ESPN ranks Carmelo Anthony as the 64th best player in the NBA

[Monsanto]

This cot damn hoodie bullshyt marks the start of the end for this nikka

Four key questions?

Is he one of the premier offensive players we've seen? Hell yes.

Can he lead a team, and will it to key victories? Unless it's against some European team at the Olympics..? No.

Can he decide a Playoff series? No.

Can he adapt his game as he gets older to still be a huge threat in the Playoffs? No.

Nikkaz love Melo because they love the promise he had when he got picked in the same class as LeBron. Nikkaz love the Knicks.

But like most love, this love is blinding.

Melo, at his best, had zero chance to will a team to a championship. No better PG could've changed that. He doesn't play defense. He's a ball hog in the wrong way (last time they had a chance, JR Swish and Schumpf were hot in the game. Melo started taking all the shots.... they lost that decisive Playoffs game...)

Get over it. Ya nikka not as good as you want him to still be.

The truth is the truth. The ranking being shocking to some people is the real MVP of this story..

We all respect him for his ability to score, but he will go down as one of the most overrated and overpaid superstar players of this current era based on NBA Playoffs results alone: 0 conference finals appearances, 0 NBA Finals appearances..

This game is about NBA (not Olympic) Ws that count. And he has very few, if any.

You can tell when people don't watch basketball games but always want to comment.

Denver Vs Lakers, conference finals.

That Indiana series Woodson benches Shumpert and Copeland when they were hot. JR. Smith was dirt during that series.

Felton-Melo, Copeland and a mix of Shumpert, Chandler were the main guys. Add in confused during the fourth quarter Woodson and history writes itself.

Melo played defense when it mattered during that series. Not to mention dude was injured and was willing his team until the end.

Just the annual where can we rank Melo list and typical Melo headline hater retorts.

 

[VegetasHairline]

0 conference finals appearances, 0 NBA Finals appearances..

You must have Melo mixed up with Chris Paul.

 

[KingJay]

Lonzo over him?

 

[Houston911]

These analytics nerds are the worst thing to happen to basketball

 

[Mensch Fontana]

take espns opinion seriously brehs

 

[tremonthustler1]

These analytics nerds are the worst thing to happen to basketball

Anybody that is still a threat to hang 25+ on you any given night should be at LEAST top 40

Which is why analytics is needed to a degree.

 

[Kang Deezy]

I don't think Lonzo making a bigger winning impact on the lakers than Melo is that big a reach at all...

Just because Melo can score doesn't make him a good (team) player

 

[Hersh]

alot of dudes watching stats 8nstead of games..

 

[bxrfan]

Z-Bo should be a top 100 player. Hell I think Vince can make a case as well, what he did as a perimeter player at age 40 was pretty impressive

 

[ManBearPig]

I'm not even mad. Melo hasn't seen the playoffs since '13 and he ain't nothing but getting buckets

 

[Blackrogue]

Off the top booker, simmons and wiggins ranked too low.

 

[Blackrogue]

Hold up tho Melo was hanging 25 on nikkas in a quarter this year i think he did it twice...fukk espn

We let him do that shyt. He was so gassed after that we beat them and everyone else was out of rhythm. Did the same thing to Westbrook and that was a blow out

 

[QuintessentialMan]

......guys like Melo and Tmac are bound to get messed with like this because they have have no rings or much of anything other than scoring records.
Tmac in the Hall of fame this year though.

 

[AJtheOne]

Saw a stat somewhere that said Bron, MJ, KD and Melo are the only players to never avg below 20 ppg in their career impressive for Melo to be in that company

 

[Nintendough]

Only two 40 point games and zero 25 ppg seasons since 2014. Get your facts straight

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