Chauncey Billups once said about Melo "Scoring 30 meant too much for Melo". If the team won but Melo didn't get his, he would be mad. ""It meant too much because he could have games where he had 20, 22 [points], we win the game and he's mad."
All scorers are like that. When Phil Jackson brought the triangle offense to the Bulls Phil told him he probably wasn't gonna lead the league in scoring. MJ made sure to let him know he would. When Magic 1st got to L.A. Kareem let him know that he could be the leader of the team but to make sure he got the ball down low so that he could get his shots. Shaq would always say he was a 28 and 10 guy and that if he doesn't eat he won't do the other big man things that the team wanted him to do. Melo was the main scorer for his team. That was his role. So it makes sense he would be disappointed if he didn't do his role.
@@blueblur2273 You do realize comparing Melo to all-time greats just exposed his game right? MJ, Kareem, Shaq all had something in common that MELO never has had and ever will. Just goes to show that MELO never developed himself to help his TEAM win. CHAMPIONSHIPS and DEFENSE. Magic was an assists/steals leader and was an incredible player maker, one of the best. All those players found ways to contibribute to their TEAM in more ways than just scoring, unlike Self-centered Melo which is what Chauncey allued to! Think about that! lol
@@BlackStunna818 🤦♂ Way to completely miss the point! ️Nobody is saying Melo is as good as those guys numbskull! But the thing they had in common and got them all over the hump is that they all played with top 50 players. Kareem didn't start winning until Oscar came to the Bucks. Then went to L.A. and couldn't win until Magic arrived. MJ and Shaq didn't start winning until Pippen and Kobe's game matured. Shaq and Kareem didn't change at all from before they started winning championships till after. They just got more help
I love his honesty. You know he’s genuine. Melo was/is selfish. He doesn’t want his teams to succeed unless he’s the only guy. It might have different had Jeremy been black and saw him as a running mate. You never know.
I like to think that if Melo “was/is selfish” like you say they would’ve had a conflict.. but he says here they never had one 🤔 now I think you need to just say what you really mean Roy lol black is beautiful can’t piss me off come on spill it
As a former lifelong Knick fan, situations like Lin's is why I stopped following the team. You're finally winning, you're exciting, you have a humble, fun, star in Lin and you show him the door because Melo wanted all the attention. What a sad franchise. S/o to Lin, sucks we never got to see what could've been with him truly.
Lin signed a poison pill contract in Houston. No team was going to match that one, not even Houston themselves. That's why they re-structured the contract.
Knick coulda made so much money and won so many games riding the Linsanity. Asian community in New York. They would have attracted more stars to want to play there. Instead they were the laughing stock of the league for ten+ years.
@@agu003 From a NYer... those 2 weeks were the best 2 weeks we had gotten in a long, long time. We're talking 10, 20 years. NYK hasn't been a force in the NBA since like... Patrick Ewing. Which is sad af cause almost every kid growing up here has memories of balling. It's a deep rooted part of NYC culture and it isn't represented by our teams. I'd rather have a Steve Nash or John Stockton type over a Melo type who only cares about whether he put up 30 that night, not whether the team won the game or if there's a real chance at the ECF.
I’m not a Knicks fan, but I’m still upset about how Carmelo Anthony treated Jeremy Lin. Jeremy Lin, Jr Smith, Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler, Amare Stoudemire that would’ve been something bro!
@@boomshakalaka8567CAP. Everyone who has spoken on this team has said Melo was supportive of Lin. He clashes with the coaching. Shump, STAT and BD all said Melo wanted Lin to ADD to what they already established as in “if you can do that with me and Stat it only helps”. Melo and players were upset on how the Coaching wasn’t good enough to help them be successful together…
@@atrain-wr9je You do realize it was a poison pill contract? Knicks were about to match the 8-8-8 deal from Houston but Houston changed the offer to 5-5-15 which the Knicks couldn't match because it would cost the Knicks 40M in luxury tax just to retain him and it will take a huge bump in cap. It was never about Carmelo. It was about the money and the flexibility of the roster. The Knicks actually felt betrayed with Lin(or Lin's agent) when Lin's camp signed the poison pill Houston offer when Lin camp knows for sure it was offered to keep the Knicks out from matching the offer. The job of the poison pill contract is to force the original team to pay a chunk of money during the last year of the contract if they decided to match it. The poison pill only applies to the player's original team, not the ones offering him. Houston still paid him 8-8-8. That is why Carmelo called the poison pill contract a ridiculous contract, because of its structure.
I can tell Jeremy is so tired and uncomfortable with this question. Please stop asking him about something that is simply gossip. He is a Harvard educated man who is also an avid student of Scripture. Please stop with this.
@@J-Hue There is proof even Baron Davis who was a NYK at the time said Melo was like they can't keep going like this meaning it's basically unsustainable. Shit they were winning and MSG was the hottest it's been since '98 Camby Houston Sprewell LJ days.
You're dumb. Everyone was calling it a ridiculous contract because of its structure. It's literally called a "poison pill" contract. Even Lin knew the Rockets re-structured the contract to hurt the Knicks so they won't have Lin back.
He called the contract "ridiculous". Like what a hater man, dude could just be happy for his teammate making some money but no he's gotta talk sh*t. Melo didn't get along with D'Antoni either, D'Antoni said Melo just refused to buy into his system, that's why D'Antoni just quit outta nowhere
@@billblaski9523 and all that shit came full circle now that melo has been booted out the league and no team wants to sign him even though there are worse players than him still in the league playing.
@@billblaski9523yeah it's kind of an unspoken rule from what I read that fellow players don't openly criticize another guy's pursuit of contract money. Melo was definitely jealous. When the team drafted porzingus he tried to openly state that he wouldn't let anything get between him and his relationship with kristaps ... As if to try and publicly change the narrative of him with other up and coming teammates.
A quarter of the team didn't like the attention Lin was getting. These were the really ghetto type players (Jr. Smith, Anthony). Amar'e Stoudemire admitted this.
@@stevec5465 thIs is a lie. He literally sat out of the playoffs so he can get his money. Norris cole and mario chalmers killed Linda but y when he had 8 turnovers and 8 points. How’s that melos fault ?
@@kobeandcarmelostanaccount5540 According to your screen name, nothing is melos fault. Pound, pound, pound, hit. Pound, pound , pound, brick. Pound pound, pound, oops, no shot, let me pass out with 1 second to go. The offense STOPPED like a clogged TOILET with melo as focal point of offense. Facts!!!! Watch the replay of those games when he came back!!!! It became the ZERO MOTION offense. Melo pound the ball, pound, pound, pound. The rest of is just stand around. Pound, pound, pound. Pretty familiar to you??? Even LeBron wanted melo out of LA. And a few bad games by Jeremy doesn't mean that melo was right. And by the way, I went to Cause. I'm glad he got is a national championship. He could have been so much better. I thought that Coleman was the man, until Whoop de damn doo.
@@kobeandcarmelostanaccount5540 Lin was never cleared to play that year in the playoffs. You do realize Lin still played after that Heat game right? And he still continued to play in the NBA after that Knicks year. 8 and 8 wasn't his final game.
I always wondered how this would have ended if they had just sat Carmelo and let it continue like it was. He may have been the best player but he was a "team killer" for that particular team.
Are you dumb, lin played for like 2 weeks Got hurt and Melo brought them to the playoffs, Lin didn’t want to come back for the playoffs after he said he could, cuz he wanted to get paid. Miami shut him down and lin wasn’t the same, the Knicks played better without him and had their best year The following year, so y’all gotta stop with this Lin shit man, he played for 2 fucking weeks SAVE IT ALREADY , wtf else did he do in his career like Foh
He was a team killer but they ended the season 18-6 carried by Melo when Amare and Lin were injured most of the time? If Melo was sat down they would have missed the playoffs because once “Linsanity” got exposed he went back to being the average player he was. Then he got injured like always.
@@thealexanderfamily6459 Yeah it worked out great for Melo and the Knicks. I'm just saying for that team and coach, Lin may have been a better fit than Melo.
What would have happened is the Knicks miss the playoffs that year, Melo leaves and the team is in even more poverty than they were in with him. Literally the very next season after Lin left, Melo won 54 games, won a scoring title, and was runner up mvp, stop it. 😭🙏
Nobody in their right mind would argue Carmelo is less talented than Jeremy. It's just Knicks offense were so different after Melo comes back. From the free flowing passing game of Jeremy , to slowed down , watch Melo do isolation. Yes , I agree with Chauncey Billups, scoring 30 meant too much to Melo in the expenses of team win. Watching that Jeremy Lin directed offense, just reminded me so much Steve Nash at his best. It's free flowing.
Lin was nothing like Steve Nash. Nash was a hell of a passer. Lin was nowhere near as good passing the ball like Nash was and for the most part was a scorer. So let's stop with that comparison. Lin was a product of D'Antoni system who benefited from playing weak defenses. His run was only like a month long and he never looked that good again for the rest of his career proving it was a fluke. Without Lin the Knicks were better the following year under Woodsen winning their 1st 50+ game season since 00.
@Deez 😆😂🤣 Yeah the Raptors would have never won a championship without the heavy 3.5 minutes and 1.1 pts he averaged for them in those playoffs. And I'm the casual? You 🤡! GTFOH!
@Deez why is he a casual for saying that. He’s right that Lin wasnt Nash. Yeah they primary utilized the pick and roll but Nash’s vision and passing skills are top tier. Lin was more of an attacker who kicked out when the defense collapsed on him. And I dont know about weak defense but D’Antoni used him through the pick and roll like he did with Nash which allows the pg much more freedom and ability to utilize ball possession more than any other positions. Chris Duhan is the single game leader for assists for the Knicks thanks to D’Antoni. Let that sink in. Chris Duhan. He was a fine player but he isnt Stockton. Likewise Lin thrived under the system thanks in part to D’Antoni’s system. No shame in that but as an Asian American I feel like we gotta put things in realistic perspective.
@Deez lmao sorry professor of English literature. I forgot this was an essay for midterms rather than just a stupid youtube comment section about basketball.
@Deez lmao ok. Apparently replying to a comment thats the same length is not a wall of text but a comment refuting yours is one. Got it. Thank you for that insight professor. Ill definitely apply it to my next paper. I think we are done here since none of this applies to basketball. Kudos to you and your wealth of the English language.
Knicks was on a losing streak of 7 games (I cannot remember how many games but it was a stretch). Melo was frustrated and had some verbal fight with Brandon Jennings of the Bucks in which of course they lost. It was news that Knicks cant win then. A few games before that Nets birth of Linsanity, Lin was striving on 2-3 games in garbage time vs Celtics, etc. Melo was having issues leading the Knicks to victory. Morale is very low. No life in plays. Too much pressure for Melo. Then Lin emerged and everything is history. The Melo & Jr Smith side comment on Lin's "ridiculous" contract says it all. Hard fouls by Melo & Tyson Chandler vs Lin was evident. Even to this day, Jeremy is a class act not to make any more issues on it but its very obvious. D'Antoni & Stoudomire confirmed there was jealousy against Lin from a key player.
Mello now complains about Nuggets letting Jokic wear his number is disrespectful to his legacy at Nuggets. I mean, what legacy? He went to the playoff with a decent team and Allen Iverson, thank you?
Lin worked hard to get to where he was. Everyone looked past him and he had to get lucky breaks to even get time on the court. Melo was the golden goose, expected everything to be for him, etc, etc. Lin came in and played hard, played well and it made Melo's lazy ass look bad. So of course Melo would have an issue with a hard worker like this kid.
It sad that the stars aligned for Lin and D'Antoni with the team that got on so well together and they didn't match the offer. Everything worked but then just when the Knicks finally had things right, they destroyed it.
not surprise black guy hating asians. they think they more superior than asians but they fold when it comes to a white guy. but reality is they are not superior than anyone
Im not a knick fan but I followed them that year bc of Lin, and watching that playoffs, it was some of the worst basketball I have seen from a team. Gone was the ball movement, energy. Melo would just Iso, chuck, Iso, chuck, Iso chuck, 1 and done constantly, it showed the contrast between what each player could do with the same team. It was brutal watching 4 other guys standing there while Melo was being Melo. And now at the time Im typing this, Melo is complaining about Jokic having the same number as him, he is such a baby.
#AsianCarmeloFanHere FFFing #Carmelo. He's my favorite #NBAAllStar too. How he went in on #Linsanity was some straight hater shhht! FR. Just because the lights of #NewYork was on #Linsanity, #Carmelo felt some type of way. Jealousy is some real shhht.
That’s so humble of you to say .. but from outside looking in melo was hating ! But we should hear what melo has to say about it since he has a podcast now
a break from what exactly? He is humble, he clearly said it's all rumors and he confirmed nothing, he didn't cry about it. Did you even watch the video??
The Knicks would have never of made the playoffs that season if not for Jeremy Lin. He did more for The Garden in 2 weeks than Melo did in his entire career. We will remember Linsanity a lot longer than we'll remember anything Carmelo did in NY. Melo was another Kobe. Shoot his team out of a game if that means he gets 30 points. No wonder a guy like Jeremy Lin butted heads with those 2 egomaniacs. Neither Kobe or Melo were real leaders.
If you watch footage, many times he would barely celebrate teammates on HUGE plays (Jeremy Lin game winner in Toronto), or if he did, it was obviously forced and fake (J. R. Smith 'we just saw a man fly' dunk).
looool, so being better than Carmelo makes you the GOAT. haha, I guess Carmelo is all time 2nd on your list then. lmfao, the ledick riders make me laugh so hard
Carmelo was making 30 million... jeremy shoudve done two things. Let everyone its melos team and feed melonyhe ball in the forst amd fourth quarter as much as possible... u could melos frustartion in the heat game where lin was off. Melo was doing great
All this Carmelo bashing in the comments swear y’all folks be trolling for y’all even to say Lin is better than Melo yes he got a ring but outside of the ring and the one season with NYK what else did he accomplish??? I’ll answer Nothing
Lol bro melo. Was content with his ncaa championship he didnt feel the need to change when he for to the nba melo never evolved he is still the same college player
You do realize with as much hype that Melo got...for the "hometown" boy...did Melo ever win any championships for the Knicks? No...did Melo retire as a Knick? No....did Melo miss the playoffs on multiple occassions? Yes. Did he leave the knicks when they were losing? Yup. Again, check your hypocrisy at the door. Melo was a selfish black hole.
@George David His game clearly evolved from his early days into his prime. Knee injuries took him out of his prime during the height of his game, but he def evolved as a player. Better defender, better shooter, got rid of the ball faster, and was a more willing passer. He just never played with a great squad in his prime for more than 1 season and a half.
@Deez Lin was only getting garbage minutes. He said he doesn't even feel like he deserved that ring because he didn't really so anything. lol F outta here with that bs.
It's a shame he had to go to a team like the rockets with someone like Harden. He could've thrived on another team where he handled the ball and a solid big for a pick and roll offense.
Lin is too humble.
Chauncey Billups once said about Melo "Scoring 30 meant too much for Melo". If the team won but Melo didn't get his, he would be mad. ""It meant too much because he could have games where he had 20, 22 [points], we win the game and he's mad."
All scorers are like that. When Phil Jackson brought the triangle offense to the Bulls Phil told him he probably wasn't gonna lead the league in scoring. MJ made sure to let him know he would. When Magic 1st got to L.A. Kareem let him know that he could be the leader of the team but to make sure he got the ball down low so that he could get his shots. Shaq would always say he was a 28 and 10 guy and that if he doesn't eat he won't do the other big man things that the team wanted him to do. Melo was the main scorer for his team. That was his role. So it makes sense he would be disappointed if he didn't do his role.
@@blueblur2273 thank you
@@blueblur2273 You do realize comparing Melo to all-time greats just exposed his game right? MJ, Kareem, Shaq all had something in common that MELO never has had and ever will. Just goes to show that MELO never developed himself to help his TEAM win. CHAMPIONSHIPS and DEFENSE. Magic was an assists/steals leader and was an incredible player maker, one of the best. All those players found ways to contibribute to their TEAM in more ways than just scoring, unlike Self-centered Melo which is what Chauncey allued to! Think about that! lol
@@BlackStunna818 🤦♂ Way to completely miss the point! ️Nobody is saying Melo is as good as those guys numbskull! But the thing they had in common and got them all over the hump is that they all played with top 50 players. Kareem didn't start winning until Oscar came to the Bucks. Then went to L.A. and couldn't win until Magic arrived. MJ and Shaq didn't start winning until Pippen and Kobe's game matured. Shaq and Kareem didn't change at all from before they started winning championships till after. They just got more help
@Dat Cali Thank you! He completely missed his own points lol. All those players impacted the game in more ways than just scoring.
Kudos to Jeremy for taking the high road. Really great guy.
I love his honesty. You know he’s genuine. Melo was/is selfish. He doesn’t want his teams to succeed unless he’s the only guy. It might have different had Jeremy been black and saw him as a running mate. You never know.
I like to think that if Melo “was/is selfish” like you say they would’ve had a conflict.. but he says here they never had one 🤔 now I think you need to just say what you really mean Roy lol black is beautiful can’t piss me off come on spill it
As a former lifelong Knick fan, situations like Lin's is why I stopped following the team. You're finally winning, you're exciting, you have a humble, fun, star in Lin and you show him the door because Melo wanted all the attention. What a sad franchise. S/o to Lin, sucks we never got to see what could've been with him truly.
Lin signed a poison pill contract in Houston. No team was going to match that one, not even Houston themselves. That's why they re-structured the contract.
Knick coulda made so much money and won so many games riding the Linsanity. Asian community in New York. They would have attracted more stars to want to play there. Instead they were the laughing stock of the league for ten+ years.
Lin is such a humble dude, glad he got a ring.
That Linsanity era in NY Knicks history, man what a time
Lasted 2 weeks
@@agu003 From a NYer... those 2 weeks were the best 2 weeks we had gotten in a long, long time. We're talking 10, 20 years. NYK hasn't been a force in the NBA since like... Patrick Ewing. Which is sad af cause almost every kid growing up here has memories of balling. It's a deep rooted part of NYC culture and it isn't represented by our teams. I'd rather have a Steve Nash or John Stockton type over a Melo type who only cares about whether he put up 30 that night, not whether the team won the game or if there's a real chance at the ECF.
I’m not a Knicks fan, but I’m still upset about how Carmelo Anthony treated Jeremy Lin. Jeremy Lin, Jr Smith, Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler, Amare Stoudemire that would’ve been something bro!
It wasn’t Melo it was the front office that didn’t resign Lin.
@@travieetreproductions943 Due to heavy pressure from Carmello Anthony.
BD pretty much confirmed there was animosity towards him from certain players and it seemed like BD was one of those guys.
@@boomshakalaka8567CAP. Everyone who has spoken on this team has said Melo was supportive of Lin. He clashes with the coaching.
Shump, STAT and BD all said Melo wanted Lin to ADD to what they already established as in “if you can do that with me and Stat it only helps”.
Melo and players were upset on how the Coaching wasn’t good enough to help them be successful together…
@@atrain-wr9je You do realize it was a poison pill contract? Knicks were about to match the 8-8-8 deal from Houston but Houston changed the offer to 5-5-15 which the Knicks couldn't match because it would cost the Knicks 40M in luxury tax just to retain him and it will take a huge bump in cap. It was never about Carmelo. It was about the money and the flexibility of the roster. The Knicks actually felt betrayed with Lin(or Lin's agent) when Lin's camp signed the poison pill Houston offer when Lin camp knows for sure it was offered to keep the Knicks out from matching the offer. The job of the poison pill contract is to force the original team to pay a chunk of money during the last year of the contract if they decided to match it. The poison pill only applies to the player's original team, not the ones offering him. Houston still paid him 8-8-8. That is why Carmelo called the poison pill contract a ridiculous contract, because of its structure.
You get what you put out to the world. Jeremy has a ring and Carmelo doesn't.
Who’s career would you rather have though
@@themillslaneshow exactly!
@Deez but you’d rather have the one where you were crying on Twitter saying the nba hates me ?
@Deez
You're the one that went the emotional route. lol Sounds like he had you stumped.
@@J-Hue because he was stumped lol
I can tell Jeremy is so tired and uncomfortable with this question. Please stop asking him about something that is simply gossip.
He is a Harvard educated man who is also an avid student of Scripture.
Please stop with this.
In my OPINION,I really felt like Melo was jealous of Lin's POPULARITY when it comes to the Knicks.....
Yet there's no proof of any of that. So besides your own potential bias, what would make you think that?
@J'Hue Casey not bias,just an opinion bruh...not that serious....K.I.M
@@J-Huetheir actually is proof. Search it up
@@J-Hue There is proof even Baron Davis who was a NYK at the time said Melo was like they can't keep going like this meaning it's basically unsustainable. Shit they were winning and MSG was the hottest it's been since '98 Camby Houston Sprewell LJ days.
The fact that they approached everyone to make his documentary, but ONE guy didn’t want to participate… says A WHOLE LOT!
Lin, you never saw the interview where he (Anthony) commented on your Houston contract? "They are giving him that much money"!?
You're dumb. Everyone was calling it a ridiculous contract because of its structure. It's literally called a "poison pill" contract. Even Lin knew the Rockets re-structured the contract to hurt the Knicks so they won't have Lin back.
He called the contract "ridiculous". Like what a hater man, dude could just be happy for his teammate making some money but no he's gotta talk sh*t. Melo didn't get along with D'Antoni either, D'Antoni said Melo just refused to buy into his system, that's why D'Antoni just quit outta nowhere
@@billblaski9523 and all that shit came full circle now that melo has been booted out the league and no team wants to sign him even though there are worse players than him still in the league playing.
@@billblaski9523yeah it's kind of an unspoken rule from what I read that fellow players don't openly criticize another guy's pursuit of contract money. Melo was definitely jealous. When the team drafted porzingus he tried to openly state that he wouldn't let anything get between him and his relationship with kristaps ... As if to try and publicly change the narrative of him with other up and coming teammates.
@@mrtqtran yeah and now both lin and porzingus have rings from teams in the east that aren't the knicks haha
A quarter of the team didn't like the attention Lin was getting. These were the really ghetto type players (Jr. Smith, Anthony). Amar'e Stoudemire admitted this.
Melo killed Linsanity. He didn't want ball movement. Melo wanted pound pound pound. No shot? Pass off with 2 seconds left on shot clock.
@@stevec5465 thIs is a lie. He literally sat out of the playoffs so he can get his money. Norris cole and mario chalmers killed Linda but y when he had 8 turnovers and 8 points. How’s that melos fault ?
@@kobeandcarmelostanaccount5540 According to your screen name, nothing is melos fault. Pound, pound, pound, hit. Pound, pound , pound, brick. Pound pound, pound, oops, no shot, let me pass out with 1 second to go. The offense STOPPED like a clogged TOILET with melo as focal point of offense. Facts!!!! Watch the replay of those games when he came back!!!! It became the ZERO MOTION offense. Melo pound the ball, pound, pound, pound. The rest of is just stand around. Pound, pound, pound. Pretty familiar to you??? Even LeBron wanted melo out of LA. And a few bad games by Jeremy doesn't mean that melo was right. And by the way, I went to Cause. I'm glad he got is a national championship. He could have been so much better. I thought that Coleman was the man, until Whoop de damn doo.
@@kobeandcarmelostanaccount5540 Lin was never cleared to play that year in the playoffs. You do realize Lin still played after that Heat game right? And he still continued to play in the NBA after that Knicks year. 8 and 8 wasn't his final game.
@@DarkKnightxZ3 it's a reason why linsanity never happen again every where else he went he not the player Melo was.
I always wondered how this would have ended if they had just sat Carmelo and let it continue like it was. He may have been the best player but he was a "team killer" for that particular team.
Are you dumb, lin played for like 2 weeks Got hurt and Melo brought them to the playoffs, Lin didn’t want to come back for the playoffs after he said he could, cuz he wanted to get paid. Miami shut him down and lin wasn’t the same, the Knicks played better without him and had their best year The following year, so y’all gotta stop with this Lin shit man, he played for 2 fucking weeks SAVE IT ALREADY , wtf else did he do in his career like Foh
Lmao you hear yourself sit Melo for Lin who went to other teams and did nothing
He was a team killer but they ended the season 18-6 carried by Melo when Amare and Lin were injured most of the time? If Melo was sat down they would have missed the playoffs because once “Linsanity” got exposed he went back to being the average player he was. Then he got injured like always.
@@thealexanderfamily6459 Yeah it worked out great for Melo and the Knicks. I'm just saying for that team and coach, Lin may have been a better fit than Melo.
What would have happened is the Knicks miss the playoffs that year, Melo leaves and the team is in even more poverty than they were in with him. Literally the very next season after Lin left, Melo won 54 games, won a scoring title, and was runner up mvp, stop it. 😭🙏
Nobody in their right mind would argue Carmelo is less talented than Jeremy.
It's just Knicks offense were so different after Melo comes back. From the free flowing passing game of Jeremy , to slowed down , watch Melo do isolation. Yes , I agree with Chauncey Billups, scoring 30 meant too much to Melo in the expenses of team win.
Watching that Jeremy Lin directed offense, just reminded me so much Steve Nash at his best. It's free flowing.
Lin was nothing like Steve Nash. Nash was a hell of a passer. Lin was nowhere near as good passing the ball like Nash was and for the most part was a scorer. So let's stop with that comparison. Lin was a product of D'Antoni system who benefited from playing weak defenses. His run was only like a month long and he never looked that good again for the rest of his career proving it was a fluke. Without Lin the Knicks were better the following year under Woodsen winning their 1st 50+ game season since 00.
@Deez 😆😂🤣 Yeah the Raptors would have never won a championship without the heavy 3.5 minutes and 1.1 pts he averaged for them in those playoffs. And I'm the casual? You 🤡! GTFOH!
@Deez why is he a casual for saying that. He’s right that Lin wasnt Nash. Yeah they primary utilized the pick and roll but Nash’s vision and passing skills are top tier. Lin was more of an attacker who kicked out when the defense collapsed on him. And I dont know about weak defense but D’Antoni used him through the pick and roll like he did with Nash which allows the pg much more freedom and ability to utilize ball possession more than any other positions. Chris Duhan is the single game leader for assists for the Knicks thanks to D’Antoni. Let that sink in. Chris Duhan. He was a fine player but he isnt Stockton. Likewise Lin thrived under the system thanks in part to D’Antoni’s system. No shame in that but as an Asian American I feel like we gotta put things in realistic perspective.
@Deez lmao sorry professor of English literature. I forgot this was an essay for midterms rather than just a stupid youtube comment section about basketball.
@Deez lmao ok. Apparently replying to a comment thats the same length is not a wall of text but a comment refuting yours is one. Got it. Thank you for that insight professor. Ill definitely apply it to my next paper. I think we are done here since none of this applies to basketball. Kudos to you and your wealth of the English language.
meaning Melo bitched to the front office and wanted Lin out. They had to choose between Lin and Melo, and they chose Melo.
Only ring Melo every got was from his marriage…. Ironically he’s divorced now so he’s again ringless 😂
🤔 So you don’t watch college hoops?
Melo will still be mention in basketball history tho nobody even knows Lin won a ring with the raptors
@@scrapcuz8370🤡🤡🤡
@@scrapcuz8370 That's your own biased opinion. Who cares about melo, he sucks
@jalinmarry77😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Knicks was on a losing streak of 7 games (I cannot remember how many games but it was a stretch). Melo was frustrated and had some verbal fight with Brandon Jennings of the Bucks in which of course they lost. It was news that Knicks cant win then. A few games before that Nets birth of Linsanity, Lin was striving on 2-3 games in garbage time vs Celtics, etc.
Melo was having issues leading the Knicks to victory. Morale is very low. No life in plays. Too much pressure for Melo.
Then Lin emerged and everything is history.
The Melo & Jr Smith side comment on Lin's "ridiculous" contract says it all.
Hard fouls by Melo & Tyson Chandler vs Lin was evident.
Even to this day, Jeremy is a class act not to make any more issues on it but its very obvious. D'Antoni & Stoudomire confirmed there was jealousy against Lin from a key player.
Mello now complains about Nuggets letting Jokic wear his number is disrespectful to his legacy at Nuggets. I mean, what legacy? He went to the playoff with a decent team and Allen Iverson, thank you?
Lin worked hard to get to where he was. Everyone looked past him and he had to get lucky breaks to even get time on the court. Melo was the golden goose, expected everything to be for him, etc, etc. Lin came in and played hard, played well and it made Melo's lazy ass look bad. So of course Melo would have an issue with a hard worker like this kid.
It's the media that made the stories hope he get to be a guess at 7pm in Brooklyn
It sad that the stars aligned for Lin and D'Antoni with the team that got on so well together and they didn't match the offer. Everything worked but then just when the Knicks finally had things right, they destroyed it.
basically Melo was hating on Lin according to B Davis.
not surprise black guy hating asians. they think they more superior than asians but they fold when it comes to a white guy. but reality is they are not superior than anyone
Carmelo's only problem was his ego that's why he Ringless despite having had so much opportunities to not be
Carmelo had to been hurt about it because he never talks about it
Im not a knick fan but I followed them that year bc of Lin, and watching that playoffs, it was some of the worst basketball I have seen from a team. Gone was the ball movement, energy. Melo would just Iso, chuck, Iso, chuck, Iso chuck, 1 and done constantly, it showed the contrast between what each player could do with the same team. It was brutal watching 4 other guys standing there while Melo was being Melo. And now at the time Im typing this, Melo is complaining about Jokic having the same number as him, he is such a baby.
Melo is selfish and a hater. He was jealous Lin was getting the attention and not him.
cant believe Melo made all that momey by never bein a winner
#AsianCarmeloFanHere FFFing #Carmelo. He's my favorite #NBAAllStar too. How he went in on #Linsanity was some straight hater shhht! FR. Just because the lights of #NewYork was on #Linsanity, #Carmelo felt some type of way. Jealousy is some real shhht.
That’s so humble of you to say .. but from outside looking in melo was hating ! But we should hear what melo has to say about it since he has a podcast now
Lin is misleading here…based on what Melo said in his podcast recently
This ain’t his voice tf
this guy needs to give it a break. he had 3 hot months and wasn't anything after that.
Eat ya stinky food boy!
a break from what exactly? He is humble, he clearly said it's all rumors and he confirmed nothing, he didn't cry about it. Did you even watch the video??
The only person JLin has spoken ill of was Kobe
Yeah cus I never heard melo was jealous of Lin till recently but it could be true
The Knicks would have never of made the playoffs that season if not for Jeremy Lin. He did more for The Garden in 2 weeks than Melo did in his entire career. We will remember Linsanity a lot longer than we'll remember anything Carmelo did in NY. Melo was another Kobe. Shoot his team out of a game if that means he gets 30 points. No wonder a guy like Jeremy Lin butted heads with those 2 egomaniacs. Neither Kobe or Melo were real leaders.
You are high sir
If you watch footage, many times he would barely celebrate teammates on HUGE plays (Jeremy Lin game winner in Toronto), or if he did, it was obviously forced and fake (J. R. Smith 'we just saw a man fly' dunk).
Melo was straight jealous 🥶🥶🤔🤔real talk
So why didn’t you just talk to him ? You were on a 10 day and got an opportunity and you don’t approach the man of the squad - fake humble
That's why LBJ is the GOAT! You know he's genuinely happy for his young guys who have breakout seasons (ex. Austin Reaves). Cmon Melo!!!
looool, so being better than Carmelo makes you the GOAT. haha, I guess Carmelo is all time 2nd on your list then. lmfao, the ledick riders make me laugh so hard
@@heming277 Lebron’s 1 in-season tournament championship >> Carmelo’s ball hogging ass career
So Dantoni gets fired and they go further the following year. But somehow Melo was jealous and this and that
People just wanna hate on melo as usual
for real
I just come here to see the reason why everyone blame Carmelo for Lin, this interview didn't help much though 😂
That's why mellow ain't in the league he's the most selfish player ever
Carmelo was making 30 million... jeremy shoudve done two things. Let everyone its melos team and feed melonyhe ball in the forst amd fourth quarter as much as possible... u could melos frustartion in the heat game where lin was off. Melo was doing great
Melo a hater
All this Carmelo bashing in the comments swear y’all folks be trolling for y’all even to say Lin is better than Melo yes he got a ring but outside of the ring and the one season with NYK what else did he accomplish??? I’ll answer Nothing
Lol bro melo. Was content with his ncaa championship he didnt feel the need to change when he for to the nba melo never evolved he is still the same college player
You do realize with as much hype that Melo got...for the "hometown" boy...did Melo ever win any championships for the Knicks? No...did Melo retire as a Knick? No....did Melo miss the playoffs on multiple occassions? Yes. Did he leave the knicks when they were losing? Yup. Again, check your hypocrisy at the door. Melo was a selfish black hole.
Ring >>> Everything
@George David
His game clearly evolved from his early days into his prime. Knee injuries took him out of his prime during the height of his game, but he def evolved as a player.
Better defender, better shooter, got rid of the ball faster, and was a more willing passer. He just never played with a great squad in his prime for more than 1 season and a half.
@Deez
Lin was only getting garbage minutes. He said he doesn't even feel like he deserved that ring because he didn't really so anything. lol F outta here with that bs.
Melo the worst kind of teammate. period. and they only won that title at Syracuse cause of Hakim Warrick. People who know basketball know.
ehehheeheh!!
Crazy only you said that … every other team mate loved him … shit Jeremy Lin didn’t even say he was a bad teammate
billups for one. Jjefferies as well. there were others. He was toxic to winning. @@bjjohnson9710
Even melo doesn't like melo.
Lmao people love to create their own stories
He was a great/historic scorer but not a great all around player
It's a shame he had to go to a team like the rockets with someone like Harden. He could've thrived on another team where he handled the ball and a solid big for a pick and roll offense.