You didn't mention how the individuals played in the playoffs. Maybe it was a different season, but i remember the knicks shot horribly from three. It was the year they lost to Paul George and the Pacers. Kidd missed every three he shot. JR and Felton were streaky. Love your vids, but this one was too stat focused, thought you would go beyond stats a describe game play. i do remember tyson chandler being open for dunks while melo was doubled,. Lebron found Bird man in the next series. Birdman made 24 straight FGs i believe to set a record. Love your vids! didnt watch this entire vid yet though.
After 17 years he is still without a ring. How long do they want to delude themselves he will get one. He is still saying they did not give him a chance? WTF
Back in 2002 I was told about an inquire done to nba players in wich they have to say who was the most overrated player and who was the most underrated. Vince Carter and Chanceuy Billups respectively won.
I've always said it. He's just a great iso scorer with great shooting mechanics. He's not a great finisher around the rim. He's not a great defender. He's not a play maker. He's not a leader. He's not a superstar.
@Gordon Freeman That has nothing to do with their regular season record. in the playoffs we had injuries and lost to a rising steph curry in the first round, Nuggets play in the west bro
Well, at least Melo got out of the 1st round while being the franchise player. Tmac technically never made it past the 1st round with him as the franchise player, even with Yao and leading Dallas 2-0.
This is really interesting! Not sure why so many downvotes other than a bunch of salty Melo fans who got triggered after reading the title. I've always thought he was overrated, nothing more than a one-dimensional selfish iso scorer, but even I was gonna defend him for playing on crappy teams until you showed the stats for those '08 Nuggets. Damn that was a real eye-opener and the nail in the coffin as far as this dude's legacy is concerned lol
It seems that with every year that goes by, the more and more people stop looking at facts and start using their feelings. News Flash to the Downvoters, Facts don't care about your feelings.
That 2008 nuggets would’ve won in 2012. 2008 was a very different nba. We all know Kobe in his prime and Tim Duncan in his prime. Dirk in his prime. We all know Melo can’t touch those talents
I’m just saying there chance were a lot better with that 08 team in 2012. Okc was still a young team. They only won because the spurs had injuries that year
imo, Melo is the most overrated player ever. Compared with LeBron since day 1, some took a blind eye towards Wade in favor of Melo because of this cheap hype. Even when LeBron won MVP and Wade won a freaking ring, Melo was still up there in the "conversation" (how to define this conversation is something complicated on it's own, lol). Arrived in New York as a savior, ruins everything. Arrives in OKC as a offensive star, can't score even 12 pts at 37% shooting? C'mon, this guy is shameful. We had undimensional scorers before, English, Dominique, etc.. But they had some decency at least. Melo has nothing, the most overrated player ever. You add his outrageous salary on top of this ice cream of shit.. Hard to not consider him the most overrated.
Honestly, the Wade vs LeBron argument would have been far better in the 2010s. Like I mean Wade had a championship and was robbed of the MVP in '09 while LeBron was an incredible player who had a bad team. Over all his years in the League, what has Carmello accomplished?
@@dataslul McGrady ended his career with injuries. He is diagnosed of scoliosis and he's told that his career will only last for 4 years. Still played at a higher level than Carmelo Anthony.
That 2008 nuggets would’ve won in 2012. 2008 was a very different nba. We all know Kobe in his prime and Tim Duncan in his prime. Dirk in his prime. We all know Melo can’t touch those talents
That 2008 nuggets would’ve won in 2012. 2008 was a very different nba. We all know Kobe in his prime and Tim Duncan in his prime. Dirk in his prime. We all know Melo can’t touch those talents
What's funny is, even if you listen to Melo now in 2024 on his podcast, he still doesn't get it. He's almost 40, and the disconnect is still there. I can't imagine how bad it was when he was 25.
I've been saying this for years. I come from a bball family and my brother was a Melo D rider. I couldnt stress enough that he was the most overhyped player in the league. Could never get my point across no matter what I said to him. He got sent this video as a visual aid. Thanks.
Basketball Examined ....the Game will always be about buckets . Therefore he has been the best player on the team every year . Don't hate , Melo get buckets , most buckets win a game.
I remember one time someone said PER was bs because it had Chauncey Billupd with a better score then Melo. I realized it just mean that Billups is better then Melo
George Karl has a point. In his book (which I never read) and with Melo's overall attitude towards winning in general, lack of intensity or focus on D, comments about winning gold medals instead of NBA championships, and too much damn isolation ball.hell maybe even Phil was right about him
TheGoldeagle99 they were right. A lot of Bronsexuals hate Phil Jackson though so anything against LBJs bro Melo is like a shot against him. But apparently 11 chips isn’t enough experience. SAS is such a huge black apologist that it helped push Phil out the window.
Lakers fan Melo has the same problem as westbrook, shoots too much, turns the ball over too much, and doesn't know how to elevate his teammates. You're just a butthurt Melo fanboy
Tropic Mix Melo & Westbrook couldn't be more different! That's a shitty analogy, Westbrook is a high intensity player who leaves everything on the floor. Melo is a lazy don't give a shit turd who just goes through the motions, hell if he could phone in his game or send in a twin & lay down on his couch he would.
I never agree when people using statistics on comparing players. But u gotta agree that something is definitely off bout melo, whether his defense or leadership ability or even his personality.
Carmelo Anthony has been labeled as Over Rated so much, he's became Underrated. Correct me if I'm wrong, Kobe Bryant said he was one of the best matchups he ever faced
iGoatBP Kobe Bryant also stated Tracy McGrady gave him the most problems. So I don't know your point, maybe the style of play Melo has is fun to play against and somewhat challenging at the same time? I have played against people that weren't as good as some other players all around but they were challenging for me to deal with in unpredictable ways. Doesn't necessarily mean that they are better players, just the way they played challenges me personally.
What does a one on one matchup have to do with being a good teammate and able to lead a team? That's the point of the video... he's overrated in the sense of people still think he can win with him being the number one option which the video proves he's not that guy. He's a one on one nightmare sure, but that's it.
over 50% of his shot was iso, among them almost every shot is jump shot instead of driving to the basket. so when the ball is in his hand, the game becomes his own game, no matter how good he is, he just can't bring his teammates in, even Lebron has a simple system to make assist, but melo doesn't.
Your team comparison strategy is so flawed bc there's so many factors beyond 5-6 players that effect wins esp in different seasons and definitely in different decades
The Thunder comparison was decent but the Knicks one OMG no. Tyson as a All-Star and DPOY came from being a Knick. Kidd ppg was similar but minutes played and thus time to playmake wasn't there. MOST IMPORTANTLY that was a team, an era, when a third of the roster income was shelved by Amare injury. He's remember so fondly because of Nash and Marion but Melo out there just gets shafted. I'll give Melo was always billed wrong. He's always compared to wings who are more guard their frontcourt player. He was always a finisher. He finishes plays. That's why Billups and Kidd/Felton worked well. Asking him or letting him play LeBron was always going to end badly.
Fareal it's like people just have this convenient Amnesia and forget Amare signed a max deal made the all star team fucked his back up first round against Boston and was NEVER the same. Melo with the Pheonix version of Amare woulda been a much different story. But everyone leaves the Stoudemire injury and contract out of the conversation. Amares contract crippled the Knicks the same way Allan Houstons contract did
came here thinking "just another video ripping on the greatest ncaa player ever". found out you made a great video with incredible insight. thoroughly enjoyed your views.
You have a lot of holes in your argument when comparing rosters you used players at their face value and did not break down Where those players were at in their careers
All I see in this video is absolute cherry picking. Sad, and it isn't even very good at that. Jason Kidd 2011 or Tyson Chandler 2011 =/= Jason Kidd 2013 or Tyson Chandler 2013. JR was hella inconsistent, and I'm dumbfounded how you could possibly equate the Matrix with Shump. Pace, space, and Melo's shot making fueled that team yet you leave out that without other players around him actually contributing: JR averaging 13 points on 29%, Felton 11/3/4 on 41%, Shump 10 on 38%, Chandler just 6 and 6, Amar'e with 4 points on 38%... meanwhile Melo averaged 28/8 with 43/35/87 splits... including 39 on 52% shooting in Game 6 where only Iman Shumpert was effective besides him... but noooooooo, Melo brought the team down... You're a hater
Grislock ok but until 4 games ago he was the main reason chemistry in okc wasn’t working out. He stops the ball too much and he can’t even be a spot up shooter which you’d think would be the perfect thing for his career
The bottom line people are so salty on Carmelo is because he never played real defense and never made anyone around him better. Not to mention his leadership was very lacking.
Enough beating a dead horse, let him know that his talents are not longer needed, he made his money, lots of money, but a ring is out of the question, at least as the center piece of a team, that train departed years ago
Melo definitely not overrated. We talking about a 1st ballot Hof player a career 25 ppg scored of course he isn't LeBron or Jordan but who TF is. Kobe never shot over 50 percent for a season ok and during Kobe 35ppg year he took almost 28 shots a game harden is shooting 25 shots again melo 22 shots the Knicks were terrible before melo made them a playoff contender and he took a nuggets team that had a top 3 pick to the playoffs as a rookie smh put some respect on that man name
couldn't keep watching after you said the 08 Nuggets a slightly better than average team that didn't get out of the first round, were comparable to the 2012 Thunder with 3 future MVPs, Serge 'Iblocka', and a run to the finals, come on fam
It's pretty disingenuous to say "Hey, these guys were better later on, so I will assume they were just as good back then". It's like me saying rookie LeBron could match up well one-on-one with a prime Jordan. A really stupid claim to make.
You have 3 videos in this series and not one of them about the most overrated player in NBA history, Kobe Bryant. At least nobody is putting Melo in the GOAT discussion.
Carmelo needs a real point like Billups, the closest he ever had to that was Jason Kidd, in order for Melo to win he has to be a second or third option unfortunately.
That Nuggets team was not beating 09 Orlando Magic. Nah! Even the Lakers winning 4-1 didn't tell the whole story. They had to grind it out and even rode their luck. Game winning layup opportunity missed by Courtney Lee in Game 2, Game 4 Jameer Nelson's whack defense on Fisher leading to the 3s on a night when Dwight put up a monster defensive performance (like 9 blocks I guess). That series, the Magic were a matchup nightmare with Hedo, Rashard and Dwight.
Some good arguments, but you really can't compare teams with similar type players to each other because you have to look at who they're competing against. In 2009 Carmelo's team lost to the eventual champion Lakers, in 2013 they lost to a Pacer team that took LeBron's Heat to 7 games etc. For example, with Allen Iverson, the year he made it to the finals in 2001 was probably one of the worst years in the history of the eastern conference. I'm just saying that every year is different and you have to take that into account.
Eastern Conference since after the Jordan era was watered down. 2003 Eastern Conference was weaker than 2001 East in my opinion. 2001 was a weak year for the East as well.
Um he didn't even make it out the east with a horrible eastern conference to say memo was unlucky every year on his career undermines your credibility memo is selfish doesn't make people better and slows down the ball too much
@@omararreola5449 exactly, it's being proven numerous times that when he's the primary option and ball handler he doesn't lead he's team to success. Also, Melo don't have any excuse like T-Mac, Chris Paul and other players in terms of "lack of success" because of injuries. He's plainly just an underachiever, overhyped and overated ball hog and shot chucker
Carmelo is a player that need a good point whos not intimidated by his ego to hold him down and carmelo is the best player on that nuggets team. ur not being fair to melo he had an over the hill allen iverson who was playing for his a contract which he never really got after that and iverson is a 2 guard not a point
Vitor Hara Chauncy is one of the best leaders of that era. Also, anytime Melo had a competent PG his teams could at least be a threat in the playoffs. They were even passable with Raymomd Felton and old Jason Kid.
Carmelo was certainly a flawed player and I don't know anyone who is arguing that he is better than Durant, Harden, Curry, Lebron, or Kobe, but there's a lot disingenuous BS in this video. Comparing the 08 Nuggets roster to the 2012 Thunder's is laughable. The 01 Sixers made it through the worst Eastern Conference ever. While Chauncey was great for the Nuggets, Dahntay Jones drew the defensive responsibility on Chris Paul in the playoffs. And Melo was incredible in the Dallas series, which the Nuggs won in 5 games. And you point to Chauncey dominating an ancient Jason Kidd, but Kidd's shooting numbers were incredible in that series. You also blame Carmelo for Kenyon Martin's decline, but Martin had serious injuries to both his knees after joining the Nuggets. Also, his decreased scoring was related to his role on the Nuggets compared to the Nets. I think there's a very good case that Melo's career was better than Bernard King's. But yeah, Melo doesn't compare to the all-time greats, and there are other small forwards like Paul Pierce that you didn't even list that surpass him, you just don't have to stack the deck to pile on your case like you did.
I agree with u but ima show u the bullshit. If KG and Ray Allen dont fall out the sky to save Paul Pierces career and legacy in Boston how would we talk about Paul Pierce today. Remember Boston couldn't beat Jersey with Jason Kidd and Keith Van Horn. Paul Pierce was half a season away from being traded. Every player that has gotten anywhere has 1 or 2 first ballot hall of famers playing alongside them Melo NEVER had that. Harden year 10 Westbrook year 11 CP3 year 15 Anthony Davis. I'm interested to see years from now what kind of foolishness and slander you're gonna have about these guys career if they dont win a chip Magic Bird ISIAH JORDAN DUNCAN HAKEEM KOBE SHAQ LEBRON CURRY 84 Sixers 08 Celtics 2011 Mavs those guys and those teams won chips. Name a player that won and he played on one of those teams in the past 40 years.. Melo and Bron only 2 dudes drafted after the 90s to hit 25k. The guy who made this video hates Melo.. it's not his only Melo hate video lol
Yall got the game fucked up its not his fault he never played for a good coach with a system and he never played with a great player you can't compare Billups to Magic... Melo creates his own shot they don't run plays for him get ya facts right
Jr Jr George Karl is a legendary coach, he was top 5 in wins until just this year when Pop passed him. Mike Dantoni is a great coach too asking him to coach a stubborn ball dominant loser like Melo is a recipe for disaster, Mike Woodson is a good coach too. You're talking out of your ass. Compare his coaches to say...LeBrons and it's laughable.
He's not overrated, hes just not an all time top 50 player. If anything he was his generation's Mark Aguirre, a fine scorer from inside and out who never really became a team player, especially at their primes. Aguirre figures it out once he became a Piston, adopted the team first mentality at the cost of his own stats but Anthony never did. That said, Anthony IS the all-time leader in scoring in Olympic history on 3 gold medal winning teams, which in itself is a nice legacy. He also passed the ball on those teams, which is infuriating when you see him play in the NBA. The ability was always there, he juat didn't buy into the team concept in the NBA
Excellent video, insight & observation... I learned a lot, I've watching all the videos of why he is being blackballed & he's not being blackballed, he did it to himself, the diva attitude, not evolving his craft & winning a championship & not being a team player... He wants a pass & not getting it... Best wishes to him...
I was with you when you said Amare and AI stopped making all Nba teams when playing with Melo. Correct me if I'm wrong. Did Amare not get injured first round against Boston and NEVER return to Pheonix form. AI was on his last legs got traded to Detroit and fizzled out. U give such a jaded bias "I dont like Melo" opinion it's so annoying lol. U mix advanced stats with the fact u dont like him. Melo is first ballot hes most definitely one of the best players at his position all time. He got drafted in 2003 u wanted to see him making first team all nba against prime Dirk KG Tim Duncan Lebron Vince in his prime Paul Pierce prime Bosh Tmac lmaoo.. 2 foward spots on an all Nba team and u discounting him for not making first team and Dirk made in twice in 20 years and it coulda easily been argued he be left off. Dominique is overrated then Alex English is too Grant hill didnt play enough to be In the conversation. Your points are so corny lol
I have always said melo needs an elite point guard who can get everyone involved if he wants to win. If Jayson kid came to the knicks in his prime that team would of won it all
Funny how you made a whole video about A.I explaining how inefficient he was and he’s the most overrated player but now you’re lifting him up just to downplay Carmelo. 😂😂 All y’all stat nerds do this and contradict yourself all the time but people are too blind to see it.
Who have been their teammates in these productive years, for each player listed. The reason I ask is because Carmelo probably is the only player without an all-star caliber player on his team.
revolution3481 it's not as accurate as it appears. Most dont count the ridiculous competition in the west in the 2000s. Lakers, Spurs, Timberwolves, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Jazz, Suns, King, Trail Blazers, Clips (one year), Warriors, Sonics, Hornets all made the Playoffs those years and I didn't count Melos Nuggets. 50 wins got you a low seed and you were likely to play an eventual champ in the first two rounds
Great video . Melo hasn’t made any impact . He’s career has been overlooked just because he can score . He doesn’t run back on transition, he’s not a leader , he has been playing the same since he came into the league , and he doesn’t play defense .The only reason why he would make the Hall of Frame , is just because he scored the ball.
This is the most ridiculous statement I've ever read. Melo has been on a building team every year except for 2 seasons. One of those was a WCF appearance and the other was a 2nd seed in the east. Furthermore Carmelo is an extremely underrated perimeter defender. Sure, sometimes he is lazy off ball defense, but he gets a bad rap because he wasn't a good defender in his early years. They should have done better in 2008 but Iverson and Melo's games weren't compatible like Durant and Westbrook. Iverson and Melo both need the ball to score whereas Durant and Westbrook are better athletically so they can score off ball. Now in NY carmelo is being punished because Phil traded Jr, Shumpert, Hardaway and signed a declining Amare Stodamire. I'd go as far as to say Carmelo is one of the most underrated players of all time because of the sheer disrespect he recieves all the time.
imma jus give u the facts when Melo plays with a pure point look how far his team go look it up..but how can he win when Iverson Westbrook and D Rose were his PGs
Jared Abraham Cid FDA trust me I’m not AI is basically the goat. What I’m saying is for Melo’s style scoring PGs never worked good wit him. He needed a CP3/Rondo type PG.
And scoring is more then just how much points its about the ways you can score and tell me outta everyone on thst list who can score in more ways the melo besides kobe ill wait
Im a big ass Melo fan, but the main reason he isn't as good as other scorers like KD, Kobe, Tmac is because he was never that athletic. He's so inefficient because he relied on his jumper too much. If you watch Melo from the triple threat, its very rare that he drives to the hole and when he does, he's simply not athletic enough to fight thru contact like a prime T Mac could. His reliance on his jumper makes him slightly one-dimensional. Yes, he didn't have all the help in the world but he was never the type of player who could take over every aspect of the game, which explains his low PER. As much as I love Melo, you can't help but notice these negative points in his game. If only he kept himself in good shape and focused on becoming more of a slasher as well as a jump shooter, he would have been more efficient and definitely harder to guard.
JJ Gaming - Jack James he hurt his knee a few years ago and that stopped the beautiful pivot work he came in the league with. Also, he hasn't been able to elevate on finishes over defenses for about 4 or 5 seasons.
JJ Gaming you can say the same for derrick rose relied too much on his athleticism and didn’t balance it with jump shooting also add that he played through injuries
This video is stupid, it tells how carmelo anthonys team does good until the playoffs, but if you actually watched these series you would see that everyone on melos team would crumble under pressure besides him and they would lose its not his fault his teamates cant handle the playoffs
Melo won 54 games with the New York Knickerbockers in 2013 (Lost to Indiana Pacers in the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals in 5 games) Melo also won 54 games with the Nuggets in 2009 (Reached the Western Conference Finals but lost to the Los Angeles Lakers) *JR Smith (2012/13 Sixth Man of the Year 🏆)
which is kinda the point. you say someone is on the level of so and so (in this case, all time greats) and i show you how that person is not, how so and so are completely better, then wouldnt you say that you were over rating that person
Cutepool you won’t really find many people that compare Melos career to Kobe, Lebron, KD ect. Only naive die hard Melo fans might. Most people who don’t hate Melo will say that he is a tier or 2 bellow those players. And that’s what his stats say.
understandable, no one is comparing them. at least i'm not, but compared to the top 15 SF's that BBall Exp listed, melo comes very short of them, which is a way to show overratedness. give context to his stats basically
Col Conno how is overrated the only thing he's praised for is scoring not winning nun else just simply scoring it's videos and people like this who get all these extra ass stats dat no one talks about just to say sum one isn't good and those same people can't even score 10 points in a d2 college league
Col Conno bruh at the end of day would u be scared if u had 10 seconds on the clock and Melo had the ball on a iso cuz ion think u would that's a 97% guaranteed bucket and no I'm not a Melo fan
When you consider how little of a willing passer Carmelo Anthony was compared to the other top scorers mentioned it isn’t that surprising that he was less efficient. I would say there are more overrated players than he though, as he has never been thought of as a defender, passer, rebounder etc. just a scorer and only really an iso one at that. I would say a better comparison would be Joe Johnson, to whom despite injuries Carmelo was better individually, but I would probably prefer Joe on my team given the option.
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King Andretti word he just regurgitate the rest of the bloodsucking media with they clueless Melohate
You didn't mention how the individuals played in the playoffs. Maybe it was a different season, but i remember the knicks shot horribly from three. It was the year they lost to Paul George and the Pacers. Kidd missed every three he shot. JR and Felton were streaky. Love your vids, but this one was too stat focused, thought you would go beyond stats a describe game play. i do remember tyson chandler being open for dunks while melo was doubled,. Lebron found Bird man in the next series. Birdman made 24 straight FGs i believe to set a record. Love your vids! didnt watch this entire vid yet though.
Great analysis. He's a relic, and has been for the entirety of this decade.
Melo crushed Amare Stoudamire and Jeremy Lin chance to lead the Knicks lol. They both was balling out until Melo came/came back from injury
Truth!
After 17 years he is still without a ring. How long do they want to delude themselves he will get one. He is still saying they did not give him a chance? WTF
@@greaterbayareahero1401 Hes trash
Amari would've been over that hof hump possibly
Lmao if u truly believe Jeremy Lin can lead a team
Billups is the most underrated player ever
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Moses Malone. Scottie Pippen.
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Yes great leader clutch and is a champion
Back in 2002 I was told about an inquire done to nba players in wich they have to say who was the most overrated player and who was the most underrated. Vince Carter and Chanceuy Billups respectively won.
When Basketball Examined says "for example" you know somebody's argument is about to be debunked. 😏
Why tf is he comparing melo to people like Jordan, lebron, kobe, d Wade, KD we all know that these guys are better then melo
Because ppl were making arguments that Melo was a Top 5-10 player in the league when some of these guys were playing.
Some people call Melo a top 30 player of all time
Lol he isnt even top 75. Maybe not even top 100.
Harry Engel Carmelo at least he can make it out the first round and he was a more efficient scorer than Tracy
All of you are idiots. Have you seen melo in his prime??!💯😤
I've always said it. He's just a great iso scorer with great shooting mechanics.
He's not a great finisher around the rim.
He's not a great defender.
He's not a play maker.
He's not a leader.
He's not a superstar.
Well said...
Ur buggin🤣
Not a team player, Another street ball player.
Facts
He has no insight in terms of the understanding of basketball except scoring
Nice nod to Chauncy Billups, one of the most underrated players of all time, possibly.
All i'll say is the denver nuggets had a better record the season after they traded him
Nuggets trade melo and then win 57 games with iguodala and ty lawson leading the way lol
@@charlolbj23 Nuggets also had 17 wins before melo and 43 when they drafted him
@@luisrodrigues7960 melo was a winner then
@Gordon Freeman That has nothing to do with their regular season record. in the playoffs we had injuries and lost to a rising steph curry in the first round, Nuggets play in the west bro
@@calebchapel7835the west was not always that good and people need to stop acting like it was. Western teams were still losing to Eastern teams.
Well, at least Melo got out of the 1st round while being the franchise player. Tmac technically never made it past the 1st round with him as the franchise player, even with Yao and leading Dallas 2-0.
Lol I remeber that Billups/Iverson trade. Detroit got worse and Denver got better. Billups made that Denver team no. 2 in the west
This is really interesting! Not sure why so many downvotes other than a bunch of salty Melo fans who got triggered after reading the title. I've always thought he was overrated, nothing more than a one-dimensional selfish iso scorer, but even I was gonna defend him for playing on crappy teams until you showed the stats for those '08 Nuggets. Damn that was a real eye-opener and the nail in the coffin as far as this dude's legacy is concerned lol
It seems that with every year that goes by, the more and more people stop looking at facts and start using their feelings.
News Flash to the Downvoters, Facts don't care about your feelings.
Well damn u just said it all, perfectly
That 2008 nuggets would’ve won in 2012. 2008 was a very different nba. We all know Kobe in his prime and Tim Duncan in his prime. Dirk in his prime. We all know Melo can’t touch those talents
Vitor Hara maybe not win but make past okc yes.
I’m just saying there chance were a lot better with that 08 team in 2012. Okc was still a young team. They only won because the spurs had injuries that year
imo, Melo is the most overrated player ever. Compared with LeBron since day 1, some took a blind eye towards Wade in favor of Melo because of this cheap hype. Even when LeBron won MVP and Wade won a freaking ring, Melo was still up there in the "conversation" (how to define this conversation is something complicated on it's own, lol). Arrived in New York as a savior, ruins everything. Arrives in OKC as a offensive star, can't score even 12 pts at 37% shooting? C'mon, this guy is shameful. We had undimensional scorers before, English, Dominique, etc.. But they had some decency at least. Melo has nothing, the most overrated player ever. You add his outrageous salary on top of this ice cream of shit.. Hard to not consider him the most overrated.
Honestly, the Wade vs LeBron argument would have been far better in the 2010s. Like I mean Wade had a championship and was robbed of the MVP in '09 while LeBron was an incredible player who had a bad team. Over all his years in the League, what has Carmello accomplished?
McGrady is probably even more overrated and for similar reasons.
@@dataslul McGrady ended his career with injuries. He is diagnosed of scoliosis and he's told that his career will only last for 4 years. Still played at a higher level than Carmelo Anthony.
@@sumiokodai1652 Have to say, after looking at it, early 20s McGrady was definitely better than Carmelo by any standard. You have a point there.
Alejandro Lozano Aguas McGrady played defense. Can’t say the same for marshmelo
I respect his game and have been impressed with his moves. But he really is overrated. Very inefficient and no effort on defense,
Harry Engel how does that sound like a good player??
“Yo, P, They’re saying I gotta come off the bench”
Carmelo Anthony
“I’m not sacrificing a bench role”
Carmelo Anthony
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All he did was state facts
cass connally fanboys can't handle that
cass connally so he doesn’t use bias
That 2008 nuggets would’ve won in 2012. 2008 was a very different nba. We all know Kobe in his prime and Tim Duncan in his prime. Dirk in his prime. We all know Melo can’t touch those talents
That 2008 nuggets would’ve won in 2012. 2008 was a very different nba. We all know Kobe in his prime and Tim Duncan in his prime. Dirk in his prime. We all know Melo can’t touch those talents
Kev Marray nah. That Nuggets team would never have beaten the 2012 Heat. That was Lebron at his peak and Wade and Bosh still going strong. No way.
lots of knicks fans watched this
James Macdonald im a knicks fan and i know the reality about melo
No most knick fans are sick of melo. It's melo fans that have caused problems
A lot of Knicks fans would agree with this video
@@almargarcia1226 Only the delusional botard casuals would dislike this vid
I'm a Knicks fan and I know this is spot on. We all do. Only Melo's fan boy homies refuse to acknowledge how overrated he was.
What's funny is, even if you listen to Melo now in 2024 on his podcast, he still doesn't get it.
He's almost 40, and the disconnect is still there. I can't imagine how bad it was when he was 25.
I've been saying this for years. I come from a bball family and my brother was a Melo D rider. I couldnt stress enough that he was the most overhyped player in the league. Could never get my point across no matter what I said to him. He got sent this video as a visual aid. Thanks.
I agree with Melo's criticisms involving the NBA but as a huge Cuse fan I can say he's a legend
Iverson trade was horrible, The Nuggets tookoff when they traded him for Billups.
basically chancey said it best his leadership isn't strong but that doesn't mean he wasn't the best player on the team
Basketball Examined If you don't think Carmelo was the beat player in those Nuggets team, you've lost it
Dan Stan thank u!!!
Basketball Examined ....the Game will always be about buckets . Therefore he has been the best player on the team every year . Don't hate , Melo get buckets , most buckets win a game.
Melo is really vocal.
Antbeast23 af
I'm not sure if he is, but Chauncey Billups deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. One of the great PGs of our time.
Agreed
I remember one time someone said PER was bs because it had Chauncey Billupd with a better score then Melo. I realized it just mean that Billups is better then Melo
George Karl has a point. In his book (which I never read) and with Melo's overall attitude towards winning in general, lack of intensity or focus on D, comments about winning gold medals instead of NBA championships, and too much damn isolation ball.hell maybe even Phil was right about him
TheGoldeagle99 there's no maybe
TheGoldeagle99 they were right. A lot of Bronsexuals hate Phil Jackson though so anything against LBJs bro Melo is like a shot against him. But apparently 11 chips isn’t enough experience. SAS is such a huge black apologist that it helped push Phil out the window.
TheGoldeagle99 George Karl has also alienated himself from most of his former players repeatedly on different incidents.
Lakers fan Melo has the same problem as westbrook, shoots too much, turns the ball over too much, and doesn't know how to elevate his teammates. You're just a butthurt Melo fanboy
Tropic Mix Melo & Westbrook couldn't be more different! That's a shitty analogy, Westbrook is a high intensity player who leaves everything on the floor. Melo is a lazy don't give a shit turd who just goes through the motions, hell if he could phone in his game or send in a twin & lay down on his couch he would.
Melo is not a leader... he a black hole
He’s a good streak scorer that’s all
Lol
Not even a good streak scorer
Phil Jackson
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You're spot on about Chauncey Billups man, always felt he's been so underrated
3:56 I love how 80% of the people you showed on the nuggets just ended up on the Knicks 😂😂
I never agree when people using statistics on comparing players. But u gotta agree that something is definitely off bout melo, whether his defense or leadership ability or even his personality.
You don't agree about stats?! Lol! Facts don't need you to agree with them.
P Ags stats aren't the be all end all, you have to put it into context.
And stats can't tell zilch about HOW any of it happened - just that it happened.
The only stat that really means very much is the W.
like russell westBRICKS triple double stats
Orange Spore Melo isn’t a leader at all. But he’s just became more less efficient it could be personal tho.
Great video. I've always thought that melo was an overrated volume scorer. This video proves that I was right.
Carmelo Anthony has been labeled as Over Rated so much, he's became Underrated. Correct me if I'm wrong, Kobe Bryant said he was one of the best matchups he ever faced
iGoatBP Carmelo is overrated because most of his fans keep on ranking him over lebron or other legends
Macnugot Macnugot2 I know and it's said being the only melo fan around and everyone hating on my mans 😭😭😂😂
Carmelo fucking sucks
iGoatBP Kobe Bryant also stated Tracy McGrady gave him the most problems. So I don't know your point, maybe the style of play Melo has is fun to play against and somewhat challenging at the same time? I have played against people that weren't as good as some other players all around but they were challenging for me to deal with in unpredictable ways. Doesn't necessarily mean that they are better players, just the way they played challenges me personally.
What does a one on one matchup have to do with being a good teammate and able to lead a team? That's the point of the video... he's overrated in the sense of people still think he can win with him being the number one option which the video proves he's not that guy. He's a one on one nightmare sure, but that's it.
over 50% of his shot was iso, among them almost every shot is jump shot instead of driving to the basket.
so when the ball is in his hand, the game becomes his own game, no matter how good he is, he just can't bring his teammates in, even Lebron has a simple system to make assist, but melo doesn't.
Your team comparison strategy is so flawed bc there's so many factors beyond 5-6 players that effect wins esp in different seasons and definitely in different decades
Shut up Addison! And stop making so much damn sense!
Cant argue he's trash and overrated tho
Cal Schmidt I will never forgive him for pushing Lin and D’iantoni out of NY the team was better without Melo. He got jealous thats just sad
The Thunder comparison was decent but the Knicks one OMG no. Tyson as a All-Star and DPOY came from being a Knick. Kidd ppg was similar but minutes played and thus time to playmake wasn't there. MOST IMPORTANTLY that was a team, an era, when a third of the roster income was shelved by Amare injury. He's remember so fondly because of Nash and Marion but Melo out there just gets shafted.
I'll give Melo was always billed wrong. He's always compared to wings who are more guard their frontcourt player. He was always a finisher. He finishes plays. That's why Billups and Kidd/Felton worked well. Asking him or letting him play LeBron was always going to end badly.
Fareal it's like people just have this convenient Amnesia and forget Amare signed a max deal made the all star team fucked his back up first round against Boston and was NEVER the same. Melo with the Pheonix version of Amare woulda been a much different story. But everyone leaves the Stoudemire injury and contract out of the conversation. Amares contract crippled the Knicks the same way Allan Houstons contract did
came here thinking "just another video ripping on the greatest ncaa player ever". found out you made a great video with incredible insight. thoroughly enjoyed your views.
50-32 as an 8th seed goddamn
You have a lot of holes in your argument when comparing rosters you used players at their face value and did not break down Where those players were at in their careers
All I see in this video is absolute cherry picking. Sad, and it isn't even very good at that. Jason Kidd 2011 or Tyson Chandler 2011 =/= Jason Kidd 2013 or Tyson Chandler 2013. JR was hella inconsistent, and I'm dumbfounded how you could possibly equate the Matrix with Shump. Pace, space, and Melo's shot making fueled that team yet you leave out that without other players around him actually contributing: JR averaging 13 points on 29%, Felton 11/3/4 on 41%, Shump 10 on 38%, Chandler just 6 and 6, Amar'e with 4 points on 38%... meanwhile Melo averaged 28/8 with 43/35/87 splits... including 39 on 52% shooting in Game 6 where only Iman Shumpert was effective besides him... but noooooooo, Melo brought the team down... You're a hater
i mean thats all good and all but melo cant lead a team look at what he is doing to okc
Kidd khamalah he’s not supposed to be the leader on okc thats Russ’s job
Grislock ok but until 4 games ago he was the main reason chemistry in okc wasn’t working out. He stops the ball too much and he can’t even be a spot up shooter which you’d think would be the perfect thing for his career
Kidd khamalah
he old now nigga chill, compare this melo to 08 melo
BILLYthe FROG melo in his prime wasn’t bad but he just wasn’t great enough to be compared to the players he was compared to
If Melo was an elite defender or at least hard working on that end, he’d be in the league still
He is about to ruin the rockets now. They lost good defenders and got a non defender
The bottom line people are so salty on Carmelo is because he never played real defense and never made anyone around him better. Not to mention his leadership was very lacking.
The days when 50 and 32 put you at the 8th seed 😞
Enough beating a dead horse, let him know that his talents are not longer needed, he made his money, lots of money, but a ring is out of the question, at least as the center piece of a team, that train departed years ago
Westbrook is overrated he even got an mvp
Melo definitely not overrated. We talking about a 1st ballot Hof player a career 25 ppg scored of course he isn't LeBron or Jordan but who TF is. Kobe never shot over 50 percent for a season ok and during Kobe 35ppg year he took almost 28 shots a game harden is shooting 25 shots again melo 22 shots the Knicks were terrible before melo made them a playoff contender and he took a nuggets team that had a top 3 pick to the playoffs as a rookie smh put some respect on that man name
Lmaooooo thats why he's signed to the couch casual
couldn't keep watching after you said the 08 Nuggets a slightly better than average team that didn't get out of the first round, were comparable to the 2012 Thunder with 3 future MVPs, Serge 'Iblocka', and a run to the finals, come on fam
It's pretty disingenuous to say "Hey, these guys were better later on, so I will assume they were just as good back then". It's like me saying rookie LeBron could match up well one-on-one with a prime Jordan. A really stupid claim to make.
Even his one year at Syracuse, Gerry McNamara and Hakeem Warrick were the two leaders of that squad.
You have 3 videos in this series and not one of them about the most overrated player in NBA history, Kobe Bryant. At least nobody is putting Melo in the GOAT discussion.
kobe knew how to clinch the finals, not like that specialist in failure
@@RafsanS15 Yeah and Melo is nowhere near Kobe's level too.
Ooooohhhh.... nobody even wants to discuss that one! The truth would destroy that image
Carmelo needs a real point like Billups, the closest he ever had to that was Jason Kidd, in order for Melo to win he has to be a second or third option unfortunately.
Andre Miller was a real PG too. They traded him away for AI because Melo got suspended for 15 games
2012 harden is so much better than jr ever was. it is not even funny. come on
Wasn't that 08 nugget team the 8th seed
Jr Jr They could have ranked much higher with that team.
Pretty good video I'll subscribe
if Melo never faced kobe he would have won a championship
Yeah that would definitely change the perspective of his legacy then
2009 was his best shot at a championship
That Nuggets team was not beating 09 Orlando Magic. Nah! Even the Lakers winning 4-1 didn't tell the whole story. They had to grind it out and even rode their luck. Game winning layup opportunity missed by Courtney Lee in Game 2, Game 4 Jameer Nelson's whack defense on Fisher leading to the 3s on a night when Dwight put up a monster defensive performance (like 9 blocks I guess). That series, the Magic were a matchup nightmare with Hedo, Rashard and Dwight.
The reality is *Melo* still doesn't get it.....🤔
Dummy never did and him and his dense fans wonder why he's signed to the couch
@@KillaSmit20789 Yep they're all birds of a feather.....😄
Some good arguments, but you really can't compare teams with similar type players to each other because you have to look at who they're competing against. In 2009 Carmelo's team lost to the eventual champion Lakers, in 2013 they lost to a Pacer team that took LeBron's Heat to 7 games etc. For example, with Allen Iverson, the year he made it to the finals in 2001 was probably one of the worst years in the history of the eastern conference. I'm just saying that every year is different and you have to take that into account.
Eastern Conference since after the Jordan era was watered down. 2003 Eastern Conference was weaker than 2001 East in my opinion. 2001 was a weak year for the East as well.
@@sedcdf facts bro
I agree with the statement, but even with context Melo underachieved. When he played in the really weak Eastern conference he didn't showed up.
Um he didn't even make it out the east with a horrible eastern conference to say memo was unlucky every year on his career undermines your credibility memo is selfish doesn't make people better and slows down the ball too much
@@omararreola5449 exactly, it's being proven numerous times that when he's the primary option and ball handler he doesn't lead he's team to success. Also, Melo don't have any excuse like T-Mac, Chris Paul and other players in terms of "lack of success" because of injuries. He's plainly just an underachiever, overhyped and overated ball hog and shot chucker
Id take a prime Tmac or prime Drose any day.over Melo....and Melo messed up his legacy when he chosed money over glory, thats all i have to say
Carmelo is a player that need a good point whos not intimidated by his ego to hold him down and carmelo is the best player on that nuggets team. ur not being fair to melo he had an over the hill allen iverson who was playing for his a contract which he never really got after that and iverson is a 2 guard not a point
Score 1st point gaurd
Or a combo gaurd
Vitor Hara Chauncy is one of the best leaders of that era. Also, anytime Melo had a competent PG his teams could at least be a threat in the playoffs. They were even passable with Raymomd Felton and old Jason Kid.
iverson was not over the hill
Carmelo was certainly a flawed player and I don't know anyone who is arguing that he is better than Durant, Harden, Curry, Lebron, or Kobe, but there's a lot disingenuous BS in this video. Comparing the 08 Nuggets roster to the 2012 Thunder's is laughable. The 01 Sixers made it through the worst Eastern Conference ever. While Chauncey was great for the Nuggets, Dahntay Jones drew the defensive responsibility on Chris Paul in the playoffs. And Melo was incredible in the Dallas series, which the Nuggs won in 5 games. And you point to Chauncey dominating an ancient Jason Kidd, but Kidd's shooting numbers were incredible in that series. You also blame Carmelo for Kenyon Martin's decline, but Martin had serious injuries to both his knees after joining the Nuggets. Also, his decreased scoring was related to his role on the Nuggets compared to the Nets. I think there's a very good case that Melo's career was better than Bernard King's. But yeah, Melo doesn't compare to the all-time greats, and there are other small forwards like Paul Pierce that you didn't even list that surpass him, you just don't have to stack the deck to pile on your case like you did.
I agree with u but ima show u the bullshit. If KG and Ray Allen dont fall out the sky to save Paul Pierces career and legacy in Boston how would we talk about Paul Pierce today. Remember Boston couldn't beat Jersey with Jason Kidd and Keith Van Horn. Paul Pierce was half a season away from being traded. Every player that has gotten anywhere has 1 or 2 first ballot hall of famers playing alongside them Melo NEVER had that. Harden year 10 Westbrook year 11 CP3 year 15 Anthony Davis. I'm interested to see years from now what kind of foolishness and slander you're gonna have about these guys career if they dont win a chip Magic Bird ISIAH JORDAN DUNCAN HAKEEM KOBE SHAQ LEBRON CURRY 84 Sixers 08 Celtics 2011 Mavs those guys and those teams won chips. Name a player that won and he played on one of those teams in the past 40 years.. Melo and Bron only 2 dudes drafted after the 90s to hit 25k. The guy who made this video hates Melo.. it's not his only Melo hate video lol
Yall got the game fucked up its not his fault he never played for a good coach with a system and he never played with a great player you can't compare Billups to Magic... Melo creates his own shot they don't run plays for him get ya facts right
He played for George Carl
Rogue Star George who?
Jr Jr George Karl is a legendary coach, he was top 5 in wins until just this year when Pop passed him. Mike Dantoni is a great coach too asking him to coach a stubborn ball dominant loser like Melo is a recipe for disaster, Mike Woodson is a good coach too. You're talking out of your ass. Compare his coaches to say...LeBrons and it's laughable.
I love Your videos man
He's not overrated, hes just not an all time top 50 player. If anything he was his generation's Mark Aguirre, a fine scorer from inside and out who never really became a team player, especially at their primes.
Aguirre figures it out once he became a Piston, adopted the team first mentality at the cost of his own stats but Anthony never did.
That said, Anthony IS the all-time leader in scoring in Olympic history on 3 gold medal winning teams, which in itself is a nice legacy.
He also passed the ball on those teams, which is infuriating when you see him play in the NBA. The ability was always there, he juat didn't buy into the team concept in the NBA
Excellent video, insight & observation... I learned a lot, I've watching all the videos of why he is being blackballed & he's not being blackballed, he did it to himself, the diva attitude, not evolving his craft & winning a championship & not being a team player... He wants a pass & not getting it... Best wishes to him...
pause at 2:06. damn kobe..
James Harden prolly sitting on 80 by now lol
Just don’t put the efficiency
Bruh Melo is not overrated in fact he is underrated nowdays
I was with you when you said Amare and AI stopped making all Nba teams when playing with Melo. Correct me if I'm wrong. Did Amare not get injured first round against Boston and NEVER return to Pheonix form. AI was on his last legs got traded to Detroit and fizzled out. U give such a jaded bias "I dont like Melo" opinion it's so annoying lol. U mix advanced stats with the fact u dont like him. Melo is first ballot hes most definitely one of the best players at his position all time. He got drafted in 2003 u wanted to see him making first team all nba against prime Dirk KG Tim Duncan Lebron Vince in his prime Paul Pierce prime Bosh Tmac lmaoo.. 2 foward spots on an all Nba team and u discounting him for not making first team and Dirk made in twice in 20 years and it coulda easily been argued he be left off. Dominique is overrated then Alex English is too Grant hill didnt play enough to be In the conversation. Your points are so corny lol
Of course its always the stupid Melo fans that make endless excuses smh.
@@JKTProductionzIncNCo and it's the Melo haters that blame him for everything
I have always said melo needs an elite point guard who can get everyone involved if he wants to win. If Jayson kid came to the knicks in his prime that team would of won it all
3:59 "These two rosters are almost identical" - no. No they are not haha
I didn't even catch that. Man that was a reach lol
got to upload more man great video btw
Jamaal Wilkes is not better than Carmelo Anthony
Dana NBT did you ever get to watch Wilkes play? He was phenomenal.
Nor is Adrian Dantley better
Dana NBT adam morrison was better
Aaries Harris Adrian Dantley yes he is, I cant speak for Jamaal Wilkes though, I haven’t really seen him play.
Jamaal was BADASS
Funny how you made a whole video about A.I explaining how inefficient he was and he’s the most overrated player but now you’re lifting him up just to downplay Carmelo. 😂😂
All y’all stat nerds do this and contradict yourself all the time but people are too blind to see it.
Nah this is good ass take
So you ignore the entire vid to point at one point you disagree with? You disagree with anything else here?
I wish Detroit would have just drafted him, him and Chauncy would have won multiple Chip's
demosthene brignol I think about that shit everyday man I'm from the D I was so pissed we didn't get him
Darko Milicic 🤣🤣
Demo B right his legacy would have been so much better.
He wouldn't have won shit with Detroit. Not with his complete lack of defense.
Xavier Vega he would’ve been a system. Sheed was playing that shit. He was going play D.
Melo will be the greatest player in the Chinese League
Who have been their teammates in these productive years, for each player listed. The reason I ask is because Carmelo probably is the only player without an all-star caliber player on his team.
lebron in 06 had NOBODY
You do good research dude
wow great video.. you hit that right on the button. SHOUT OUT to Phil Jackson, George Karl and Chauncey Billups
But... but he got those endless jab steps.
Why so many dislikes? This guy proves what he's saying with numbers...
revolution3481 it's not as accurate as it appears. Most dont count the ridiculous competition in the west in the 2000s. Lakers, Spurs, Timberwolves, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Jazz, Suns, King, Trail Blazers, Clips (one year), Warriors, Sonics, Hornets all made the Playoffs those years and I didn't count Melos Nuggets. 50 wins got you a low seed and you were likely to play an eventual champ in the first two rounds
Great video . Melo hasn’t made any impact . He’s career has been overlooked just because he can score . He doesn’t run back on transition, he’s not a leader , he has been playing the same since he came into the league , and he doesn’t play defense .The only reason why he would make the Hall of Frame , is just because he scored the ball.
He's an inefficient volume shooter who has never won anything. He's an average player.
True, and Westbrook is 2nd. Never should have won the MVP award just for averaging fabricated triple doubles...
This is the most ridiculous statement I've ever read. Melo has been on a building team every year except for 2 seasons. One of those was a WCF appearance and the other was a 2nd seed in the east. Furthermore Carmelo is an extremely underrated perimeter defender. Sure, sometimes he is lazy off ball defense, but he gets a bad rap because he wasn't a good defender in his early years. They should have done better in 2008 but Iverson and Melo's games weren't compatible like Durant and Westbrook. Iverson and Melo both need the ball to score whereas Durant and Westbrook are better athletically so they can score off ball. Now in NY carmelo is being punished because Phil traded Jr, Shumpert, Hardaway and signed a declining Amare Stodamire.
I'd go as far as to say Carmelo is one of the most underrated players of all time because of the sheer disrespect he recieves all the time.
Milan Pezos exactly. Chauncey billups
Lol
PREACH
this man said kd and russ wernt compatible
funny
The truth hurts!
imma jus give u the facts when Melo plays with a pure point look how far his team go look it up..but how can he win when Iverson Westbrook and D Rose were his PGs
Yo don't diss the answer bro
Jared Abraham Cid FDA trust me I’m not AI is basically the goat. What I’m saying is for Melo’s style scoring PGs never worked good wit him. He needed a CP3/Rondo type PG.
@@freezhollywood you mean an ineffective scoring
I always asked myself why Melo was always put in Top players talk
Iverson and melo didn’t work cuz AI still wanted to b the guy
Damn this is heart breaking to a Melo fan!He was all hype and I must admit that!He was never really a elite player.Just a good scorer at the time
That's why guys like Kobe Bryant gave him so much respect right? Because he was never elite.
And scoring is more then just how much points its about the ways you can score and tell me outta everyone on thst list who can score in more ways the melo besides kobe ill wait
2double0 Ima harden Stan but I got no choice but to completely agree with you Melos footwork and form is just fucking beautiful to look at
zai green Durants a Way better Scorer then Melo. Jordans better. Wilt. Larry Bird. Steve Nash in His prime.
Melo can only score from midrange, which is useless in today’s game
He can score from anywhere that’s the point Witt can’t shoot free throws let alone threes idk what you are talking about
Drippy Jay Steve Nash? Tf.
Im a big ass Melo fan, but the main reason he isn't as good as other scorers like KD, Kobe, Tmac is because he was never that athletic. He's so inefficient because he relied on his jumper too much. If you watch Melo from the triple threat, its very rare that he drives to the hole and when he does, he's simply not athletic enough to fight thru contact like a prime T Mac could. His reliance on his jumper makes him slightly one-dimensional.
Yes, he didn't have all the help in the world but he was never the type of player who could take over every aspect of the game, which explains his low PER. As much as I love Melo, you can't help but notice these negative points in his game. If only he kept himself in good shape and focused on becoming more of a slasher as well as a jump shooter, he would have been more efficient and definitely harder to guard.
JJ Gaming - Jack James he hurt his knee a few years ago and that stopped the beautiful pivot work he came in the league with. Also, he hasn't been able to elevate on finishes over defenses for about 4 or 5 seasons.
Curry was never that athletic, but he was an efficient scorer.
Mr.Calculus/TheUnBiasedDude but curry can drive to the basket and be able to finish
JJ Gaming you can say the same for derrick rose relied too much on his athleticism and didn’t balance it with jump shooting also add that he played through injuries
This video is stupid, it tells how carmelo anthonys team does good until the playoffs, but if you actually watched these series you would see that everyone on melos team would crumble under pressure besides him and they would lose its not his fault his teamates cant handle the playoffs
Justin Money Melo isn't that good
J He never missed the playoffs his entire career until 2013-14 where his second best player was jr smith
J Larry was a good shooter Daniel Gibson was decent i forgot da center name but he had a post game and a mid range Eric snow was ass
Justin Money Thank You I just posted a similar comment This nigga is fuckin dumb. I just watched this outta curiosity. Wasted 4 minutes of my life!!!
no, it really is his fault.
He's got Adrian Dantley-itus. Same shit, different era.
Melo won 54 games with the New York Knickerbockers in 2013
(Lost to Indiana Pacers in the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals in 5 games)
Melo also won 54 games with the Nuggets in 2009
(Reached the Western Conference Finals but lost to the Los Angeles Lakers)
*JR Smith (2012/13 Sixth Man of the Year 🏆)
Finally ive been making this argurment for yrs
I've been saying this for years now. Great video
All those players had better teams so this doesn't make sense
SAS just doesn't get it.
This video isn’t showing that Melo is overrated, it’s basically just showing a bunch of players that are better.
which is kinda the point. you say someone is on the level of so and so (in this case, all time greats) and i show you how that person is not, how so and so are completely better, then wouldnt you say that you were over rating that person
Cutepool you won’t really find many people that compare Melos career to Kobe, Lebron, KD ect. Only naive die hard Melo fans might. Most people who don’t hate Melo will say that he is a tier or 2 bellow those players. And that’s what his stats say.
understandable, no one is comparing them. at least i'm not, but compared to the top 15 SF's that BBall Exp listed, melo comes very short of them, which is a way to show overratedness. give context to his stats basically
Cutepool true. But you can’t take lists like that seriously sometimes. ESPNs top players of all time listed Robert Covington above Melo... so yeah
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How? Did you not watch the video???
Melo is trash
Hahahahhaha melo pg and westbrick lost to a rookie in the 1st round. melo is garbage i dunno how the fuck people like him
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I think Carmelo always thought he was better than he really was....
he's not overrated bro
Col Conno how is overrated the only thing he's praised for is scoring not winning nun else just simply scoring it's videos and people like this who get all these extra ass stats dat no one talks about just to say sum one isn't good and those same people can't even score 10 points in a d2 college league
Col Conno bruh at the end of day would u be scared if u had 10 seconds on the clock and Melo had the ball on a iso cuz ion think u would that's a 97% guaranteed bucket and no I'm not a Melo fan
+Col Conno never a top 10 player? In 2012-13 Melo finished 3rd in MVP voting. Name 10 players who were better than him that year. I'll wait......
MegaTank40 Westbrook Durant Paul George LeBron Kobe (When Healthy) Dwight Howard Chris Paul Dywane Wade Blake Griffin D-Rose (In his prime)
thatonekid ok Blake Griffin over Carmelo? based on what?
When you consider how little of a willing passer Carmelo Anthony was compared to the other top scorers mentioned it isn’t that surprising that he was less efficient.
I would say there are more overrated players than he though, as he has never been thought of as a defender, passer, rebounder etc. just a scorer and only really an iso one at that.
I would say a better comparison would be Joe Johnson, to whom despite injuries Carmelo was better individually, but I would probably prefer Joe on my team given the option.
Great video!
Once again Kobe Bryant says otherwise
Melo has never been overrated. I’ve never heard anyone say anything good about Melo since the nuggs. He out there trying to make bank
0:42 those slow mo intros look cool af