07-06-2021, 12:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-06-2021, 12:43 PM by dirkfansince1998.)
(07-06-2021, 11:53 AM)fifteenth Wrote: Melli gives an NBA team a 15th man who knows where to stand and gives good effort. I know that a fifteenth man can be important at times, but they genereally move no needles.
That should be his role. For the Mavs he was more of a 9th/10th man. Played in 23/29 regular season games. Started four. Averaged 14 minutes. Even played in 3/7 playoff games. I think he is a coaches darling for the reasons that you already mentioned. Not the most athletic or skilled player but a reliable, hard working and smart veteran that will make the right play (rotation on defense, pass on offense) more often than not. The kind of player that all coaches love to have on the end of the bench.