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

[Box Factory]

"They should have retired his number immediately after he forced them to trade him "


They didn't retire Alex English's # until he was done playing and he did more than Melo did for the Nuggets

 

[Paper Boi]

what accomplishments?

 

[Heavy_Handz]

How he gonna assume that they just gave him #15

Before getting drafted

 

[HollywoodP]

All those players are mid with the exception of AI, who while being good, did not complement Melo.

Chauncey Billups was an all star, a Champion, and a finals mvp. Juwon Howard was an All Star, and a champion after he left Denver. Kenyon Martin was an All Star, made a finals appearance, was a great versatile defender and a strong power forward who could jump out the gym. Dahntay Jones, NBA champion, great perimeter defender who could take the pressure off of having AI gaurd someone like Kobe. Marcus Camby, DPOY, excellent rim protector. JR Smith, 2x champion, 6 man of the year, solid defender, dynamic scorer fast and atheletic. Nene, tenacious defender, hustler, rebounder, most improved player of the year. You get the point. Now this wasnt no superteam...that wasnt a thing yet, and some of these guys were role players on the Nuggets... but we not gonna pretend that these weren't absolutely solid players to put around around 2 guys who are really them. Problem is AI and Melo weren't really them. You said they didnt complement each other...but apparently they didnt complement with any others. Thats THEIR fault they couldnt figure it out. They had more than enough talent around them to make some noise.

 

[Mars]

Melo never won a championship with Denver
Melo never went to an NBA finals with Denver
Did Melo even go to a WCF?

Melo wasn't even a lifetime Nugget.......He played with Denver for 8 seasons.

Melo's accomplishments are all individual.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

The usual non-black posters with their irrational hate for Carmelo Anthony arrived in here early and often

Melo is one of the most hated athletes of all time simply because he’s pro black

 

[Optimus Prime]

Meanwhile Melo's has been trying to garner support to get #7 retired at MSG

 

[Lord Beasley]

Melo being upset instead of givin props tells us all we need to know.

 

[J-MIL]

Drop Jokic on them Melo teams and he ain't accomplishing shyt either.

Those Melo Denver teams were actually better

But it was a different era Jokic probably don't beat the Lakers either

 

[badboys11]

Jokic was a second round pic



Melo greatest accomplishment as a nugget was making the playoffs the first year. Never went further til chauncey showed up, then melo learned he wasnt kobe

Melo was a Bernard King.

It's sad over the years, watching so many players disrespect the game and the teams they play for, then they retire and realize how much everything meant to them.


Cant ask a franchise to respect u when you demand a trade at the prime of your career.

Carmelo jealous

 

[UpAndComing]

The better question is

Would Jokic (with his squad) be able to beat the Lakers or Spurs in 2009 to be in the Finals and win a championship?

 

[Shadow King]

That's the team's prerogative. Could they have done it? Sure. Did they owe it to him? Hell no.

And the team prerogative was wrong.

 

[GzUp]

How he gonna assume that they just gave him #15

Before getting drafted

 

[Elim Garak]

I don't think they should have allowed anyone to have that number. However the way he left the team you really can't blame the Nuggets for not respecting his jersey number.

 

[Shadow King]

Melo never won a championship with Denver
Melo never went to an NBA finals with Denver
Did Melo even go to a WCF?

Melo wasn't even a lifetime Nugget.......He played with Denver for 8 seasons.

Melo's accomplishments are all individual.

Most of what you said applies to every other retired Nugget jersey.