Unfortunately the story of Melo is what Chauncey once said. He’s okay with hitting 40 pts on a loss but unhappy with 20 pts on a win 🙈

Pistons should have considered taking Chris bosh tbh.

There's a big difference between watching whole games and looking at stats. I watched a ton of Carmelo's Knicks games and it was clear he was playing for a paycheck. His career wasn't frustrating. He got exactly what he wanted. He would ball-hog 20 points in the first half then disappear the second. What a waste. I also laugh when I hear about Harden and talk about MVPs.

If Melo was in Detroit, he would participate in the Malice In The Palace

He averaged 21.6 rebounds because he idolized Charles Barkley and was attacking the boards. He adopted the mentality of rebounds wins ga....oh what, Jonny fucked up? Oh, forget what I said then.

Carmelo is high on the list of all-time "extremely talented, but should have had a better career" players along with guys like Shawn Kemp, Vince Carter, and Dwight Howard. He's a ten time all-star and lock for HoF, but still, he's made one conference finals his entire career and never made an all-nba first team. For a guy who was one of the greatest college players ever and was supposed to be Lebron's great rival coming into the league, that has to be considered disappointing.

This video is great. Would love an updated one once he retires. I feel as though this past year with the Blazers showed us something we haven’t seen thus far and I hope continues.

Melo is pretty much Adrian Dantley. Defensive liability, great scorer, 95% chance he’s gonna shoot instead of pass, a predominately iso scorer, and usually getting bounced in the first or second round, or not making the playoffs at all.

Wow he averaged 21.2 rebounds his rookie year 😂

Crazy how this has rapidly changed over the past few years

if Piston drafted him they could have developed him to a much better player he could also be their star post Billups-Hamilton-Walace Brothers-Prince-era

I'd love to see an update to this video. He was good in Portland.

This story has a happy ending. He played good and fit in well in Portland.

Fast forward a bit and he was that it factor that got them in the bubble and that got them into the first round of the playoffs as a starter. Clutch offense and defense and playmaking, rebounding. He's going to have a better season coming up. Glad he can help a good team out at this age.

Great breakdown dude! I do wish you mentioned Jeremy Lin/Melo relationship, that would’ve been intriguing

They called him Ason Kidd earlier, "because he ain't got no J". 10 years later, reinvents his game into becoming a deadly spot up shooter.

Melo had a chance to join with Jimmy Butler, D Rose and Joakim Noah with the Bulls in 2011. He wrote a heartfelt message to the people of NY via the times about staying home blah blah blah (he went for the money) . And the rest is history.

Great video. Subscribed 👍

Great vid, but your agreeing with comments about melo ruining Lin’s career are off base. Truth concerning Lin is he was never a tier one player to begin with. Lin had starting opportunities with Houston, Los Angeles, Charlotte and Brooklyn and failed at each stop. Any player can have a good run, the truth about Lin was told once the league knew him as a player. Second or third guard off the bench at best. You’re 💯 on point concerning Melo’s decision making.....again, great vid!

Nice vid

Would love to work together sometime man. Great vid/ breakdown

melo was so smart he pushed a trade ...he got what he was asking for....

That orlando team was very good almost every game in the finals was close. I love these youtube prognosticators who dont even watch the games.

it is a right comparison you made to Allen Iverson. Both Melo and Allen have not ever understand their roles in the teams over their careers. Anyway, I really like both as many fans. They brought the game to another level despite not winning the championships like Reggie Miller you covered in other video.

I don't know about the Magic barely having any business against the Lakers. I was 15 at the time. I watched that series and I'm a huge Lakers fan. Yes the Lakers were undeniably the superior team but lets not forget the Lakers won 2 of those games in overtime so the Magic obviously had to do something right for even that to happen.

Is Carmelo Anthony done in the NBA?

As a Knicks fan, we might lose 70 games a year, but at least Melo was entertaining.

Interesting video. I agree that the Pistons should’ve drafted better but there’s no way Melo would’ve been the best player on the Pistons team as a rookie. You’re severely devaluing the talent on that back to back Champion Pistons team. Besides that, you could’ve reasonably expected Melo to take away from the good chemistry on that team, rather than contribute to it. Keep in mind Melo pretty much shot his way out of Denver when nobody really wanted him as bad as he wanted to get out of there. LeBron and others were quoted that they did not want him as a teammate but wished him well. With that said, I don’t think it was Melo’s mistake to extend his Knicks contract. That was one of many poor front office decisions the Knicks made over the past 40 years. And they pretty much threw money at him. No one else would’ve given him that much. Melo has lots of friends in the NBA but none of them want him as a teammate. He can’t shoot at a high percentage, he can’t rebound above average for his size or position and he really can’t defend. He’s a liability. And he’s 35 years old. He’s had a full, accomplished career. And that’s really all there is to it.

Melo's problem was he never truly cared about winning. It just happened to be the end result often times on the lower levels(High school & college). As long as he led the team in scoring, got as much attention as possible(Thus the desire for New York), and made the most money he was fine with whatever season he had. Now he's humbled himself far too late. He's in Portland putting up empty numbers for one of the most confusingly inconsistent teams in the NBA with two other shot chucking traffic cones that don't seem to know what a pass is in Dame Lillard and CJ McCollum.

I always pushed for bro but I eventually started to feel like we wanted em to win more than he wanted to win.

The lesson here is don't tell your team you are leaving and if they trade you anywhere don't stay he could have partnered with another superstar and he could have won at least one championship

10:50 "It turns out there was 1 major problem" Damian Lillard

Good take look at melo now tho for the lakers. He took ur advice and adapted to a new role and it’s paying off so far

Not even going to mention him running Lin out of town?

I have tromendous respect for these legends ie Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony by Steve Irungu Jermaine

I love his jumpshot

Its 2021 and looks like he has finally done it and acknowledged his new role on the lakers

These are facts.

This dude always looked about 12-15 pounds overweight. He still should have won Rookie of the Year.

U r so wrong on Magic getting smoked by Nuggets in the finals. If I remember correctly Magic won or split the season games with Nuggets, and if Denver would've advanced to the Finals Orlando would've won the chip that year, cus Nuggets had no answer for Dwight unlike Lakers with Bynum Gasol and Odom + posses Kobe

Sometimes the grass isn't greener on the other side. He had a GREAT THING going in Denver. Made the conference Finals and all that. But the move to NY just wasn't meant to be as great. The thought of him and Amare had MAJOR potential! But Amare had the injury bug and fell out of his prime. From there, u have to build a certain team around Melo. When Melo had his best success, he had great floor generals running the show (Billups in Denver, Kidd in NY) and plenty of defenders and rebounders around to do the dirty work. So on those teams, all Melo had to do GREAT was score the rock. Melo was who he was. He was a great player in his prime. One of the top 3 scoring skillsets ever at the SF position. Was a great scoring and rebounding SF. But THE GUYS like Bron, MJ, Bird, Magic, KD, Kobe, Wade, etc. had THE BLEND of great scoring AND great all around ability as a package. Those are the easiest guys to build a team around. That's a FACT! But everybody ISN'T meant to have that package. Or be a great two way player like a Kawhi. So instead of bashing Melo, I prefer to look at him as an all time great scorer. IF YOU KNOW the game of basketball, u know the importance of having devastating scoring machines like a Melo! BUT he's not the level of player of a Bron, Bird, or KD at the SF DUE the huge gap in all around ability!

jeremy lin has a ring and MELO DOESNT! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

Melo was awesome though...in that stop snitchin' to the cops video.

Melo is hated on way too much. Sure he's not a perfect player, but you have to appreciate him for his strengths

Carmelo has been playing well in Portland. Fits in good with those guys.

As a Carmelo Anthony fan this is a very very sad video just too many what if’s

Kobe is the goat. The greatest ever.

The true "What If" story is How much better would Chris Bosh would have been if he had been drafted no. #2? What he would have learned defensively from Rasheed and Big Ben paired with the offense he had would have made him all-time great.

Man I thought he was going to make it with the Knicks but nope.

ah, melo, the Hawks Legend ! never lost a game with them wow

when's the video where you talk about how he did in fact end up doing all this? i need the praise to be just as loud as the criticism please.

Melo reminds me so much of Terrel Owens. SO MUCH talent, but such a lack of leadership.

And playing really good for blazers

Everyone who talks bad about melo all have the same perspective and only listen to what the media has to say and get fed right into it. Melo is an all time great even if he didn’t get a ring… top 10 scorer all time and Kobe even said melo was one of the hardest matchups for him

Oscar Robertson!! Do it lol

SPOILER ALERT He did improve and did made some changes with the Trailblazers

Why the Pistons didn't pick Melo, Bosh or Wade is sheer madness. Melo must of gave them the impression that he wouldn't of been happy there, maybe he made it clear that he wanted to be the first option straight out of gates which wouldn't of happened since Detroit were competing for a ring and had a solid lineup. I can't see Detroit passing up on someone of Melo's skill set and proven track record.

IN 2014, i think he should joined Memphis Grizlies, powerfull defensef team meet offense player that their need. Melo don't have to worried about defence.

You didn't include Team Dynamics. From Brown's coaching philosophies, team identity and not to mention pecking order.

Larry Brown saw, Melo had no defense.

I actually somewhat disagree with the disrespect to the 09 Magic.. That team was pretty good. Yes a 40 piece from kobe helped the Lakers win game 1 of the Finals by 25 & LA won in 5 games but 2 of those games went to overtime.. Rashard Lewis & Hedo were dangerous & Dwight was a top 5 player.

D'Antoni didn't get fired from the Knicks. He re-signed.

The popular narrative is Carmelo stripped the Knicks of players with the forced trade. Nothing about that is 100% wrong but.....the Knicks also did nothing for Carmelo’s career. Most of this boils down to the Knicks being a dysfunctional organization. They could have easily not pulled the trigger on that trade

Focus on the rebounding. Average a double double you gain respect.

crazy how one draft pick coulda changed NBA history

Anybody else ever think about if any NBA players he goes over watch this ... carmelos flippin shit lol

Melo proved this man wrong

hindsight is always 20/20, but if Detroit had drafted 'Melo and then traded away some of the other wing players on their roster, they would have gotten much more valued, such as trading for a real quality big man they so craved.

When you said the Magic vs Lakers wasn't close, idk but Jameer Nelson wasn't 100% healthy and game 1-4 were all relatively close, other than Game 5.

That Magic team was way better than you gave them credit

We'll see if he fits into the right role in Portland I guess

Detroit boy boy boy boy!

Well, looks like he did change

I just hate his unwillingness to adjust his playstyle for today's era

21.6 rebounds!

Vídeo começa aleatoriamente com o cara no ninho do urubu kkkkkkkk

There's strong evidence suggesting CA is straight up a narcissist. A winning team consists of players willing to put their egos aside for the sake of winning. Period.

I’m sorry, maybe YOU were too young to watch the 09 playoffs. The Magic almost stole home court but Courtney Lee missed a game winning LAYUP. Also, a game in Orlando was only won by the Lakers cuz the Magic didn’t foul and let Fisher hit a 3 with seconds left to force ot (which the Lakers won). Much more of a contest than the 4-1 outcome, seems like you didn’t even watch. This is coming from a Lakers guy too. 1 LAYUP and 1 bad coaching decision was the difference between a 5 and 7 game series. Wouldn’t even take much research to figure that out.

Some players just get Spoiled from the $$$ and get fat and Happy ! = Carmello ! (NO HEArt)

I am confused. If knicks was the only team carmelo was going to, why did the knicks have to give up anything to get him? That seems like poor decision making on the knicks. not carmelo.

Imagine if he decided to play with lebron in miami

I get that Carmelo Anthony was good, not just good he was great, I still distinctly remember resenting that he was and being mentioned in the same sentence with Lebron, Kobe, and Wade often back in the late 2000s. He was great, but not on their level in my opinion at the time.

why is it so fun to hate smelo and westbrick?

jump shooting is a part of the game, he is a scoring machine and that has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with IQ, guts or leadership qualities. Harden and Westbrook are gorgeous regular season players and I would take Tony Parker, Chaucey Billups in the playoffs all day, everyday. Harden and Westbrooke implode when it counts. You can BANK on a stupid as fuck shot or turnover coming from Harden or Westbrook when the game is on the line in the playoffs. Regular season they will hit it, playoffs they will kick it out of bounds.

Hey y’all can’t be mad he is reviving his career at the blazers

it does not helped also that he would demand a massive contract when he was vulnerable on the defense.

Not only did GM Dumars and Detroit cost Melo 2 maybe 3 rings with the Pistons...it ultimately cost Dumars his job..because Melo was the missing bridge player to rebuild around the Pistons could never quite find between the championship squad of ‘04 until they started to decline and reload after the ‘07 season!! Smh On behalf of the city of Detroit...Sorry Melo!! 🤦🏽‍♂️😂😂

I keep telling folks Melo had to sign that extension do to the pending lockout the following season so your are wrong

Well he's done well in Portland. But they're not a championship team. Playoff team yes. But not a championship team. Feel bad for him and Dame. CJ too. But mainly Dame and Melo

And then he ruined Jeremy Lin's career

I have Anthony as the most over rated NBA player of the past 50 years. Taking the NBA 75th Anniversary team as a starting point, there are a handful of players that are part of The Triple Zero Club. This being, Zero Chamionships, Zero Finals appearances and Zero MVP awards. They are: Dave Bing, Pete Maravich, George Gervin, Dominique Wilkins, Damian Lillard and Anthony. Of this group, Anthony us 2nd lowest in production (ppg+rpg+apg+spg+bpg-topg), has the lowest support in MVP voting and had the least amount of support in All NBA selections. Johnny ponders the "what if" with Anthony going to Detroit. Had that occurred (I wanted the Pistons to draft Wade), Anthony absolutely makes a Finals appearance and perhaps also a ring. However, the "what if" can also be applied to the others of this group. Wilkins is the easiest. Had Nique been selected by Showtime over Worthy, then Nique has at least 4 rings, is put on the NBA 50 at 50 list and Worthy is the forgotten man. Maravich played all but his last season on some of the worst teams the NBA has ever seen in the worst Era of the leagues history. Players were not paid anywhere close to what players receive today, (even contextually) and salary wasn't really a focus of Maravich. Pistols career was short (as was his life, sadly) , but had he played with the 3pt shot his entire life, Pistol is easily one of the games greatest 3pt shooters and his career ppg likely approaches 28 or even 30. (Playing on poor teams gives elite players disproportionate amount of FGA) Ice finished as high as 2nd in MVP voting twice and dispute his off court issues and his indifferent, at best, defense, he was a Supreme offensive player that every opposing team had to game plan to stop. Bing while for some odd reason, received a bit higher accolades than Anthony (Bing was 1st team All NBA once?), wasn't very productive and there is little evidence he was lifting his teammates to any higher plane. Anthony is almost a perfect copy of Alex English. Nothing against either player as English was also a superb scorer, but neither player was much on defense, facilitation or rebounding. English isn't on the 75th Anni team and neither should Anthony or Bing. Better choices may be...Alonzo Mourning, Bobby Jones, Adrian Dantley.

The Pistons should have taken Melo Anthony.. that would have been a dynasty

Melo was viewed as the best player... Cavs just had the 1st pick

Give me Orlando over that Denver squad in 6 myself.

I’m a Knick fan since 84.... melo is the worst Knick just like Fred Wies ...melo only cared about his points and himself.... if he was a good team mate he would still be in the league...

Here in New York he was legendary to many of us. This is a sad story.

I remember the combination of Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony at the Denver Nuggets by Steve Irungu Jermaine

Melo was/is a bum. Selfish. Money over everything else. Not about team. He is a black hole, pass em the ball and it disappears. Terrible defensive player. So many call him a great player yet he never made it to the finals and only been to the conference finals once. He had multiple years exiting the playoffs in the 1st round. He chose to stay in NY for the money vs having a chance to win in Chicago. Pistons would not have won that title if he was on the team. That Pistons team was about teamwork and unselfishness, 2 things Melo isn't about. He would have been the cancer that killed that Detroit team.

He’s a starter now 👀🤷🏾‍♂️

Carmelo was a black hole on offense and a liability on defense. He was overrated his entire career. The Pistons won the championship with defense. Anthony could have came off the bench to give them a bit of offense but he would have been a bit player at best as a rookie. A lot of youngster don't know the story of Jordan's development. Jordan was criticized heavily by players and fans for being a black hole on offense. If he was shooting the lights out, the team could compete. If he was just good, the team lost bad. Jordan learned to make his teammates better by playing his game within a team offense and by getting his teammates going. Anthony never learned how to do that.