Melo is the epitome of a player who is given every chance to score or do whatever he wants and does so without considering the repercussions (sacrificing teamwork, nondevelopment of young talent, real defense, etc.) then blames everyone except himself for not winning.
yes he got so many chances. the denver team literally just want him to be on the team as the superstar but he somehow leaves thinking his teammates not good enough lol.
Three things went wrong for Melo’s time with the Knicks. 1. He forced the Nuggets to trade him at the deadline so the Knicks had to give up a bunch of assets to get him when he could’ve signed with New York in the offseason and play with all those assets they had surrendered to Denver 2. He couldn’t get along with Jeremy Lin. If he had a smaller ego, I genuinely believe they could’ve became a competitive team for a couple seasons 3. He signed a giant contract with the Knicks which handicapped the Knicks’ spending power
The Knicks didn't give up nearly as much as the Nuggets did. None of the players Denver got in trade were even on the same level of Melo and Gallinari was a creampuff who couldn't play one game without getting hurt.
@@emperorpalpatine1228nuggets made the playoffs with all the guys they got in the trade a bunch of times. Meanwhile Melo won 1 whole playoff series in the 7 years with the Knicks. Most overrated player of all time, guy won 3 playoff rounds in 20 years
@@ctwwtc8761 People talk about Melo's conference finals in the West all the while forgetting that the great underrated Chauncey Billups was the key part of that playoff run. Billups himself said it - scoring meant too much for him - even if they had won and Melo had a bad game - Melo would not be happy. Enough said.
@@Str8Maddeness I remember that too Linsanity got started Melo was just a bad addition to any team it is sad too considering he looked good on paper but that playstyle didn't help with wins.
@@antwan1357 i mean if u are not a superman like micheal jordan just dont hog the ball at all times. even kobe cant 1v9 somtimes basketball is a team sport.
They made it to the Western Conference Finals and the team traded away parts of the conference finals run like Billups. They were starting a rebuild when Melo was still there and he said fuck that
What's more is Lin, a nobody at the time, took the same roster of fringe NBA talent and made them into one of the best and most cohesive teams in the league in that span, and Melo came back and they reverted into a predictable, easily defeated shit squad again.
Honestly, he should've signed with them in the off-season instead of having them gut their roster to trade for him. They still probably wouldn't have beat the Heat, but they would've been more competitive.
Way more competitive , the record at the time aint say much but the 2011 Knicks before the Melo trade were exciting/fun and talented as hell , Melo woulda been icing on the cake , that and Amare staying healthy , 1st year Knicks Amare was elite
As a Heat fan, I'll always remember laughing so hard when the Knicks won 1 game against us in the playoffs and then they showered the floor with confetti. LOL
Not sure who said it, but I remember reading how Melo would be all cheery and positive even if the team lost as long as he made 30pts and the be down and gloomy even if they won but he made less than 20pts... So not surprised to hear that he may have had a hand on Lin getting traded... Just look at how he was in OKC, he laughed at the suggestion of him coming off the bench...
Your videos are honestly some the best I’ve seen in a while and they are super informative and helpful for new fans that are just getting into basketball and best of all you include context and just straight facts with no bullshit You are one of my new favorite TH-camrs
Narr... Carmelo Anthony was very much part of the problem. He wanted talents around him, but he also wants to be numero uno and refuse to share any limelight with any other players. And Melo unwilling to play the triangle offense system, he is part of the reason why the triangle system failed with his off timing and off positioning in the system.
Yeah the Lin, situation said a lot. I think he got Wade and LeBron to break Lin's confidence during the "Linsanity" run. Neither of them have played defense like that since. Amare even taked about Melo being jealous of Jeremy Lin.
Melo never had a problem sharing the spotlight whether it was with AI, Billups, or Lin. He played best alongside star pgs. The issue was he never put himself in the best situations to play with the kind of players he needed most to win.
@@17thN.O lol The conspiracy's y'all come up with against black people over nothing are insane. Melo always sought out Lin on the court to try and build chemistry and help Lin continue to shine. And it was working until Lin went down with injury. After that, Lin tested restricted FA and wound up on Houston with Harden who was already largely playing the pg position at an MVP level. Lin got pushed to the side and his career never recovered.
@@J-Hue I'm black and I didn't want to believe it cause I like Melo and did like him too and wanted him to succeed with the Knicks and hoped him and Lin could get it done. Watch the game when they played the Heat and the defense Bron and Wade played on that dude. They haven't played defense like that since. Also about Melo being jealous of Lin Amare who is also black said that he was so if it's a conspiracy that Amare came up with it. It's on the internet do your research. Unless you know more about it than a player on the team which you might. I don't know. People be trippin.
Melo had the right to want to be "numero uno" as he was one of the NBAs BEST scorers at the time and already a superstar. The triangle offense would not have worked at the time when Phil was president (Please stop with that narrative lol). Especially not with the team we had and where the fast paced NBA was going at the time. It was a waste of time, and then to bring in 2 coaches in Fisher and Hornacek who NEVER ran the triangle in their coaching careers to just throw them in with minimal triangle training and say "well...make it work" was a failure.
@@Rieky22 Lin literally begged the NY front office to let him stay, but Melo didn't want to share the spotlight. Lin never wanted to leave NY as it was the team that allowed him to shine for the first time. Lin will always be remembered for Linsanity whist Melo will always be remembered as a disappointment.
@@bemusedpanda8875 disappointment ? 💀🤣 yea stfu you’re comparing a guy who had 6 game hotstreak to a HOFer, if lin was that could how come he couldn’t stay in the league after getting traded from nyc
@@hoody_yt So what if Lin never reached the peak of Linsanity again? You have to consider expectations. Jeremy Lin was a nobody who was on the verge of being cut from the team. The fact that he was even able to give us Linsanity is a heartwarming success story. NY had high expectations for Melo who was drafted third in 2003 and built a strong team around him with the expectation of deep playoff runs or perhaps even a championship. Melo underperformed his expectations and is thus considered a disappointment as he was once regarded as the next big thing in NY. I ain't hating on Melo. I'm just stating the truth.
I really hated the trade for Carmelo Anthony from Denver. Management and partly the fans (Who chanted "We want Melo") were too impatient with what we had. I really liked the lineup of Gallinari, Wilson Chandler and Raymond Felton. We gave up way too much just to have an early first round exit from the playoffs that year. Knicks could have gotten him for nothing if they waited.
From what I remember, Carmelo's contract on the Nuggets was gonna expire at the end of that season. So the Knicks just could've gotten him in the offseason without giving away any of the young core.
I remember being really optimistic about the team the season before 'Mello came. I mean, they didn't do anything "amazing" but I was watching a lot of basketball at the time and I remember being pretty high on them and I live in NYS so I could watch pretty much every game on the MSG channel.
I really appreciate these videos. And I´m glad that 2011 happened and I don´t have to watch "How Dirk Nowitzki failed to win a championship in Dallas".
Tactics carmelo was never A leader he was selfish in his prime and a ballhog he just wanted the money and it showe he couldve been much better if he was a team player and he ended Linsanity over Being jealous of not getting Attention
This was literally Carmelo imploding. He wanted his money, he wanted his minutes, he wanted his OWN team, but then he also wanted his team to do well too. Sorry big fella, you can't have it all.
2 me this is melo's history. He had 2 chances with the nuggets n knicks where he was building a team around him but his ego didnt allow anyone else to take the shine but him
I've seen several of your videos and I really appreciate how detailed your analyses are, the editing, etc. It's informative and entertaining. Well done.
Melo wouldn't win for the simple fact that the only thing he brought to the table was inefficient offense. He jacked up a ton of shot attempts and has a career eFG of 48.5%, which is almost Westbrickian (46.8%). Compare that to Lebron (54.5%), KD (54.6%), Kawhi (54.7%) or Steph (58.1%) and it's clear to see how Carmelo hurts his team for individual stats (this is the list of championship winning players). Then add his disinterest in the defensive side and you see a recipe for disaster. He's a stat padder the same way Westbrook is, a lot of numbers in a particular category at the expense of team wins.
Also, Melo peaked early when he won the NCAA championship his freshman year. A year or two more of college ball could have helped iron out some of his weaknesses.
@@CCEkeke I agree with part of that assessment. But while I don’t think he peaked in college - as he did have some great stat-padded seasons besides his deepest run in 2008-09, he definitely had a ceiling on how he wanted to play and that inflexibility was what made me often the lone Knicks fan dreading his arrival. All he did was jump shots - passing, defense and leadership wasn’t his thing. No team could win championships when their top player doesn’t want to play team ball; Melo HAD to be the guy, but didn’t want to adjust his style of play for anyone & every team he’s been on suffered ever since he left Syracuse.
yeah a couple of coaches cant be wrong, they all stated your facts, never was a fan of him due to lack of team abilities, ego shooter, was really shocked when the NBA included him in the best 75 of all time list, totally misplaced, was an offensive powerhouse though, but never deserved to be a champ
Would love to see John Wall and Bradley Beal's Wizards! I really missed the days that my boi John Wall wa considered one of the best Point Guards in the world
A shame Washington was never able to work it out. The ONE year Wall and Beal were both healthy, Wizards had their best season in decades and nearly made the conference finals. What could have been...
Washington wasted Wall's prime, healthy years. Never got a backup PG that would remain with the team for more than a season (until they got Ish). Didn't have a G League affiliate, until 2018ish, and didn't value draft picks all that much, trading away 1st and 2nd rounders like hot potatoes (Gortat was a great addition though). And, they completely flipped their identity, going from defense first, to offense with defense optional (more like nonexistent). The sad part is that Wall, in a few exit interviews, mentioned that the front office should add a lob threat and/or a stretch big, to likely make his job easier and really mix things up on offense, but they never did it. Nor did they add any defenders after Ariza left, leaving Wall as the team's best defensive option.
Yeah except everyone besides you knew those two where never going to accomplish anything. Pointless video idea. It’s not a disappointment when everyone already counts you out.
@@n.b.l.5709 since leaving Washington, he played one season in Houston, where he sat out half the season, sat out another whole season after reaching an agreement with Houston to not play (think Luol Deng with the Lakers), was bought out, and recently signed the the Clippers.
the 2012 Knicks were something special, so many ifs. Also I became a lifelong Knicks fan and Melo fan in the 2016-17 season, that was also my first time at the Garden
Melo could have won in New York but made the worst possible mistakes to stump the franchise, Gutting the Knicks roster for the trade is bad but when Linsanity happened I remember the reports of Melo not being happy with Lin being a ball dominant guard and choose to not work with him at all which is what got Lin traded to the Rockets. Its his own damn fault he aint a champion.
@@urbaindelva7869 Yes they do. Both show Melo's selfishness in wanting to be NY's Golden Boy when he clearly wasn't. In his quest to take control of NY, he weakened the Knicks roster both with his Nets threat and the cutting of Linsanity. His desire to have everything ultimately left him with nothing. This is why Melo will never win a championship and this is the legacy he will leave on the NBA.
@@knowethjc29 I ain't hating on Melo. Never was a Knick supporter or hater. Just stating facts. It is a fact that Melo will never win a championship. It is a fact that Melo did threaten to join the Nets in order to increase his leverage over the Knicks. It is a fact that Melo played a role in ending Linsanity. Learn the difference between facts and hating before you put another foot in your mouth.
That 2012-2013 Knicks team had one of the most underrated benches ever. Greatest accumulation of veteran players in history… we had Kenyon Martin, Jason Kidd, Rasheed Wallace, etc. even though they didn’t play a lot, they were important to the Knicks’ success that season
Great video as always! I completely forgot about J.R. Smith winning Sixth Man of The Year with the Knicks. As a Bulls fan, may I suggest a Derrick Rose era video on the team?
IMO he was overrated and kinda selfish lol Nene in a interview here in Brazil said that, in his opinion, Melo could've won way more if he was willing to pass and defend
@@raymondthomas1574 played for his own stats, didn't play defence, threatened by other stars (stoudamire was balling before he got there, but as soon as Melo signed, Melo needed the ball at all times, relegating Stoudamire as a role player. Then the Jeremy Lin situation. Lin was balling when Melo was injured. When back, Melo couldn't stand Lin took his shine and refuse to play in the offence that had the Knicks winning). Now the ultimate diss was when Chauncy Billips stated publicly that Melo would complain if he scored only 15 points but won, but would be all smiles and excited when they lost but he scored 30.
You can’t really fail at something they weren’t competing for. New York traded the whole roster for him. Instead of waiting for free agency where he stated he wanted to go and they had all the money to offer him.
Everything went downhill when we traded for Melo instead of signing him in the offseason. The CBA & Melo’s contract was up going into the offseason so Melo wanted that guaranteed bread instead of the best basketball situation. Love my Knicks but we got exactly what we deserved in the Melo era, nada
@@youmustenteraname5383 F U! I gave my all to the team, I was there for every game win or loss. I shed a little blood, no sweat but plenty of tears and I be damned if I let you diminish any of that
Carmelo needed a second option in his prime, but whenever the NY front office would get him one he would just see it as someone who would steal his spotlight.
His style of play wasn’t conducive to winning a championship anyway. The only way he would have won a championship is if he became a 3rd option with other superstars, but him leading a team would never result in a ring - much like Russell Westbrook.
Really? What second option did they get exactly? And when did they have a team that could ever compete with a Miami superteam. Melo had his flaws as a player but was the least of the teams problems
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Melo will go down as the example of “when me before we goes wrong”. Dude had plenty of chances to win a ship on great teams. Sabatoged every single team he went to. Melo had a decent career but nothing really outstanding amongst his peers he was compared to or came in the league with.
Melo deserves to have an award name after him for being an idiot. The Carmelo Anthony Award for Idiocy. Or something. Idk. He should not have been into the top 75. BS if I say so myself really
He just does not have the ability to play basketball as a team sport. You could see that back in his Nuggets days. He runs up the floor on offense and stands on one spot waiting to get the ball. he never participated in running plays, he literally stands waiting for someone to give him the ball then he shoots it. He has never played defense. You can almost see what possessions he will shoot and which times he decided he will just pass and stand like a statue till its time to go back on D. That and when he was in his prime he destroyed those nuggets teams by stopping all ball movement on offense and dribbling for half an hour then shooting it with a second left on the shot clock.
This was really well put together, like going down memory lane. Im mainly a Knicks fan but I'm checking your page for similar content because this was great.
@@allworksnew just like Jordan needed Pippen, Rodman, Tony, Horace and others to win. We haven't forgot him getting his butt whooped by the Celtics and Pistons before Scottie came
@@SaadKhan92403 contending for what? For a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals. Everyone in their right mind knew the Miami Heat were taking the east easily
That 2013 series against the Pacers was b.s., it was back when Melo was dominant on the block as well as the perimeter but wasn't getting calls cuz he wasn't flopping like everyone else, Melo didn't have a consistent 2nd option, and KG had injured Melos rotator cuff in the previous series, that N.Y. team should've at the very least made the ECF, not to mention Jason Kidd finished his career not making a single FG in his final like 12 games, J.R. (the only other scoring option got himself suspended, and nobody else knew how to move on the court smh) literally without Iman, J.r. and Melo everyone on the team was over 32
@Whyyoumadatfacts? 🤷♂️ but literally everything I mentioned was based on a fact, being that I watched the team that season as an avid fan........soo you're judgement is irrelevant being that you're clearly coming from a position of significantly less insight
As a Knicks fan I wish we could’ve won a title within the 2011-2013 years but we ran into the Celtics in 2011 got swept 2012 ran into the Heat loss 4-1 loss to Indiana 4-2 in 2013 and didn’t even make it in 2014 from Linsanity to Carmelo and the epic game against the bulls to Steve Novak the Knicks had a good amount of materials to win the East but never came through 😤 it’s Carmelo who I blame his selfish ways of handling the ball was the main reason we couldn’t go no where Jeramy Lin was doing so well but Carmelo wouldn’t let lin get the starlight and as for phill Jackson…😑 too much to talk about,oh and on the quick note SELL THE TEAM!!!!!
@@Sasso-pf1mo it's lies from the media for the most popular sellable story at the time, his teammates like Iman Shumpert will back him and say Melo was just happy the load was off his back, coz he got injured, Lin said just recently on the all the smoke podcast that Melo still checks up with him to this day, and you will also see multiple interviews where Melos praising Lin and saying he's a great addition to their team.
@@knowethjc29 i agree media always wanted tension.. theres an interview of lin outhere stating that melo is one of hes best mentor and support on and off the court.. lin had nothing but good things to say about melo so did melo about lin.. if we just kept some of the teams we had that click instead of always adjusting , they would have developed chemistry and build a better outcome.. the we have to win now mentality destroyed every hope of winning the chip... end result was always a disaster.. as a knick fan i am exausted... now we have randle and thibs ..
As New York Knick Fan Legend in the making, we didn’t succeed in that timeline and it’s fine. Thank you Carmelo Anthony for giving me hope and being the only All Star to look up to in my generation. I promise unlike other fans, I’m more than grateful for him staying with us for so long. Also New York Stand Up. This our year.
Are players not smart enough to realize that by requesting a trade the team they're going to is gonna have to give up pieces? Like you didn't go to that super good Knicks squad that was one piece away; you went to the one that'd been ransacked.
The Knicks didn’t fail him, His commitment to defense His egotistical attitude to score And selfishness to squander the talent around him Melo dug his own grave, sat in it and that’s it.
One of the silkiest shots to this day. That Lin trade makes me think he was more worried about his stats than the ring ... dunno if he couldve rallied to a ring regardless.
They weren't going to win a ring with Lin. Lin was a long list of MDA creations propped up to seem better than they actually are based on inflated offense he runs.
@@blacknetsmed Lin needed the ball but was not elite enough to have it. Dude could have been a good backup but the NBA or American basketball in particular hates Asians. Hell, Hollywood hates Asians. They see them as weak and inferior.
@@xaviervega468 nonsense. Lin was killing the Knicks with his weak handles and high turnovers. Lin was stealing nothing, Melo was a legend well before Linsanity was even an idea. Lin's NBA career turnout to be a mess and he couldnt find a home and ended up in China.
I think it was a combination of poor roster building, no real draft capital, and Melo ball hogging and unwilling to work as a team gutted whatever they could salvage
I will say, that makes team with Amar'e Stoudemire Camilla Anthony Jeremy Lin and that whole Supporting Cast that they had was a damn good team. They could have made something with themselves in that time. Sadly LeBron James and the Miami Heat Big 3 and the Big 3 in Boston were always preventing them from going anywhere. Not to mention that Carmelo Anthony just took some of the worst shots ever and he just was so selfish.
melo did everything he could bro how much more can u ask from him... he's not lebron! he's not Jordan! he can't do everything but he was a legit #1 option and showed up every night
When he came to NY I was watching a lot of basketball and the Knicks were my team. I live in NYS so I had the MSG channel so I could watch every game. I was really high on the team the season before Carmelo came in with Stat. They didn't do amazing or anything but I thought the team really kind of fell apart after Carmello came in and I"m saying this as a Carmello fan.
Finally someone has spoken the truth. As a knick fan for 25 years, his years here were such a disappointment except 2012 Melo. One of the most overrated knick players in history
You know that feeling you get when you get something that you didn't know you needed, but you immediately realize that you needed it very desperately? That's this video for me. Let's go, baby!
Carmelos plans were to never bring a championship for the Knicks.... His plans were to -Get a much Larger contract -Move to a bigger market for his expensive lifestyle -To be in the Spotlight aka (run off any other potential star including Jeremy Lin) Who actually predicted he wanted to win when he was UnCoachable. The guy ran off GEORGE KARL
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Many are called but the chosen are few. There are people who unfortunately played in the jordan era, kobe era, lebron era. It's like being an elite special sprinter, but Usain Bolt is still active. There can only be one
@@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony you saying he’s a little better than that? Cuz I completely agree. The dude could be a starting pg on most teams. And the way he’s been able to change/adapt his game in amazing
You want the answer? Carmelo providers little value to a team, sure he scores a lot but he’s never done it with exceptional efficiency, he’s a good but not great rebounder, he’s a liability as passer and a bad defender. What gets overlooked is that he’s really bad in the playoffs, 4 playoff series wins in 17 years is bad and it’s not like the teams around him were bad either, the dudes lack of good efficiency (and really every other valuable attribute on the court) just came back to bite him
There is a handful of players that haven't won a ring, that have existed in/created dynamics that make you go "Yeah, makes sense, that he don't have one". Melo, Harden, Iverson, ... Like Melo had his best shot with that Nuggets team, and him and some people that get hard every time they hear the words "New York" didn't see that. The late 00's and early 10's had some teams reaching far, that a well constructed Nuggets team could have a real favorable shot against. Like imagine it. Imagine if Melo stayed in Denver and got management to be in full Win-Now mode. That team could have gone gunning for the Kobe-Lakers. It's not like there was a dynasty that had cast a shadow over the NBA, there was some real daylight for a good team to make it.
Honestly if Melo was patient he could’ve just went into free agency that year and they would not have had to gut the team to trade for him AND/or he could’ve went to the Heat with LeBron and Wade (which it was supposed to be), to the Bulls team which was loaded or to the Lakers to play with prime Kobe
Melo thought he was Lebron's equal and wanted to be the leader of his own team. However, reality had other ideas and rewarded him with a legacy defined by his inability to win a championship regardless of his offensive skills.
Honestly, I never liked Melo he could end his career with no ring and I couldn't care less. Not hate just extreme indifference and something about him just rubs me the wrong way
He got faded at a party, drove home and got pulled over. We had a damn game the next day. When that happened, I knew for a fact he wouldn't win a title here or anywhere else.
Finally someone mentions the fact that Jeremy Lin signed a poison pill contract and that’s why he didn’t return to the Knicks sooooo many people skip over this detail and just say “Melo made the Knicks get rid of Lin” and it’s BS because the Knicks literally signed Jason Kidd to mentor Lin days b4 he signed that contract. You sir earned a sub lol
@@macewbee amare stoudemire made it clear that he was not talking about melo when he said “some guys were not happy about Lin getting the spotlight” the media took that quote a ran with it as he was talking about Melo. In fact All the “melo doesn’t like Lin” stories was just made up speculation by the media.
Lin was looking for a cheaper contract from the Knicks so he could still play with them and they didn't send him one. Its as simple as that, Melo and JR got rid of Lin.
Melo is not a superstar and never has been. He made 1 conference final in his career and never made the finals. He missed the playoffs completely a bunch of times. Superstar players make their teammates better and carry the team at times. Melo did neither. He was terrible on defense and was labeled the black hole because if you passed him the ball you never saw it again. He's always been a me 1st player. If Melo is a superstar never winning anything and never making the finals what are Jordan, Kobe, Kareem, Wilt, Lebron, Steph, etc?
Well , all those players you listed had MUCH better teammates, deeper benches, and better front office than Melo had. I don't judge individual players on championships alone because so many factors go into that.
@@privateuser7 Nah Melo just wasn’t that good. He’s not the rare elite player who upgrades any team to Championship Contention unlike let’s say LBJ, Tim Duncan, Charles Barkley, Jokic, Hakeem, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Kevin Garnet, Bill Walton, etc…
He was number one, but held his team back with his selfish mentality. That's why he was putting up good stats but not a whole lot of winning. He thought that his stats would decrease if he involved his teammates more. He was indeed individually talented but Basketball is about more than just one man. His refusal to be a team player rightfully cost him his legacy.
Imagine if Knicks and Carmelo just waited a couple more months. Then Carmelo could have just signed with the Knicks during the off-season rather than gutting their whole roster of talent and depth.
Melo career: jab step, jab step, jab step, look at ball, spin it, jab step, jab step, MISS contested jumper. Play zero defense. Repeat. Idiots: "hOw DiD hE nOt Win aNytHing??"
I’m not die hard Knicks fan, but I still want to see the Knicks have success and fun. Hopefully, one day, there will be consistent accomplishments, winning, and excitement for the Knickerbocker’s. If you have any takes on the subject, please share.
Idk if this would have changed anything but, looking back I kind of wish that melo would have requested a trade in the offseason that way they probably Could have kept the players they already had just saying
One of theee all time big game big shot chokkers in nba history...and always that smile when he'd brick the final shot for the loss, the same exact smile that another all time chokker had when he missed the final shot and the knicks lost who famously quoted after the finger roll of riley' exit to miami ,"we were the better team". And to carry on the knick tradition of big game big shot chokkers is no handle randle..and he even has the same smile... 1972...
“This is how the New York Knicks squandered talent”
A tale as old as time
Knicks didn't squander this. Carmelo did. He was a horrible leader and was a cancer to the knicks
lmao bruh fax tho
@@yodakazam I'd say it's a little of column A and a little of column B.c
@@yodakazam James dolan... that is all
Lost all respect for him when I heard how he treated Lin
Melo is the epitome of a player who is given every chance to score or do whatever he wants and does so without considering the repercussions (sacrificing teamwork, nondevelopment of young talent, real defense, etc.) then blames everyone except himself for not winning.
yes he got so many chances. the denver team literally just want him to be on the team as the superstar but he somehow leaves thinking his teammates not good enough lol.
Sounds like Harden tbh
@@timtalks6080harden is way better than Melo ever was still
@@Twunnawunnot at all
@@igottasitdownforthisone7768 numbers don’t lie but you do
Three things went wrong for Melo’s time with the Knicks.
1. He forced the Nuggets to trade him at the deadline so the Knicks had to give up a bunch of assets to get him when he could’ve signed with New York in the offseason and play with all those assets they had surrendered to Denver
2. He couldn’t get along with Jeremy Lin. If he had a smaller ego, I genuinely believe they could’ve became a competitive team for a couple seasons
3. He signed a giant contract with the Knicks which handicapped the Knicks’ spending power
He was a losing player. Just a ball hog
The Knicks didn't give up nearly as much as the Nuggets did. None of the players Denver got in trade were even on the same level of Melo and Gallinari was a creampuff who couldn't play one game without getting hurt.
@@emperorpalpatine1228nuggets made the playoffs with all the guys they got in the trade a bunch of times.
Meanwhile Melo won 1 whole playoff series in the 7 years with the Knicks.
Most overrated player of all time, guy won 3 playoff rounds in 20 years
@@ctwwtc8761 People talk about Melo's conference finals in the West all the while forgetting that the great underrated Chauncey Billups was the key part of that playoff run. Billups himself said it - scoring meant too much for him - even if they had won and Melo had a bad game - Melo would not be happy. Enough said.
@@emperorpalpatine1228 sure but it still handicapped the Knicks, we had to pick up crappier pieces
The weird part about Carmelo leaving the Nuggets is they actually got better that same year.
Not weird: addition by subtraction.
@@Str8Maddeness I remember that too Linsanity got started Melo was just a bad addition to any team it is sad too considering he looked good on paper but that playstyle didn't help with wins.
@@antwan1357 i mean if u are not a superman like micheal jordan just dont hog the ball at all times. even kobe cant 1v9 somtimes basketball is a team sport.
He is the problem
They made it to the Western Conference Finals and the team traded away parts of the conference finals run like Billups. They were starting a rebuild when Melo was still there and he said fuck that
Jeremy Lin's 10 games were the highlights of that decade.
Yup...and than melo messed it up
@@n.b.l.5709 He did. Man, he did.
What's more is Lin, a nobody at the time, took the same roster of fringe NBA talent and made them into one of the best and most cohesive teams in the league in that span, and Melo came back and they reverted into a predictable, easily defeated shit squad again.
@@jonq8714 word. Agreed!
@@jonq8714 Yep.
Honestly, he should've signed with them in the off-season instead of having them gut their roster to trade for him. They still probably wouldn't have beat the Heat, but they would've been more competitive.
Way more competitive , the record at the time aint say much but the 2011 Knicks before the Melo trade were exciting/fun and talented as hell , Melo woulda been icing on the cake , that and Amare staying healthy , 1st year Knicks Amare was elite
Would have beat the heat because then wold have had said pieces to trade for CP3
@daniel sihyun that wasnt melo fault
Then the knicks shouldnt have traded for him! And should have waited till free agency
idk they mightve beat the heat man, that knicks team was damn solid
As a Heat fan, I'll always remember laughing so hard when the Knicks won 1 game against us in the playoffs and then they showered the floor with confetti. LOL
It's hard being a Knicks fan man, we take any win we get☠️
It was a glorious win for us
@@AngeloBx HAHA 😆😂🤣🤣 It sure was man!! 👍🏽🙌🏽💯🔵🟠🟦🟧🔷🔶🔹🔸🌀🆚📘📙💙🧡
Haha bro dude, I remember that as if it was just yesterday...😆😂🤣🤣🎊🎉🔵🟠🟦🟧🔷🔶🔹🔸🌀🆚📘📙💙🧡
Ill always remember when jimmy buckets bricked an open 3 in the ecf game 7 LOL
Linn getting a ring b4 Melo just makes me smile
"Before Melo" as though Melo still has time to win a ring 😂
@@Enthusiast230Good luck with that!
Lol no @@Enthusiast230
Melo only cared about scoring. The team was nice back then but melo needed to do more. Defense was never there
Carmelo is the ultimate ball hog one trick pony. I’m glad he never got a ring. He doesn’t deserve it because he plays like a stat padding loser
Imagine if he would been drafted by the pistons, around an all time great defense team.
Harden says what?
@@CorePathway 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@@notoriousone1011 you still have to buy in defensively.
I was dreading this day, finally he uploads the one that hits home
Fax
Big factssse
We knew it was coming… but it still hurts
Melo had a very similar career to Tracy McGrady
@@YesImhymn yeah his career is basically just Tracy McGrady’s career with better longevity, slightly better playoff success, and a better player
Not sure who said it, but I remember reading how Melo would be all cheery and positive even if the team lost as long as he made 30pts and the be down and gloomy even if they won but he made less than 20pts...
So not surprised to hear that he may have had a hand on Lin getting traded...
Just look at how he was in OKC, he laughed at the suggestion of him coming off the bench...
It was Chauncey Billups
@Mar1293 yea I think I remember hearing that somewhere too
Your videos are honestly some the best I’ve seen in a while and they are super informative and helpful for new fans that are just getting into basketball and best of all you include context and just straight facts with no bullshit You are one of my new favorite TH-camrs
Honestly
Can’t agree more
Y’all are cringe
Paying a genuine compliment to your fellow man isn’t cringe.
@@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer it's almost cringe to suggest otherwise lol
Narr... Carmelo Anthony was very much part of the problem. He wanted talents around him, but he also wants to be numero uno and refuse to share any limelight with any other players. And Melo unwilling to play the triangle offense system, he is part of the reason why the triangle system failed with his off timing and off positioning in the system.
Yeah the Lin, situation said a lot. I think he got Wade and LeBron to break Lin's confidence during the "Linsanity" run. Neither of them have played defense like that since. Amare even taked about Melo being jealous of Jeremy Lin.
Melo never had a problem sharing the spotlight whether it was with AI, Billups, or Lin. He played best alongside star pgs. The issue was he never put himself in the best situations to play with the kind of players he needed most to win.
@@17thN.O
lol The conspiracy's y'all come up with against black people over nothing are insane. Melo always sought out Lin on the court to try and build chemistry and help Lin continue to shine. And it was working until Lin went down with injury.
After that, Lin tested restricted FA and wound up on Houston with Harden who was already largely playing the pg position at an MVP level. Lin got pushed to the side and his career never recovered.
@@J-Hue I'm black and I didn't want to believe it cause I like Melo and did like him too and wanted him to succeed with the Knicks and hoped him and Lin could get it done. Watch the game when they played the Heat and the defense Bron and Wade played on that dude. They haven't played defense like that since. Also about Melo being jealous of Lin Amare who is also black said that he was so if it's a conspiracy that Amare came up with it. It's on the internet do your research. Unless you know more about it than a player on the team which you might. I don't know. People be trippin.
Melo had the right to want to be "numero uno" as he was one of the NBAs BEST scorers at the time and already a superstar. The triangle offense would not have worked at the time when Phil was president (Please stop with that narrative lol). Especially not with the team we had and where the fast paced NBA was going at the time. It was a waste of time, and then to bring in 2 coaches in Fisher and Hornacek who NEVER ran the triangle in their coaching careers to just throw them in with minimal triangle training and say "well...make it work" was a failure.
Melo kind of ruined it himself by not signing in the off-season then getting rid of Jeremy Lin
Lin wanted to leave plus he wasn’t that good if he was why he didn’t do nearly as good when he was on other teams?? He just got hot
@@Rieky22 Lin literally begged the NY front office to let him stay, but Melo didn't want to share the spotlight. Lin never wanted to leave NY as it was the team that allowed him to shine for the first time. Lin will always be remembered for Linsanity whist Melo will always be remembered as a disappointment.
@@bemusedpanda8875 disappointment ? 💀🤣 yea stfu you’re comparing a guy who had 6 game hotstreak to a HOFer, if lin was that could how come he couldn’t stay in the league after getting traded from nyc
@@hoody_yt So what if Lin never reached the peak of Linsanity again? You have to consider expectations. Jeremy Lin was a nobody who was on the verge of being cut from the team. The fact that he was even able to give us Linsanity is a heartwarming success story. NY had high expectations for Melo who was drafted third in 2003 and built a strong team around him with the expectation of deep playoff runs or perhaps even a championship. Melo underperformed his expectations and is thus considered a disappointment as he was once regarded as the next big thing in NY. I ain't hating on Melo. I'm just stating the truth.
@@bemusedpanda8875 preach
I really hated the trade for Carmelo Anthony from Denver. Management and partly the fans (Who chanted "We want Melo") were too impatient with what we had. I really liked the lineup of Gallinari, Wilson Chandler and Raymond Felton. We gave up way too much just to have an early first round exit from the playoffs that year. Knicks could have gotten him for nothing if they waited.
Word, those 3 being lost was big and I think galinari was a huge mistake and for what ? Amare injured ass amare
From what I remember, Carmelo's contract on the Nuggets was gonna expire at the end of that season. So the Knicks just could've gotten him in the offseason without giving away any of the young core.
@@j_merc 💯
I remember being really optimistic about the team the season before 'Mello came. I mean, they didn't do anything "amazing" but I was watching a lot of basketball at the time and I remember being pretty high on them and I live in NYS so I could watch pretty much every game on the MSG channel.
It's all good since Jokic bascially deleted Melo's pathetic existence out of Denver's history.
I really appreciate these videos.
And I´m glad that 2011 happened and I don´t have to watch "How Dirk Nowitzki failed to win a championship in Dallas".
Can you imagine. Man like Dirk was a serious Baller
@@Sasso-pf1mo tarnished my boy brons legacy dirk was unstoppable
How Dirk washed lebron
Yeah but Dirk was actually good at basketball.
@@vonchey the only one who tarnished lebron's legacy is lebron. lmao.
His only achievements are personal. Says everything about his playing style and his character
Tell me his great Knicks teammates again
@@IAmBaldSoWhat Jeremy Lin
@@IAmBaldSoWhat stoudemire, chandler, kristaps, jr smith, Jeremy Lin, Derrick rose, joakim noah,
100% truth
@@jordanbun2250 Injured stoudemire, injured KP, injured D Rose. Just stop
You can tell he cares about the quality and content he puts into the video. Good stuff as always
Finally as a Knicks fan thsi was needed from u tysm
Damn I feel bad for u😂imagine
Tactics carmelo was never A leader he was selfish in his prime and a ballhog he just wanted the money and it showe he couldve been much better if he was a team player and he ended Linsanity over Being jealous of not getting Attention
@@darnellwilliams8783 ok but melo is the only person that did step when they needed to
This was literally Carmelo imploding. He wanted his money, he wanted his minutes, he wanted his OWN team, but then he also wanted his team to do well too.
Sorry big fella, you can't have it all.
I'm a relatively new basketball fan and love your videos bro, keep up the good work.
Love your vids man .. As a Long time Knicks fan this 2011-2014 year stretch really hits home 😢
Wat about Knicks and Randle rn lol
2011-14 That was Miami era lol
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@@moneyonfleek1992 u kno knicks fans been shitty since ewing so they don’t care about randle😂
@@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony let’s not talk about this season plzz 😭
2 me this is melo's history. He had 2 chances with the nuggets n knicks where he was building a team around him but his ego didnt allow anyone else to take the shine but him
Not true at all. Melo's teammates constantly have praised him.
@@IAmBaldSoWhat Just cause they said it doesn't mean they meant it. Sometimes you just have to say nice things to avoid any conflicts
Even with the Lakers, Melo was trying to be the hero to win games off the bench. Phil Jackson was right. Selfish player.
Dude had Linsanity, Derrick Rose, Stoudemire, JR Smith, and Chandler as teammates and still couldn’t figure it out…lol. It was definitely his ego.
@@FALpacino Derrick Rose past his prime, STAT injured, JR is a sixth man, and Jeremy Lin had one good month. Keep crying
0:14 that shot will forever be iconic. I remember watching it live and I could literally feel the crowd roar. I wish I would've been there live.
No
I've seen several of your videos and I really appreciate how detailed your analyses are, the editing, etc. It's informative and entertaining. Well done.
One of the only channels that I watch every video all the way through. Always makes me root for a team I usually wouldn’t care about.
Melo wouldn't win for the simple fact that the only thing he brought to the table was inefficient offense. He jacked up a ton of shot attempts and has a career eFG of 48.5%, which is almost Westbrickian (46.8%). Compare that to Lebron (54.5%), KD (54.6%), Kawhi (54.7%) or Steph (58.1%) and it's clear to see how Carmelo hurts his team for individual stats (this is the list of championship winning players). Then add his disinterest in the defensive side and you see a recipe for disaster. He's a stat padder the same way Westbrook is, a lot of numbers in a particular category at the expense of team wins.
Also, Melo peaked early when he won the NCAA championship his freshman year. A year or two more of college ball could have helped iron out some of his weaknesses.
@@CCEkeke I agree with part of that assessment. But while I don’t think he peaked in college - as he did have some great stat-padded seasons besides his deepest run in 2008-09, he definitely had a ceiling on how he wanted to play and that inflexibility was what made me often the lone Knicks fan dreading his arrival. All he did was jump shots - passing, defense and leadership wasn’t his thing. No team could win championships when their top player doesn’t want to play team ball; Melo HAD to be the guy, but didn’t want to adjust his style of play for anyone & every team he’s been on suffered ever since he left Syracuse.
yeah a couple of coaches cant be wrong, they all stated your facts, never was a fan of him due to lack of team abilities, ego shooter, was really shocked when the NBA included him in the best 75 of all time list, totally misplaced, was an offensive powerhouse though, but never deserved to be a champ
Yeah im never a fan of high volume ineffeciant players with no defense
What a casual
Would love to see John Wall and Bradley Beal's Wizards! I really missed the days that my boi John Wall wa considered one of the best Point Guards in the world
A shame Washington was never able to work it out. The ONE year Wall and Beal were both healthy, Wizards had their best season in decades and nearly made the conference finals. What could have been...
Washington wasted Wall's prime, healthy years. Never got a backup PG that would remain with the team for more than a season (until they got Ish). Didn't have a G League affiliate, until 2018ish, and didn't value draft picks all that much, trading away 1st and 2nd rounders like hot potatoes (Gortat was a great addition though). And, they completely flipped their identity, going from defense first, to offense with defense optional (more like nonexistent).
The sad part is that Wall, in a few exit interviews, mentioned that the front office should add a lob threat and/or a stretch big, to likely make his job easier and really mix things up on offense, but they never did it. Nor did they add any defenders after Ariza left, leaving Wall as the team's best defensive option.
Yeah except everyone besides you knew those two where never going to accomplish anything. Pointless video idea. It’s not a disappointment when everyone already counts you out.
What ever happened to wall ?
@@n.b.l.5709 since leaving Washington, he played one season in Houston, where he sat out half the season, sat out another whole season after reaching an agreement with Houston to not play (think Luol Deng with the Lakers), was bought out, and recently signed the the Clippers.
the 2012 Knicks were something special, so many ifs. Also I became a lifelong Knicks fan and Melo fan in the 2016-17 season, that was also my first time at the Garden
I'm so sorry to hear that man
You need to make better life decisions, my guy.
@@nicholastricarico2957 my guy, mind your business 😂
@@Justinian43 I was kidding...kind of.
@Whyyoumadatfacts? 🤷♂️ what for? I'm living my best life 👌🏼
Man I feel so old already. I remember vividly those times when the Knicks where actually good with Melo at the front. He was so exciting to watch.
Melo could have won in New York but made the worst possible mistakes to stump the franchise, Gutting the Knicks roster for the trade is bad but when Linsanity happened I remember the reports of Melo not being happy with Lin being a ball dominant guard and choose to not work with him at all which is what got Lin traded to the Rockets. Its his own damn fault he aint a champion.
The trade and Linsanity do not connect.
@@urbaindelva7869 Yes they do. Both show Melo's selfishness in wanting to be NY's Golden Boy when he clearly wasn't. In his quest to take control of NY, he weakened the Knicks roster both with his Nets threat and the cutting of Linsanity. His desire to have everything ultimately left him with nothing. This is why Melo will never win a championship and this is the legacy he will leave on the NBA.
Them reports were not true, they were false narratives...
@@bemusedpanda8875 hater alert lmaooo
@@knowethjc29 I ain't hating on Melo. Never was a Knick supporter or hater. Just stating facts. It is a fact that Melo will never win a championship. It is a fact that Melo did threaten to join the Nets in order to increase his leverage over the Knicks. It is a fact that Melo played a role in ending Linsanity. Learn the difference between facts and hating before you put another foot in your mouth.
It’s crazy this channel isn’t at 500K for real. The content and quality is so freaking good. This guy is going to blow up man, just wait on it
That 2012-2013 Knicks team had one of the most underrated benches ever. Greatest accumulation of veteran players in history… we had Kenyon Martin, Jason Kidd, Rasheed Wallace, etc. even though they didn’t play a lot, they were important to the Knicks’ success that season
Great video as always! I completely forgot about J.R. Smith winning Sixth Man of The Year with the Knicks. As a Bulls fan, may I suggest a Derrick Rose era video on the team?
Maybe just a post MJ video showing our evolution as a team since he retired
Low key been hoping for a D Rose video for a minute. I’m here for it
0:05 this Stephen A. sound bite is one of the only good things to come from this Knicks era 😂
IMO he was overrated and kinda selfish lol Nene in a interview here in Brazil said that, in his opinion, Melo could've won way more if he was willing to pass and defend
how was he overrated explain
@@raymondthomas1574 played for his own stats, didn't play defence, threatened by other stars (stoudamire was balling before he got there, but as soon as Melo signed, Melo needed the ball at all times, relegating Stoudamire as a role player. Then the Jeremy Lin situation. Lin was balling when Melo was injured. When back, Melo couldn't stand Lin took his shine and refuse to play in the offence that had the Knicks winning). Now the ultimate diss was when Chauncy Billips stated publicly that Melo would complain if he scored only 15 points but won, but would be all smiles and excited when they lost but he scored 30.
@@raymondthomas1574 Melo the original Harden but dont fold badly in the playoffs 🤣
Yes sir these vids are quality. Expecting every team to get one!
Some of the best videos out there, right up there with SB Nation, keep workin!
You can’t really fail at something they weren’t competing for. New York traded the whole roster for him. Instead of waiting for free agency where he stated he wanted to go and they had all the money to offer him.
Everything went downhill when we traded for Melo instead of signing him in the offseason. The CBA & Melo’s contract was up going into the offseason so Melo wanted that guaranteed bread instead of the best basketball situation. Love my Knicks but we got exactly what we deserved in the Melo era, nada
@@youmustenteraname5383 F U! I gave my all to the team, I was there for every game win or loss. I shed a little blood, no sweat but plenty of tears and I be damned if I let you diminish any of that
@@youmustenteraname5383 bro, it ain't worth it
@Sharp Mario Man get over yourself, you've been shitting out replies everywhere in the comments, take a break goddamn
@Sharp Mario watch your mouth, don’t talk about Billups like that
Melo made the Knicks better, everything was great till Phil sabotaged the team
Carmelo needed a second option in his prime, but whenever the NY front office would get him one he would just see it as someone who would steal his spotlight.
His style of play wasn’t conducive to winning a championship anyway. The only way he would have won a championship is if he became a 3rd option with other superstars, but him leading a team would never result in a ring - much like Russell Westbrook.
Not true at all, every number 2 he had was injury prone or not a valid number 2
Who was a valid number 2 for melo
STAT- Always was hurt
JR smith- Streaky
Lin- 😂😂😂
Really? What second option did they get exactly? And when did they have a team that could ever compete with a Miami superteam. Melo had his flaws as a player but was the least of the teams problems
Yeah he's afraid Stoudemire was stealing his spotlight riding the bench in crutches all year.
Ayy man, this channel is 🔥. One of the things that makes the NBA so exciting, alongside the freak athleticism and talent on display, is the storylines, which you do an AMAZING job of detailing here. Love the channel - keep up the good work! 💪😤
One of the most overrated players ever. And then played victim to recover his career.
Cap
No cap. Melo defenders know nothing about basketball
Facts.
Facts.
Carmelo Anthony is chopped.
This hurt to watch… and I watched the whole thing. Great job on the video!
Melo will go down as the example of “when me before we goes wrong”. Dude had plenty of chances to win a ship on great teams. Sabatoged every single team he went to. Melo had a decent career but nothing really outstanding amongst his peers he was compared to or came in the league with.
It must be Sunday the way you preaching my guy! Ion care what anybody says for melo to have a decent career means he is a bust
Melo one one of the most overrated players in history. Doesn’t belong in the top 75
Melo deserves to have an award name after him for being an idiot. The Carmelo Anthony Award for Idiocy. Or something. Idk. He should not have been into the top 75. BS if I say so myself really
He just does not have the ability to play basketball as a team sport. You could see that back in his Nuggets days. He runs up the floor on offense and stands on one spot waiting to get the ball. he never participated in running plays, he literally stands waiting for someone to give him the ball then he shoots it. He has never played defense. You can almost see what possessions he will shoot and which times he decided he will just pass and stand like a statue till its time to go back on D.
That and when he was in his prime he destroyed those nuggets teams by stopping all ball movement on offense and dribbling for half an hour then shooting it with a second left on the shot clock.
You realize they all played on one team melo and how is top 10 all time scoring not outstanding
i stg this is the best basketball channel on YT
This was really well put together, like going down memory lane. Im mainly a Knicks fan but I'm checking your page for similar content because this was great.
After watching that jimmy vid bro you are legit amazing with storyline and story setup
As a Nuggets fan, Carmelo never understood what it takes to win the championship like Lebron did. He was all about himself, honestly!
Lebron doesnt understand. He just went where all the allstars went.
Miami had wade (Bosh came in with lbj)
Cleveland had Kyrie
@@allworksnewCarmelo sucks, even Melo clears him
@@allworksnew just like Jordan needed Pippen, Rodman, Tony, Horace and others to win. We haven't forgot him getting his butt whooped by the Celtics and Pistons before Scottie came
@@persistentlypathetic6820 you right
@@persistentlypathetic6820 Except LBJ and MJ do elevate whatever team they go to into Championship Level Contention by simply existing, not Melo
How tf this man Dylan don’t got more than 500K subs? Mans content is on par with the best NBA TH-camrs!
Were they ever considered a contender with him? They traded half of their team to get him.
They were in 2012-13 season
Ignorantly. Yes they did.
@@SaadKhan92403 contending for what? For a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals. Everyone in their right mind knew the Miami Heat were taking the east easily
@@BigSi-xw6wv nah man, we were barely going to scratch Miami at best lol. The east was Miami’s.
@@johndotcue Pacers took it to 7 games tho so It wasn't a cake walk. 2011 and 2014 were pretty much cake walks in the East for The Heat tho
This has to be some of the best long form NBA content out there. Maybe the best. Keep grinding man can't wait to see you hit 1M
Another Great Video! It's ironic that Jeremy Lin has a Championship ring and Carmelo Anthony still doesn't.
That 2013 series against the Pacers was b.s., it was back when Melo was dominant on the block as well as the perimeter but wasn't getting calls cuz he wasn't flopping like everyone else, Melo didn't have a consistent 2nd option, and KG had injured Melos rotator cuff in the previous series, that N.Y. team should've at the very least made the ECF, not to mention Jason Kidd finished his career not making a single FG in his final like 12 games, J.R. (the only other scoring option got himself suspended, and nobody else knew how to move on the court smh) literally without Iman, J.r. and Melo everyone on the team was over 32
This man remember details 🤝
Melo’s been redeemed at last.
Poor team construction but again a result of dealing with Melo’s massive contract and what we had to give up for him.
@Whyyoumadatfacts? 🤷♂️ you sound like one of them dudes who just repeats narratives from ESPN to feel like they can take part in sports discussions
@Whyyoumadatfacts? 🤷♂️ but literally everything I mentioned was based on a fact, being that I watched the team that season as an avid fan........soo you're judgement is irrelevant being that you're clearly coming from a position of significantly less insight
As a Knicks fan I wish we could’ve won a title within the 2011-2013 years but we ran into the Celtics in 2011 got swept 2012 ran into the Heat loss 4-1 loss to Indiana 4-2 in 2013 and didn’t even make it in 2014 from Linsanity to Carmelo and the epic game against the bulls to Steve Novak the Knicks had a good amount of materials to win the East but never came through 😤 it’s Carmelo who I blame his selfish ways of handling the ball was the main reason we couldn’t go no where Jeramy Lin was doing so well but Carmelo wouldn’t let lin get the starlight and as for phill Jackson…😑 too much to talk about,oh and on the quick note SELL THE TEAM!!!!!
Dude that's incorrect... Melo and Lin liked eachother.... That's false narratives...
@@knowethjc29 now i don't know what to believe.. I remember Linsanity, I thought melo was down with that sh*t
@@Sasso-pf1mo it's lies from the media for the most popular sellable story at the time, his teammates like Iman Shumpert will back him and say Melo was just happy the load was off his back, coz he got injured, Lin said just recently on the all the smoke podcast that Melo still checks up with him to this day, and you will also see multiple interviews where Melos praising Lin and saying he's a great addition to their team.
@@knowethjc29 i agree media always wanted tension.. theres an interview of lin outhere stating that melo is one of hes best mentor and support on and off the court.. lin had nothing but good things to say about melo so did melo about lin.. if we just kept some of the teams we had that click instead of always adjusting , they would have developed chemistry and build a better outcome.. the we have to win now mentality destroyed every hope of winning the chip... end result was always a disaster.. as a knick fan i am exausted... now we have randle and thibs ..
@@noxnyc23 don't forget Lin got injured, that's the case with most the Melo Knicks time, As a Knicks fan I don't like Randle, Or Barrett
As New York Knick Fan Legend in the making, we didn’t succeed in that timeline and it’s fine. Thank you Carmelo Anthony for giving me hope and being the only All Star to look up to in my generation. I promise unlike other fans, I’m more than grateful for him staying with us for so long. Also New York Stand Up. This our year.
Are players not smart enough to realize that by requesting a trade the team they're going to is gonna have to give up pieces? Like you didn't go to that super good Knicks squad that was one piece away; you went to the one that'd been ransacked.
The Knicks didn’t fail him,
His commitment to defense
His egotistical attitude to score
And selfishness to squander the talent around him
Melo dug his own grave, sat in it and that’s it.
Been here since 500 subs though you probably don’t remember me. Love these timeline videos.
One of the silkiest shots to this day. That Lin trade makes me think he was more worried about his stats than the ring ... dunno if he couldve rallied to a ring regardless.
They weren't going to win a ring with Lin. Lin was a long list of MDA creations propped up to seem better than they actually are based on inflated offense he runs.
@@blacknetsmed Lin needed the ball but was not elite enough to have it. Dude could have been a good backup but the NBA or American basketball in particular hates Asians. Hell, Hollywood hates Asians. They see them as weak and inferior.
@@blacknetsmed He still could have provided Melo with much needed help. Instead Melo thought Lin was stealing his shine.
Lin was trash for the Knicks, high turnover machine and gets burned on defense with streaky %.
@@xaviervega468 nonsense. Lin was killing the Knicks with his weak handles and high turnovers. Lin was stealing nothing, Melo was a legend well before Linsanity was even an idea. Lin's NBA career turnout to be a mess and he couldnt find a home and ended up in China.
I think it was a combination of poor roster building, no real draft capital, and Melo ball hogging and unwilling to work as a team gutted whatever they could salvage
Love these videos man keep it up
I will say, that makes team with Amar'e Stoudemire Camilla Anthony Jeremy Lin and that whole Supporting Cast that they had was a damn good team. They could have made something with themselves in that time. Sadly LeBron James and the Miami Heat Big 3 and the Big 3 in Boston were always preventing them from going anywhere. Not to mention that Carmelo Anthony just took some of the worst shots ever and he just was so selfish.
melo did everything he could bro how much more can u ask from him... he's not lebron! he's not Jordan! he can't do everything but he was a legit #1 option and showed up every night
@@shoptalk7415 take good shots and play good defence. He was notorious for stat chasing
No 🤡 Melo wasnt selfish and he took some good shots and had great shooting nights. Just didnt have the help
@@douglasmaina141 which he did kid. Learn basketball
@@Chris56076it is ur opinion that's why he failed and falled out with so many head coaches who critsized him for his selfishness and poor defence
When he came to NY I was watching a lot of basketball and the Knicks were my team. I live in NYS so I had the MSG channel so I could watch every game. I was really high on the team the season before Carmelo came in with Stat. They didn't do amazing or anything but I thought the team really kind of fell apart after Carmello came in and I"m saying this as a Carmello fan.
Finally someone has spoken the truth. As a knick fan for 25 years, his years here were such a disappointment except 2012
Melo. One of the most overrated knick players in history
Jememy Lin is by the most overrated player in NBA history.
You know that feeling you get when you get something that you didn't know you needed, but you immediately realize that you needed it very desperately? That's this video for me. Let's go, baby!
Carmelos plans were to never bring a championship for the Knicks.... His plans were to
-Get a much Larger contract
-Move to a bigger market for his expensive lifestyle
-To be in the Spotlight aka (run off any other potential star including Jeremy Lin)
Who actually predicted he wanted to win when he was UnCoachable. The guy ran off GEORGE KARL
That's incorrect
Did you just call Lin a star? Come on bro
@Sharp Mario Carmelo is Top 10 all time in scoring. 10x all star. Just stop
@Sharp Mario Melo is literally number 9 on the ALL TIME scoring list. He will soon be number 8
@Sharp Mario It does mean all time great considering he made the NBA 75th Anniversary team
High quality video as always bro keep it up
I feel like the Knicks had a good thing going with Mike Woodson. Then they screwed that up too.
Thanks man your videos are really informative
Lin was incredible at that time
I LTERALLY JUST FINISHED WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS AND SUBSCRIBING! LIKE JESUS, WHEN I PUT ON THE WARRIORS VIDEO, RHIS WASNT EVEN UPLOADED YET. GOOD SHIT!!!!
Two reasons, it's Carmelo Anthony, and it's the New York Knicks.
Many are called but the chosen are few. There are people who unfortunately played in the jordan era, kobe era, lebron era. It's like being an elite special sprinter, but Usain Bolt is still active. There can only be one
*Make a video of “How injuries ruined Derrick Rose’s career” please!*
I mean I wouldn’t mine one.. but what’s there to say lol. He was electric, got tons of injuries and is now a solid role player
@@_will795 role player is a stretch to say, let’s not forget rose on the 2017 Knicks and last year with Knicks
@@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony you saying he’s a little better than that? Cuz I completely agree. The dude could be a starting pg on most teams. And the way he’s been able to change/adapt his game in amazing
@@_will795 he did finish top 12 in mvp voting last year for changing the Knicks season around
@@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony top 12? Really? Name 65 players better than him
That hibbert block sent everything tumbling lmao
Melo definitely gave us Legendary moments but they butchered the team to get him
Love your vids like these so much keep em coming
You want the answer? Carmelo providers little value to a team, sure he scores a lot but he’s never done it with exceptional efficiency, he’s a good but not great rebounder, he’s a liability as passer and a bad defender. What gets overlooked is that he’s really bad in the playoffs, 4 playoff series wins in 17 years is bad and it’s not like the teams around him were bad either, the dudes lack of good efficiency (and really every other valuable attribute on the court) just came back to bite him
Your vid’s are so good bro keep it up you make 30 minutes feel like 5👏🏻
Voiceover work steady getting better and better bro 👍
There is a handful of players that haven't won a ring, that have existed in/created dynamics that make you go "Yeah, makes sense, that he don't have one". Melo, Harden, Iverson, ...
Like Melo had his best shot with that Nuggets team, and him and some people that get hard every time they hear the words "New York" didn't see that.
The late 00's and early 10's had some teams reaching far, that a well constructed Nuggets team could have a real favorable shot against.
Like imagine it. Imagine if Melo stayed in Denver and got management to be in full Win-Now mode. That team could have gone gunning for the Kobe-Lakers. It's not like there was a dynasty that had cast a shadow over the NBA, there was some real daylight for a good team to make it.
Your channel is amazing and I genuinely love it when you upload. ❤
I always scroll thru ur vids looking for something to watch, I thought I just missed this at first. Thanks for the upload
Honestly if Melo was patient he could’ve just went into free agency that year and they would not have had to gut the team to trade for him AND/or he could’ve went to the Heat with LeBron and Wade (which it was supposed to be), to the Bulls team which was loaded or to the Lakers to play with prime Kobe
Melo thought he was Lebron's equal and wanted to be the leader of his own team. However, reality had other ideas and rewarded him with a legacy defined by his inability to win a championship regardless of his offensive skills.
Lebron was a beast on D.. Melo couldn't hang with him
@@bemusedpanda8875 to be fair it was close early on melo was going to the playoffs every year in Denver in the tough west while LeBron was struggling
Melo was about to go to the bulls, but found out that the bulls were going to fire thibs so he didnt signt
Great video man
Honestly, I never liked Melo he could end his career with no ring and I couldn't care less. Not hate just extreme indifference and something about him just rubs me the wrong way
Sounds like a hater to me 😂
💯
Definitely sounds like hate
@@austinadegor3562 if you got hate in your heart for Carmelo Anthony let it out…. Hate hate hate hate
@@futureclean ????
He got faded at a party, drove home and got pulled over. We had a damn game the next day. When that happened, I knew for a fact he wouldn't win a title here or anywhere else.
Finally someone mentions the fact that Jeremy Lin signed a poison pill contract and that’s why he didn’t return to the Knicks
sooooo many people skip over this detail and just say “Melo made the Knicks get rid of Lin” and it’s BS because the Knicks literally signed Jason Kidd to mentor Lin days b4 he signed that contract.
You sir earned a sub lol
@@macewbee that was a rumor and that was towards mike d’antoni
@@TFergGaming watch basketball examined pointed this out there was another one where team members pointed this out.
its ok at least Lin got a chip as for melo he still didnt get one yet
@@macewbee amare stoudemire made it clear that he was not talking about melo when he said “some guys were not happy about Lin getting the spotlight” the media took that quote a ran with it as he was talking about Melo.
In fact All the “melo doesn’t like Lin” stories was just made up speculation by the media.
Lin was looking for a cheaper contract from the Knicks so he could still play with them and they didn't send him one. Its as simple as that, Melo and JR got rid of Lin.
Great content as always
Melo is not a superstar and never has been. He made 1 conference final in his career and never made the finals. He missed the playoffs completely a bunch of times. Superstar players make their teammates better and carry the team at times. Melo did neither. He was terrible on defense and was labeled the black hole because if you passed him the ball you never saw it again. He's always been a me 1st player. If Melo is a superstar never winning anything and never making the finals what are Jordan, Kobe, Kareem, Wilt, Lebron, Steph, etc?
Well , all those players you listed had MUCH better teammates, deeper benches, and better front office than Melo had. I don't judge individual players on championships alone because so many factors go into that.
@@privateuser7 Nah Melo just wasn’t that good. He’s not the rare elite player who upgrades any team to Championship Contention unlike let’s say LBJ, Tim Duncan, Charles Barkley, Jokic, Hakeem, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Kevin Garnet, Bill Walton, etc…
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I never understood why people ever thought he was a number one on a team..he's a solid number 2 or number 3 guy
He was number one, but held his team back with his selfish mentality. That's why he was putting up good stats but not a whole lot of winning. He thought that his stats would decrease if he involved his teammates more. He was indeed individually talented but Basketball is about more than just one man. His refusal to be a team player rightfully cost him his legacy.
He literally went to the WCF and lost the Kobe
@@bemusedpanda8875 No you're just a delusional hater. Please name me a great player Melo played with in New York
Imagine if Knicks and Carmelo just waited a couple more months. Then Carmelo could have just signed with the Knicks during the off-season rather than gutting their whole roster of talent and depth.
Melo career: jab step, jab step, jab step, look at ball, spin it, jab step, jab step, MISS contested jumper. Play zero defense.
Repeat.
Idiots: "hOw DiD hE nOt Win aNytHing??"
Melo is Dominique of the 2000s and on.
What did you do in your life tho
Raising a family, work for myself, got interviewed in Forbes. I think I'm doing alright.
...Plus I've won as many championships as this clown 🤣
That Roy Hibbert block really fucked me up. Knicks were up too 😞
I’m not die hard Knicks fan, but I still want to see the Knicks have success and fun. Hopefully, one day, there will be consistent accomplishments, winning, and excitement for the Knickerbocker’s.
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In the yr 29346
Keep it up man love your content brother
Idk if this would have changed anything but, looking back I kind of wish that melo would have requested a trade in the offseason that way they probably Could have kept the players they already had just saying
One of theee all time big game big shot chokkers in nba history...and always that smile when he'd brick the final shot for the loss, the same exact smile that another all time chokker had when he missed the final shot and the knicks lost who famously quoted after the finger roll of riley' exit to miami ,"we were the better team". And to carry on the knick tradition of big game big shot chokkers is no handle randle..and he even has the same smile... 1972...