Melvin Ely

[Kings113]

"Melvin Ely: Another restricted free agent, but there's even more urgency to move him than the Cavs with Gooden (http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/dalessandro/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/114032920289460.xml&coll=1). Someone might give him their full midlevel (five and 30M) this summer, and the Bobcats couldn't match that, or they'd be making their third-string power forward their highest-paid player."


http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/dalessandro/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/114032920289460.xml&coll=1

Would love to see us go after him in the summer.

[Entity]

I like to have him as well but not for the full Mid-Level maybe start at 3mil but only if we send out 1 or 2 of the bigs we already got.

[SacTownKid]

Melvin's cool, but not what we need. I watched Mel play his whole career at Fresno State and I thought he would be solid but he is rather average in the NBA.

[Kings113]

Didn't look average when Okafor was out last year for 12 games or so, and in his contract year this year.

[SacTownKid]

Everytime I have seen him this year he's looked pretty average to me.

[Kings113]

Regardless, he's a solid big man that can play on both ends of the floor, and was moreso meaning as a back-up.

[HndsmCelt]

Former Bull Dog... Been watching Big Mel since his first College games... Nice big man making progress... I'd love to see him backing up SAR and maybe sliding into a starting slot. FYI he scored his first NBA points in ARCO as a Clipper.