Yeah, Melo may be a ball stopper, but he's still putting up 22.2 PPG, 6.0 RPG, and 3.1 APG, which are still pretty darn good.
I'd definitely prefer to take my chances on Hayward. He's younger and could fit in with the scheme. Anyone expecting Anthony to suddenly change the way he plays after all these years of doing things his way is delusional. Even if he ends up on a stacked team, maybe he will get less shot attempts but he's going to play the same way.
Anthony would be Boston's 2nd leading scorer, 3rd leading rebounder, 4th leading assist man, 3rd leading steal generator, and tied for 4th leading block man based on his numbers on a much worse team in NY (though a better rebounding team). He gets to the line more than twice as often as every single person on Boston outside of Thomas.
This notion that Anthony is a ball stopping ball hog that doesn't do anything else just isn't borne in reality.
You cannot deny Anthony is a tad bit of a ball hog, but he's always been the best player and by a far margin on most of his teams.
I would say the duo of Thomas and Horford put together would create a team better than Melo has ever had.
Great players do well when associated next to other great players. There's only one ball, but its great when your best 3 players are all above average passers for their position.
Ideally, I would rather sell the farm to try to see if we can plug in someone like PG13 into our offense.