Andy Hoops honestly I loved his rookie year and he led his team to the playoffs so I think that was pretty impressive

2004-2015 pure HOF status. 2015-current high quality vet. Best seasons top 5 in NBA 09, 12-13

08-09 was rather impressive, he really seemed to be a much more overall player that year, although I think Billups on the team was the main reason the nuggets went to the west finals, melo really grew that year. I thought if he kept that up he would truly be ELITE

06-07 season

Easily the '08-'09 season, if we're talking team play and being unselfish, when he was in the best shape of his life (up until that point of his career) coming off playing on that Redeem Team '08 Olympics where he balled out and had Chauncy Billups in his ear all summer and season long about doing things a certain way. But, statistically, he was better the season prior, '07-'08, when he had his best effective FG% shooting season while averaging his 2nd most rebounds per game and still putting up 25+ pts per game while playing alongside Iverson. I don't really count his Knicks seasons after '13 since the Knicks were so bad.

I think he was a willing passer it’s just his teammates weren’t that great, especially in NY. Watching the games his teammates would miss bunnies and open shots when he passed the ball all the time. Take note, when Melo and Amare played together he averaged the most assists to Amare out of EVERYONE on the team

His lack of assist has more to due with his play style. Players like LeBron drive to the rim and draw help defenders which allows teammates to get open. But someone like melo relies more on midrange shots where he only had to shoot over one guy and the defense can still cover the other players

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@1- 20 - 7 LG This is the issue Melo has faced his entire career. The media (especially Stephen A) & his fanboys constantly make excuses for Melo rather than make Melo face reality. If the media & his fanboys were more realistic & truthful about Melo, Melo would have been forced to change & would likely have seen much more success in the team aspect of his NBA career. Whether the media or his fanboys realize it they are big reasons to why he isn't a winning player.

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2012-13 was his best season

he won scoring champ that year too

And made playoffs with 54 wins

He absolutely was and then next year was

2012-13 was the Complete Melo just like how in 2017-18 We’re the years of Complete Lebron

Kobe spoke highly of Melo

@@dominiquejones3805 very highly

Could make tough shot just like Kobe

He went to the U of A

Who cares? Lol.

Huh? Bibby only scored over 20 for a season once in his entire career. Mike wasn't a normal 20 ppg scorer.

@@GDCDGC plus sasha vujacic

I LOVED mike bibby

I agree!!!

@IG: confused_melo For FACTS #Ginga I've got nothing. The knicks kinda shot themselves in the foot by not waiting till the 2011 offseason to get him. They traded their depth for him and then had a mishmash team in 2012. That offseason, they found everyone over 35 and signed them, all of which tired out by the playoffs, then retired after that 2nd round exit. The knicks did a horrible job at building around him.

@IG: confused_melo For FACTS #Ginga 100% agreed. Melo turned d'antoni's offense into iso, while Jeremy Lin actually did a good job running it. Melo is usually the problem on the court. Combine that with the FO being terrible and they fail, even in the weak east

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Cream why would trust an undrafted player who can barely make a summer league roster with the the future of your franchise when a player who’s won 2 gold medals and a NCAA championship is coming back from an injury

Larry Brown wouldn't have played him much as a rookie & I don't think Melo would have sat quietly 4 that. 😏. If I was a different coach and melo accepted a team role like avg near 20 pts . It could have worked but .....I don't know if he would have.

@@bryanttisdale2446 i mean anyone with the right mind would prefer him over tayshaun cuz tayshaun isnt a scorer and having a whole lineup of a non score first guy would be a problem for themselves

Darmawan well tayshaun may not have been a scorer in any right. he was a crucial part to the dominance of the pistons in the early 2000s . his defense was superb being long and lanky and had smart bball IQ. and he was no slouch on the offensive side either . he could score when he needed to and most importantly he played his role . allegedly

He would've have 3 chips atleast

David Espinoza nah. 1 . 2 at very most allegedly

Actually, he it is the best. He has so many trophies and records. The only player who played with passion every game with USA. Everybody else had/have holidays mood.

Who cares about being the best player o the Olympic team? Yeah that year Melo “balled out” (2016) he came off the bench playing against for the most part non NBA second lineups lol (not even starting). The only reason Melo has an impressive Olympic record is because he knew he would never accomplish anything on the NBA stage but wants to be relevant on conversation. Nobody plays 4 Olympics, except desperate people. I mean you gotta look good when you are playing up against some 6’3 BACKUP SF who is probably playing in the biggest game of his life... Overrated... his best years were with Syracuse...

@@floyd9727 Hahahaha. Dude, Melo balls out for team USA for more than a decade. You are either too ingorant or too young. There is something called pride and honour. Americans don't give a fuck about their national team, when every other player in the world dreams of playing with his national team because it's the biggest honour to represent your country. It's not pathetic nor desperate to play for your own country. Also, Melo till 2016-2017 was dropping 20+ points every season of his career. In his best seasons he averaged 28ppg. In his last season in NY he averaged 22.5, not bad at all. It's not his fault that the Knicks organisation didn't surround him to with proper pieces. Allen Iverson played for bas teams and he was one man team, nobody criticizes him. If you think that Melo was in his prime when he was 17, then you haven't watched actual prime Melo from 2005 to 2013. Melo is a HOF and I give him the biggest respect for representing his country in every tournament, unlike the other guys who are too afraid and pathetic for not wanting to represent their country. It's only an American thing. It only happens with team USA, where it's own players don't want to play

Kush Berry Let him be, I think he’s hurt.

Kush Berry lol his greatest accomplishment in the NBA was getting his one scoring title, in which he was the only player since the start of the millennium to get a scoring title and not break 30 points by the way something he never did In his career. Every other player is that won a scoring title was able to break 30 EXCEPT MELO, and he on top of that, he never did shit in the playoffs. One western conference final on a stacked Denver Nuggets squad lead by Chauncey Billups and coached by the coach of the year George Karl. After that he goes on to play for the Knicks in the Leastern conference (also crippling the franchise the Knicks with his massively huge contract which prevented him from getting any help) , in which he accomplished his one scoring title in which he lead his team made the playoffs only to be knocked out of the first round. Melo did nothing in his career on his own and reflected no leadership at any point of his NBA career. In my opinion certain awards don’t mean any thing. ALL Star awards (it’s fan picked and doesn’t reflect the whole season), USA Olympic Gold (any other country it’s different like when Argentina won it in 2004) If its USA all you really have to do is Go and you get a gold medal for the most part. The only things that matter to me when evaluating a player is MVPs (Melo 0), Scoring titles (1 in which he was the weakest in the past 20 years to win not breaking 30 ppg) All NBA defense (Melo 0) All NBA (Melo made all NBA Second team twice, and all NBA 3rd team 4 times) *never once was he one of the best 5 players in the league in his entire career* NBA championship (0). or leading the league in any other stat other than scoring either all time or season (0). Yes Melo will make the NBA ball of fame because of his excellent NCAA performance at Syracuse, and because of his technical most gold medals. Guess he knew he wasn’t going to achieve anything like a championship or an MVP in the NBA so night as well get his name in the record books in some way... funny you know why most player top tier players don’t play on the olympics every single time? Most of the time it’s because they are recovering from either an exhaustive playoff (something Melo only experienced once in Denver), or because they are tired of winning in the olympics and they want to let the younger players go and make their mark. Melo had no mark so this was his only way to create something memorable about him... another thing, did you know that Carmelo Anthony has the WORST PLAYOFF WINNING PERCENTAGE IN NBA HISTORY in terms of players with 50 or more playoff games 16-36 (.308 both Denver and New York)? oh and don’t bring up Iverson. That man actually took his team to a finals BY HIMSELF, got multiple scoring titles (4) (while breaking 30ppg) was an MVP, was a 3 time steal champion, and Rookie of the year and made the all NBA first team 3 times. The comparison of Iverson the Melo isn’t even close and you should be ashamed of yourself for even bringing up them up in the same sentence unless saying the played together... I’m done with this argument, I’ll state it again OVERRATED! Weakest playoff player of all time in terms of winning in NBA playoffs lol!

I haven't even watched the video yet lol and I'm still cracking up on how he said 😂

If he did not punched the fire extinguisher it could be different story

LMAO I just got to that part and I cried laughing

Lmfao I was thinking the same damn thing

Myles PG same way they did James Harden in 2016

Yup. I remember that. PG Stole that third team spot from him and soooo many people were angry as hell when that happened.

@IG: confused_melo For FACTS #Ginga Before i go back and fourth with you, did you watch the knicks that season?

@@mylespg2215 don't bother I've argued with this dude plenty of times he states he spits out straight facts. I've countered everything hes said. He just blocked me on it cause he cant handle my debating skills

@IG: confused_melo For FACTS #Ginga it's funny cause without him the knicks did worse

U know any Carmelos?

Matthieu Georges no lol

iwant_moorecash I wanted him and Kevin Love to sign with Chicago so bad that summer

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@@eski_truv Yeah, the Bulls front office wouldn't do that even with a gun to their head. They like screwing up their team.

Why did he fuck up? He wanted to get more money aint nothing wrong with that. Theres life outside of basketball

iwant_moorecash no he didn’t. I’d rather b rich then have jewelry 🤷🏾‍♂️

bro watchin Melo play in his prime was a movie. he is forevee my fav player didnt give a fuc about no stats or teaming up with other superstars. he was a lone wolf.

@@Erick-io5xi yes sir

Erick fax idk why ppl don’t like him

With Kristaps, Noah and Courtney Lee :(

Shabaka Smkss did you forget all those guys played for the Knicks?

Shabaka Smkss fake ass knickerbockers fan

The early 2010s is real undervalued

So do I man

@Shabaka Smkss but he was a defensive liability in multuple eras

Andy has already made 2 good videos about CP3.

pretty damn good.

Self Made We sure as hell know him now because of Myteam

Hell I'm born in 2004 and I believe Kirlenko is SO damn underrated. I love his defensive motor, and arguably the best defender who hasn't won a D.P.O.Y..... Also Him, Deron Williams, and Memo Okur were killin it in Utah!

@@mind_of_dro and also Carlos Boozer

Self Made andrei kirlenko i prolly fucked up the spelling lol but I’m 22 and i def know who that is

He was a spy !!

He didn't deserve that vote IMO

@@darrellwhiten-boone4308 Everyone was shock that Bron didn't win unanimously. Even stephen a. Smith blasted that person on live tv. I am just pointing that out

@@kilikiliwarrior Ik

@@darrellwhiten-boone4308 No one deserve a 1st place vote that year other than Lebron. Still can't get over the fact that Curry is the only unanimous MVP

@Shabaka Smkss Melo went on that crazy run but that heat team put on a winning streak that is only second to that 33winstreak by the lakers

Thunder didn't know how to use melo, the rockets just did him dirty. See portland use melo effectively.

Agreed with both of you

@@daffaridho284 I think they wanted to use like that KD, Westbrook, Harden combo? But Melo didn't want that coming off the bench Portland is just playing Iso ball, pretty much. New York would have had more successful if the locker room wasn't so cancerous.

Adam Price if you knew his game, you’d know that his “Chubby” body is the reason why he’s so good. Why you think Kobe called him as strong as a Bull?

@@ky5059 True, all that didn't matter. Money meant everything to Melo over the other things.

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Thats unfortunate

@Intellectual One oof lmao

if youre stopping the game to do a million jab steps youre damn right no one wants to play with that

Intellectual One haha i’d still break your ankles tho

Malcolm mayberry so his entire career my nigga lmao

@@josephbirmingham2796 haha

it was 05 to 13. afterwards his team is trash and so is his game, his efficiency dropped

noah reniva his efficiency dropped🧐 go back and look at the Knicks roster 13-16 it ain’t hard to figure out why it dropped

Malcolm mayberry 2016 was past his prime last good season was 2013

King Karl he doesnt defend... there is no sense at all.

@@Rukhasu in that kind of team, he dont got to defend lolol, when you got sheed wallace, rip hamilton, and ben wallace on defense, you dont need to play defense. He couldve been straight offence for the pistons , nothing else, just get buckets and let the team play defense for you. That's what that pistons team never had, that dynamic offensive threat. Like melo.

then the block on reggie miller wouldnt happened

King Karl this is real life, not a video game. He doesnt fit at all. You can sign curry and expect you will be the best 3p shooter team.

You stole this comment

ItsYoBoyAye facts

He was a good player but he wasn't a championship caliber player mainly because he cared too much about his own stats

Ben Brown very true and I’m sure now he realises that.

Colonel Muammar Covfefe yeah a future hall of famer will be forgotten in half a decade

He already gets all the respect he deserves. A scoring machine that couldn't do anything else.

He never won shit he deserves nothing. None of these players deserve anything, they should receive praise when they win & fault when they lose. Problem with Melos career is people like yourself, Stephen A, & other fanboys ALWAYS make up excuses for Melo allowing him an out to any situation. You people hurt Melos career by not making him face reality & now its too late.

Leo Kizzo facts

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Leo Kizzo I believe it is because nash made his teammates better and idk if anyone ever thought nash was better than melo

Killmonger 26 No.. He was the Great White Hype. An’toni system makes any point guard or Prime ball handler look legendary. Nash doesn’t even play half the defense Melo did and gets no flack for being defensively challenged. Nash was coated with teflon to them white boys.

Leo Kizzo Naw, Nash actually takes it slightly worse since aside from the fact that many fans discredit his two MVPs (unfairly at that), they even use his ethnicity as the reason for winning MVP (which is rather bullshit considering that the NBA has NEVER had a bias against players of their race). They're both equally disrespected though.

Yes and he was robbed out of that rookie of the year

Luchi Kapone lead a whole team to the playoffs

@@luchikapone4212 He lead a team that won 17 games the year before to the playoffs in the west hell yeah he was robbed of rookie of the year.

They should shared roty just like kidd and grant did

@Milestonecomics Tracy McGrady had some gems in the first and second round, too. I still think it's a good comparison.

@@TrevForPresident Also Melo's 39 pt game 6 performance against Indy in 2013 where they got absolutely hosed by the refs.

Melo’s teammates were 10x better than magic tmac’s. And tmac was already on a decline soon after he got to the rockets, due to injury

@@TrevForPresidentwhat second round? Tmac never been to the second round apart from 09 when he missed it from injury, and his last season as a bench warmer on the spurs

@@duperfat5646 true. He did win a ring as a bench warmer. Guess I’m thinking of first-round magic. The west was absurdly strong in his era.

Doesnt change the numbers... greatness is determined by what you accomplish in pressured moments. Melos career is pretty much TMac 2.0 without the injury 🤔

North Gaming no but a kid facing the greatest spurs team and a championship laker team before he was even allowed to legally drink has to go some where in the story ...

@@JWoogieraps yea he lost... what fid he accomplish after is my question. MJ couldnt get past the pistons until he did. Dirk got revenge on the same team that stole his first ring. All im saying is Melo was a great 2nd or 3rd tier player (not a championship team but in the overall outlook of NBA history). If he wasnt ready to grow into a true championship leader with in 3 years he shouldve stayed in college longer. He was never gonna be an NBA champ, he made as many bad decisions in his career as both hia team during his prime

@@JWoogieraps also i dont understand why you said "no but"... a question wasnt asked unless youre saying greatness is determined by something elseand if so please elaborate

North Gaming greatness is more than rings , look at how his teammates speak of him , they all love him , look at all the great battles and moments he gave us

fucking w

He has dna championship so he has experience

AJ Pippin Chauncey Billups had his career high in PPG when he was in Denver at age 38! That’s incredible considering Melo took majority of the shots. CB brought with him championship experience and was the Floor General of that team. So delusional no! Debatable yes.

AJ Pippin mad disrespect on chauncey. he was an elite sg.

David Y ain’t a shooting guard you on crack

William Guzman not debatable. melo was the leader. clear cut day one.

Stormstriker Yeah but winning is more important I think he would have played well on the Bulls. In 2015 that team could have won it all that yr. they damn near had a 3-1 lead over the Cavs.

If he would have sacrificed at the beginning in new York. Sign as a free agent which he would have a better team... better chance to win. You win in new York it will make you a lot more than you lost in the haircut. Ask any Yankee star who has won! Or walt Frazier still living off that success!

@@bryanttisdale2446 All he needed to do was say no to his wife & put his foot down as a man but he didn't which resulted in his wasted basketball years.

IG: confused_melo For FACTS #Ginga that’s fair

yes money was a factor but Melo really wanted to play in NY.

Yea

So was he really a great player? No. Good player yes. Great? No. Great players would have done more in their careers with the amount of talent he played with, the great coaches hes played with, the great organizations hes played with, etc. He greatly underachieved in his NBA career.

@@HaveFunLosingBro it's tough for me to say that he's "greatly underachieved" in his NBA career when you look at his entire resume. He's a 1st ballot hall of famer so there's no way I can categorize that as a great underchievement. I think he underachieved as a leader and winner because he had opportunities to put winning ahead of his own selfishness and immaturity and he didn't/couldn't. He should've modeled what Paul Pierce did who got similar crticisms earlier in his career then began to change his game, which made his transition when they got KG/Allen that much easier. As a result, he's remembered as a winner and clutch player. Melo isn't.

@@Israel-nb7ip he never won a single championship he underachieved

@@Israel-nb7ip Also 1 conference finals appearance for your entire career? Like I said greatly underachieved.

Shabaka Smkss lol fair enough. I won’t argue that even tho I still stand on top5..top7 if I’m fighting it..but I can’t really be mad at top10 🤷🏾‍♂️

You can easily argue that Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Lebron James, Michael Jordan, Kareem, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, George Gervin, Alex English, James Harden, Shaq, Hakeem, AI maybe even Bob McAdoo were better scorers than him. Melo is low top 10 or mid top 20.

@@Tom-eq7eh he has a near equal scoring average to every person on that list except lebron, m.j., wilt, and Iverson. So as a scorer he certainly flirts with top-10 all time. Although if we brought up kobe, dominique, and Karl Malone then Carmelo falls out of that top 10 for sure.

Best in what sense? Talent wise? Sure half way thru the season he was after they traded A.I. but chauncy is what made that team run

North Gaming Chauncy was the point guard & the vet ofcourse he had a substantial impact but take away melo and there was nothing to even speak about . Melo is the guy that u give the ball to and get a bucket whenever wherever that is your best player .

@@TallerDanDMan again talent wise yes without doubt. The video just showed you win shares he hardly as an impact. Obviously not the only stat but take Chauncey off that team you and all you got is a bunch of young guys chasing stats. Basketball involves 9 people coming together cohesively. 04 pistons for example. Not one player was a melo type player but won a ring and couldve won a second. Also only one player in history whos made a whole career of hitting big shots in big moments. Game on the line in the playoffs id rather Big Shot on the court with ball than melo, thats just facts

North Gaming yea ok buddy, get some rest you need help

@@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony huh?

Roberto Lebron f

AJ The Wright Gamer why the f in chat?

Roberto Lebron the heart isn’t there because you edited your comment

AJ The Wright Gamer lol

They were pretty dominant in the East, going to the ECF 6 years in a row with 2 consecutive Finals Appearances. They had a better run than the 2008 Celtics squad to say the least.

Why...🤦🏽‍♂️man had a 10 game stretch... thats a 5 minute video

@@northgaming2102 shut up

Ding ding. That's the key. Harden, melo , players like that don't get rings. Even Dirk had special defensive specialists team that got a Heat team before they were hitting their stride. To get Dirk the one ring. It takes that 4 a wing players who isn't a impact on both sides of court like Lebron, Kawhi, Jordan and pippen. Bird.

@IG: confused_melo For FACTS #Ginga Haha 😂🤣

Must have been a local thing. Everyone I knew said Kobe

Theophilus Jones ur funny

Yeah and Billups could tear up defenses on NBA 2K11 as well.

Chauncey won most if not all of his matchups in the playoffs with Melo by a wide margin.

Dean simmons sure buddy whatever u say

IG: confused_melo For FACTS #Ginga wow let me see the west was harder Melo had a halfway decent team and went to Wcf then he goes East and has one of the rosters in the nba goes absolutely no where is that math for u ??

Ruck Man that comment alone made me dislike the video lol can’t believe he said that

@@dmillsjr1 YEP

Teddy__Westwood same here🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

u could just say billups was the captain and melo is the ace lol

Similar to the situation in Golden State, where Steph was the catalyst and the leader; however, Durant was the best player.

Cuz he kicked Jeremy Lin off the team for no reason

I agree

Big fucking no. Melo was never a top 2 player in the world. Even thinking Melo over KD is fucking stupid.

Do you have a Flight level IQ?

@@petersonofleo11 the only thing melo was better at in his prime was maybe scoring but that is it

@@gavin7841 Not even scoring KD has always been a guy that averages between 25 to 30 points per game since his second season. KD only has one season where he averaged less than 25 points per game and it was his rookie season. Melo was a great scorer but he wasnt as consistent as KD. There were seasons where Melo would average 27 or 28 a season but then averaged 22 the next. KD is also way more efficient than Melo ever was and he didnt shoot the ball as much as Melo.

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