Melo Believes The Denver Nuggets Gave Nikola Jokic The Jersey Number 15 To Erase His Accomplishments

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

What did Melo "accomplish" for the Nuggets?

Nothing. All of his appeal is his singular talent in scoring. Nuggets didn't owe him anything.

 

[nightwing2016]

you guys are weird
the trade was way more benefical to denver. If he woulda left in free agency they would got nothing lol.

and yes, melo brought back denver from the dead. They went from like 17 wins to 40 plus wins in one season ( which was a record at the time) and made a regular playoff team in da West which was hard as fukk back then

He also brought em to their first conference finals ever and holds a lot of their records. Players have done less for teams and got their shyt retired...denver was dead in da water.

Not true, the nuggets made it to the wcf twice in 78 and 85. Carmelo did bring Denver back from the dead but he didn’t have the team accomplishments necessary to prevent 15 to be given out on top of his exit. Jokic will forever be 15, I think they retire Carmelo’s name or something but 15 is only going up in the rafters for one player and he has earned it

 

[fifth column]

Yea they wanted to erase all them 1st round exits dude did nothin in Denver to have his # retired & jokic has accomplished more in similar time rocking that same #

Fukk this overrated faggit

Melo visited the favelas

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Melo delusional, the generation won't remember him bc he didn't really win and ended up becoming a meme.

I fukk with him but this ain't it

 

[BaggerofTea]

Melo has to humble himself, he has no chip, no mvps

 

[RennisDeynolds]

What did Melo "accomplish" for the Nuggets?

First Jordan Brand athlete


Led a legion of goons throughout the mile high city

 

[nightwing2016]

I understand Melo's point but I find it hard to believe considering that Jokic himself made it known that growing up Melo was his favorite player and the reason why he came into the league wearing #15 but also due to jersey size issues in his native country.

Now it's possible considering that Jokic was a second-round pick, that the Nuggets organization did not envision Nikola becoming the player he's become today (none of us did, and anybody who says they did is lying) so him wearing #15 at the time probably didn't mean much or matter to the organization because their expectations of Jokic was probably low at the time for the first few seasons and didn't see him lasting long on the roster going forward.

I would say Melo's relationship with Denver is similar to LeBron's when he left Cleveland and everybody from the organization to the city had a lot of disdain for him but the difference is that Cleveland was louder and much more vulgar with their animosity (burning jersey, angry hate letters by the owner, etc) whereas Denver (fans and management) on the other hand have been much quieter but the feeling/reception is the same.

Jokic said his favorite player growing up was T-Mac. I don’t think Denver cared if Jokic wanted 15, the way Melo and Denver spilt up left a bad taste in the franchise and fan bases mouth. If it was more like dame and the blazers everyone would have understood and gave him his flowers and says thanks for everything but that isn’t what happened. Now with Jokic doing what he has done their is nothing melo can say about legacy as Jokic is going to be a lifer and has developed championships.

 

[nightwing2016]

Nurkic was supposed to be their starting center, not Jokic.

A lot of people forget this, Jokic’s play forced Nurkic to ask for a trade after a good rookie year. No one saw Jokic coming, no one

 

[Derek Lee]

A lot of people forget this, Jokic’s play forced Nurkic to ask for a trade after a good rookie year. No one saw Jokic coming, no one

I think Malone started both in couple of games at the same time during one point in Jokic's third year in the league before Jokic volunteered to come off the bench.

 

[Shadow King]

Barkley was #4 on Philly's all-time points board and they gave his number to Terry Cummings after he left.

This is what happens when you force your way out at 26.

Which was wrong and you see they stopped after that. Jokic was the second person to have the number.

 

[King Jove]

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Melo delusional, the generation won't remember him bc he didn't really win and ended up becoming a meme.

I fukk with him but this ain't it

Yall just really get on here saying whatever huh

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Yall just really get on here saying whatever huh

I'm talking new gen social media types. They don't rock with Melo like that

He was elite but they don't know and don't care.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

I'm talking new gen social media types. They don't rock with Melo like that

He was elite but they don't know and don't care.

You can say that about any player from the 2000-2010s.

 

[vino]

Should have stayed and won something. It’s weird people think his number should be retired and he didn’t win anything or retire there