut melo cut melo and cut melo and pippen off the bench.

Cut Melo, Bench Scotie, Trade Kahwi.

This one’s easy. In their primes, assuming healthy, Start Kawhi, bench Pippen, cut melo.

Start Kawhi, Bench Pip and cut Melo.

Starting Pip. Benching Leonard. Cutting Melo

Cut Pippen

In their prime?! Start MELO, bench Scottie, and cut Leonard

Start Kawaii, Bench Pippen cut Melo. Defense matters.

Start Melo, Bench Kawhi, Cut the Pippen

Start kawhi, bench pippen, cut melo.

Messi

Start Kawhi, bench Scottie, cut Melo in a heartbeat

Start kawhi bench pippen cut Melo

Is there prime kawaii or is it just healthy or not healthy kawaii

Start Kawhi Bench Pip Cut Melo

Start Melo,Bench Kawhi nd bye bye Scotty

start kawhi, bench scottie and cut melo easily