Disturbing Truths About Carmelo Anthony...

[Joe Sixpack]

elite SCORER and elite PLAYER are two different things. Why even mention Kobe when I never mentioned him in the first place?

Kobe takes horrible shots... He ignores 2 7fters and just goes nut every night but nobody says shyt..

Carmelo takes too much shyt from ya'll backward ass nikkas..

I've seen him hit mad clutch shots and win games by himself..

 

[JMurder]

Well if people want to call him the best pure scorer or best scorer in the league. Then by all means go ahead. I'll gladly take Lebron's offensive game over Melo's.

Lebron's game is a lot more than overpowering people. He has a decent post up game, has a pullup, step back etc. and he is a good shooter. Not to mention his shot selection is a lot better than Melo's. Obviously Melo has more moves, but Lebron is a lot more effective. What's the point of having all those offensive moves if you are only going to shoot 43% from the field? Dude is 6'8.

Your only point in this whole thing is that Lebron has a better shot selection and overall is a better decision maker than Carmelo. It explains mostly why Carmelo's field goal percentage is lower than it should be. But you bringing up Lebron's post-game it was only a benefit for one season after YEARS of it being a major issue in his offense. Yeah he has a pull up and a step back, but is he a consistent jump shooter? Nah...he ain't. There are games when it drops and games when it doesn't, and it's expected. With Melo, you expect the ball to go in if he's given an open look. We're not even going to compare their capability from the 3 point line. If Anthony were a smarter/better basketball player, it wouldn't be a question if he were a top 10 player even with his career long defensive deficiencies. And if Lebron had Carmelo's skills offensively, he'd probably have won a title in Cleveland

 

[holidayinn21]

Stop it, slime.

You don't moved enough goal posts in here with that shyt you tried to pull earlier.

nope.

you keep conveniently bringing up his last 2 years not the previous 7 years didn't happen.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

I thought he played with guys like Moses Malone, Doc Rivers, Kevin Willis, Antoine Carr, Spud Webb, Mookie Blaylock and Stacey Augmon. But I could be mistaken.

Anyways, Melo and Nique are in the same boat. 2 dynamic scorers who have never won and never will win a title.

Happy?

Moses was old..

Doc was avg..

Kevin Willis was avg early in his career

I'm gonna ignore Antoine Carr..

Spud, Mookie and Stacy...

 

[NYC Rebel]

nope.

you keep conveniently bringing up his last 2 years not the previous 7 years didn't happen.

And in those past seven year, he played for an underperforming palyoff coach that's stil......underperforming.

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Moses was old..

Doc was avg..

Kevin Willis was avg early in his career

I'm gonna ignore Antoine Carr..

Spud, Mookie and Stacy...

Moses was dropping 20 ppg in ATL.

Willis was giving them 18 and 12 after that.

Mookie was nice. Was Mookie better than B.J. Armstrong? Ok. So apparently he was good enough.

Antoine Carr, Spud, and Augmon were all very effective role players. Don't you need role players to win a chip?

Did Antoine Carr make is presence felt in Utah when they won back to back conference titles? So he had some value too.

Augmon was a great wing defender. Championship teams can't use perimeter defense?

And all of those guys are better than the teammates you listed in an attempt to deceive the people.



Some guys elevate their teams and take them to new heights. Then you have guys like Melo and Nique who don't.

Bad news if you're a Knicks fan, I know, but hey, the Knicks have been futile for years so why take it so personally?

 

[NYC Rebel]

Moses was dropping 20 ppg in ATL.

Willis was giving them 18 and 12 after that.

Mookie was nice. Was Mookie better than B.J. Armstrong? Ok. So apparently he was good enough.

Antoine Carr, Spud, and Augmon were all very effective role players. Don't you need role players to win a chip?

Did Antoine Carr make is presence felt in Utah when they won back to back conference titles? So he had some value too.

Augmon was a great wing defender. Championship teams can't use perimeter defense?

And all of those guys are better than the teammates you listed in an attempt to deceive the people.



Some guys elevate their teams and take them to new heights. Then you have guys like Melo and Nique who don't.

Bad news if you're a Knicks fan, I know, but hey, the Knicks have been futile for years so why take it so personally?

So...you expected them to beat the Celtics, Bulls in series they were favored to lose?

 

[23Barrettcity]

Only person who shapes my opinion is me. Do you agree with everything that NBA players and analysts say or do you just use them to support your argument when you can't do it on your own? I don't shyt on Melo I call it like it is. What makes Melo a better rebounder, Durant avg. damn near 2 more per game last season as a matter of fact KD grabbed more rpg last year than Melo ever has in his career so stop it. Durant plays off the ball WAAAAY more than Melo and Melo avg. .1 more AST. Neither of them have ever been DPOY worthy but honestly I don't see what makes Melo a better defender. . Durant has shown improvement during his career in all areas. What has Melo improved in over the last 9 years?

So melo hasn't been in the League more years than kd? He averages 6.3 for his career kd 6.6 rpg but anyway watch them play is kd a better rebounder than melo ?? you mean to tell me kd could play the 4 like melo or lebron ? A better passer than melo ? No he's not nor Is he a better defensive player , why is kd guarding chalmer? Lebron got killed for not guarding melo when he was dropping 40 yet kd Just chills .hes much worse than melo his teammates are just very good at d. If kd is so great why couldn't he win more than one game vs the heat ? Same amount a depleted Knicks team

 

[FTBS]

So melo hasn't been in the League more years than kd? He averages 6.3 for his career kd 6.6 rpg but anyway watch them play is kd a better rebounder than melo ?? you mean to tell me kd could play the 4 like melo or lebron ? A better passer than melo ? No he's not nor Is he a better defensive player , why is kd guarding chalmers?

KD has played the 4. KD also guarded Kobe. It's not about KD vs. Melo for me it's about Melo being judged by the same standards that other stars are measured by. No other top player could go to a team that was a 5 seed and have them end up being a 6 seed, get swept in the 1st round and then get a 7th seed the next year and lose in 5 after demanding a trade and not catch heat for it. Melo gotta show in prove, period.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Who was the last swing man\PF to win a scoring titile?

 

[23Barrettcity]

KD has played the 4. KD also guarded Kobe. It's not about KD vs. Melo for me it's about Melo being judged by the same standards that other stars are measured by. No other top player could go to a team that was a 5 seed and have them end up being a 6 seed, get swept in the 1st round and then get a 7th seed the next year and lose in 5 after demanding a trade and not catch heat for it. Melo gotta show in prove, period.

Coulf play the 4 for a whole season ? Naw he got swept by the celtics teams Playing by himself billups hurt no bench and then stat got hurt . He singlehandledly beat the celtics if jared Jeffries dunks when he passed it to him and in game one missed a last second 3. The second year was a lockout shortened season where the 2 star players both missed games at the same time . Melo literally got hurt game 1 . Did melo play bad for most of the beginning of the year he was awful but on top of that dantoni misused him . Melo hasnt played to his full potential in NYC hope this year is it

 

[Bruh Man 5th Flo]

Melo was never the elite player people made him out to be

so scoring 33 points in a quarter isn't elite???

having kobe, one of the best perimeter defenders back in the day, call you the toughest cover in the league isn't elite???

being the only player besides kobe to straight bust lebron james ass for the last 8 years in those 1 on 1 matchups isn't elite??

damn near averaging 30 a game isn't elite??

gonna go down as one of the nba's all time leading scorers isn't elite??

being able to put the ball in the basket from anywhere on the court isn't elite??

being able to drop 28 a game while IVERSON does the bulk of the scoring/handling isn't elite???

all those damn game winners he's been drilling in peoples grills for the last 8 yrs isn't elite???




i swear, some of you would be quick to say T-mac and Vince were never elite.


now me personally, i think melo could put more effort into defense, but i'm not gonna sit here and act like dude has had the best opportunities in the world because its the exact opposite. Lets be real, dude was 2 inbound passes away from getting to the finals where they would of faced that magic team....also lets not forget that BOTH years he's been in ny injuries have hurt the team during playoffs......last year i think they could of beat the celtics if billups and amare weren't hurt....melo still went H.A.M. on those celtics, because he was the only guy who could score.....same with this year..Amare wanna go he-man on some damn fire extinguisher and lin gets hurt......they weren't gonna beat the heat anyway but you get my drift

unless lebron gets injured, i can't see melo winning a ring on that team, unless they trade amare for some pieces. However i'm not gonna act like you guys and be like melo can't play or devalue him. I swear some of you should be shot for the asinine statements i'm reading.

 

[FTBS]

Coulf play the 4 for a whole season ? Naw he got swept by the celtics teams Playing by himself billups hurt no bench and then stat got hurt . He singlehandledly beat the celtics if jared Jeffries dunks when he passed it to him and in game one missed a last second 3. The second year was a lockout shortened season where the 2 star players both missed games at the same time . Melo literally got hurt game 1 . Did melo play bad for most of the beginning of the year he was awful but on top of that dantoni misused him . Melo hasnt played to his full potential in NYC hope this year is it

When has Melo played 4 for a whole season? We just throwin out random benchmarks now?

The bolded is the key. Nothin more needs to be said.

 

[FreshFromATL]

Josh Smith will win a title before Carmelo does IMO

 

[JMurder]

Josh Smith will win a title before Carmelo does IMO

maybe if he goes to the heats