How Good Was Carmelo Anthony Actually?
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- čas přidán 11. 10. 2022
- A career retrospect of one of the greatest scorers in NBA history, Carmelo Anthony.
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Mid range Melo had one of the smoothest jumpers ever.
now imagine him opposite of Rip Hamilton on the floor... with Billups as PG
Carmelo was the best
mid range shooter in the 2003 draft
@@kaminisingh2308 id say Darko is a close runner up but that’s just me tho
Fr man, fuck the Lakers and Bulls dynasty, the pistons dynasty would’ve been fire
Especially when he would post up 🔥🔥🔥 Lethal
He was absolutely incredible. His jump shot was beautiful.
THe first NBA jersey I ever had was a Melo Nuggets one. He was incredibly smooth, elegant, lethal iso player, an offensive beast. Such a shame he never was interested about the defensive end, I think Denver made a mistake thinking he had the mindset to be a leader right from the get-go. Indeed, the story would have been different if he grew amongst guys like Sheed, Billups or Hamilton. Streets will never forget him.
Me too
So are you saying, melo is slightly overrated?
Queers are not we rwqeeqwe
@@largec he is Overated overall but underrated in some aspects
@@Smoothyoki In which aspects is he underrated?....I think he's overrated in all aspects of his game, someone stated, that he is such a lethal offensive beast, but every team he went to he failed to produce that strong offensive prowess. Melo is not that good of a defensive player, so that is just prove in the pudding, that he is overrated.😒😒
Carmelo Anthony is my all time favorite NBA player. Miss him
Damn really? Never heard of a diehard Carmelo fan like that.
@@ItsYaBoi888 look again
@@ItsYaBoi888 how have you not?? 😂
@@ItsYaBoi888 I started following the NBA in the 2011-12 season when Melo was in his Prime & I'm a Knicks fan so it makes perfectly sense
@@mikesteevens8201 yes but the issue with Carmelo is that he's lacking in leadership and defensive skills. How can you be a fan of that type of player? That's my take, at least.
I mean, you saw what he did to Iinsanity, I'm sure.
Prime melo is forgotten
A ball hog
He is
Ain’t forgotten, just chose money over team success so people remember him for being a Me guy instead of a We guy like Bron, D-Wade, and Bosh.
True
His fault
He was always my favorite player growing up
Still my all time favorite player. The first play that made me love basketball came from him and ive felt the same way bout Melo ever since
@@KiddMellow420 exactly, unlucky I was born in 2007 so I couldn’t see him play on the nuggets but he became my favorite when I got older and people don’t really know about him so that’s why they say he suck, but I sit here and laugh because they don’t know how good he is
My all time favorite player, even when he went to the nicks man
@@Interrr._ everyone knows melo bud😂😂
My favorite player growing up was Bob Cousy
Melo being drafted by the Pistons is the biggest "what if".
Definitely one of. Probably would have been a 6th man for a year or two but certainly would have won a chip
@@_will795 nothing guaranteed I don't care about the what if when he had 20 years to get one
@@eib3137 what if, you weren’t a dummy
He'd have a ring, but I don't see Carmelo working any better with Larry Brown and could just as easily be pushed to garbage time as Darko was.
The Pistons' mistake was not drafting Wade. I think the fact he was a little older and more disciplined means he probably would have been trusted as a backup for Billups or Hamilton and could have taken over after 2008.
He had more opportunities to be a champion than many… Being with Detroit would’ve made him a smarter player and played defense.
He’s been affiliated with the NBA for over 20 years in A gold medalist, and still in shape to hoop with the best youngins who step foot on the court today, I think he never fell off.
I agree
Because he rarely played any defense 😂
Cant fall off when his method of scoring is finesse. Thats why he didnt play pf because that would require post defense which would affect his knees and back.
@Kanabe 😂a lot of ppl suck at defense just so happens that last year melo had one of his teams best defensive ratings and had more steals and blocks than 90%of the team but hey seems like they’re locking up now 😂🤣
@Kanabe lol gms clearly be wrong ie lakers Brooklyn Philly 😂
Also, the last time the Knicks were in the playoffs, they lost to the Indiana Pacers in the Semis, not to Miami.
Correct you are
I was just about to say that
Yep. Lost in 6 games. I remember that series. They almost pulled off an upset in Game 6 to force a Game 7.
Thank you I was about to say that don't sound right I'm pretty sure it was in Indiana we got killed by Roy Hibbert and Paul George
It’s funny now because now the correct team would be Miami 🤣
From Syracuse. Him winning our small city a championship gave him a place in my heart forever.
Can’t emphasize enough how beloved he is in Cuse. I grew up in the suburbs and went on to attend SU - he’s forever a legend around here.
Burdick Ave on the north side. Melo for life.
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Prime Melo was so underrated, easily a top 7-8 player in the league at the time.
09 Melo and 13 Melo were def his best seasons
imo top 5 at one point, his WCF runs almost proved that
@@rnac5438 Nope, in 2010, bron wade kobe KG CP3 duncan all better then him. KD is prob better at this point too.
@@albertwang6465 Why you talking about 2010? You probably wasn't watching NBA before that lmao
@@radioactive1014 what year is he top 7 then? coz i have shaq, kobe, duncan,garnet, carter, webber,tmac and even paul Pierce during the early to mid 2000
@@darkness2883 In 09 he is arguably top 5-7 as he average 28ppg, finish Top 6 in MVP voting and lead the Nuggets to WCF eliminating Chris Paul's Hornets, Nowitzki's Mavs and only losing to Kobe and the Lakers.
Carmelo is without question one of the most prolific scorers not only of his era but also in the history of the game. Before becoming teammates on the Lakers, he and LeBron James matched up against each other very well. It's really a shame that Melo lacks the Playoff success that would've benefited his legacy in the NBA but he's still a bonafide first ballot Hall of Famer nonetheless.
denver melo was 🔥
sadly his iso heavy game didn't age well
iso never worked
I loved him in Portland tbh.
Ya after an injury and having a shitty organization while also aging will do that to iso and more lol
@@1nf1ni7e_GG I liked what he did in Portland. Showed he had some value. Those nuggets years he was a fucking animal
@Daniel Servin ya I just wish dame was more consistent with using the team down the stretch during those days. Dame time was always needed but sometimes the team play got lost. Wasn't only Dame though.
Prime Carmelo is underrated
Prime melo was a ignorant he make jeremy lin career a nightmare
overrated*
Best objective Carmelo vid I have seen. Told the truth and used the stats provided and didn't shxt on the man to point out his flaws.
What i like to point out about him that he was very suited for Fiba basketball, what he did with USA team on olympics..Wow. I really think Carmelo should've considered coming to Europe at the end of his career to feel like megastar again. Of course he rised one last time with Portland.
The only bad things of his career is the okc playoffs and his decision to trust the Knicks to give him a good team in 2014. His playoff success isn’t that bad considering he lost to lakers, spurs, and peak lebron in his prime. The rockets letting him go was just Mike dantoni getting back at him, they cut melo after dropping 27 points against the nets and noticed how he still was a STARTER with the blazers…bottom line, he’s top 50 all time and top 5 scorer ever!
Idk man seemed like melo was greedy on the Knicks
You right you’re absolutely right … that okc series was bad I ain’t gonna lie but I really attribute that to that to the Roberson injury but that’s another story… but that damn 12-13 season always piss me off he had no help that series jr fel off a clif .. Tyson got murdered by fucking Roy hibbert .. and the biggest lose I think was Jason Kidd .. if melo had Jason Kidd earlier man idk where he’d be he was the perfect point guard for him
@@ProdNapoleon He wasnt greedy he just trusted phil jackson who really messed the knicks up even more. His best option was chicago but rose and butler was over there arguing over the ball and the next year rose was on the knicks with melo lmao. Only thing is melo had his best years with a actual PG in billups and kidd. The rest of the surrounding pieces was inconsistent or just flat out ass. Dantoni being jealous and needing a scape goat cause of how houston started off just blamed melo to get back at him for getting him fired. They aint wanna talk about how cp3 and harden only played like 3 games a piece in those fist 10 games tho
Bottom line, he is top 3 most overrated players ever.
@@aaa-dk6jr no tf he’s not Nigga he’s the top 3 UNDERrated players nobody talks about him like they do to others and y’all forgetting this Nigga is top 10 in all time points in nba history
The Knicks coach after D'Antoni was Mike WoodSON, not Woodstock. I remember bc I was such a fan of his, I loved that 2012-13 team so much. Those 54 games, omg. Such heartbreak when they lost to Indiana (not Miami) in the second round.
Its not heartbreaking. Melo got greedy in the playoffs. The ball movement stopped. Jason Kidd was their most valuable player and they cut down his minutes. It's not a coincidence that the only times Melo has had decent teams it has been with good point guard leaders like Billups and Kidd. With Iverson he never got out the first round. They were winning against the Celtics his first year there in game 1 until Billups got hurt. They barely beat a really old Boston Celtics team in the first round and were in position to turn game 6 around when Melo went on the bench in the late 3rd and Kidd, Shumpert, and the rest started playing team ball and came back. Then Melo went iso the whole 4th and got his dunk blocked. He was trash. Thats when I officially stopped rooting for the knicks. The other players that got traded for him in Denver? Oh they were balling playing team defense more wins 56 in the tougher West. Would've gotten deep into the playoffs had Gallo not gotten hurt.
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Loved him with my Nuggets. Loved him even more as the 6th man in Portland. Was beautiful
From Denver and the Nuggets will always be my Team and couldn't believe we got so lucky to get Melo. Unfortunately he didn't wanna put in the effort to play D, ever. I know there are a lot of factors involved and he isn't wholly to blame but damn, always hoped he would sacrifice to do what it took to win, even after he left I rooted for him.
Melo isn't underrated. He is the definition of a guy with all the talent, but too selfish to realize he was playing a team sport.
I love you vids also the voice!!
I really wanted Melo to sign with the Suns or the Bulls in 2014
This is a great detailed explanation for Carmelo career but the one flaw is you made a mistake talking about the 2013 postseason the Knicks played the Pacers and lost 6 they never played Miami in 2013 playoffs
If Melo went to the Pistons. He would’ve been humbled earlier in his career. Coming out of college as a stud then playing with the Nuggets and Knicks he just had a huge ego. Just look how good he was on the Olympic teams. Melo was an offensive beast!😊
I agree
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I don't think he ever fell, but just didn't rise enough to become a team player. I personally rank him one of the best 1v1 attacker if not the best in mid range
Prime with bad teams out of prime with a good team ☠
Not really he played with good players Lin, Allen Iverson, Stoudemire he was just an underachievers
@@LaneyHoops Stoudemire played like 25 games when he got signed to the knicks. Other than Amare and Chandler the best teammate Melo had in NY was JR Smith
He wanted to play hero ball, play dumb style get dumb results
Still one of the greatest scorers in NBA history
Facts
Eh Reggie Miller definitely was a better scorer.
@@Mosdefmedia das why he said ONE OF not THE BEST. Niggas these days slow
@@Mosdefmedia nah better 3pt shooter yes
@@Mosdefmedia reggie miller is a catch and shoot player lol
Great video, stating the facts and not bias opinions.
Great video bro
One day when I just want to know more about basketball and NBA, I found a compilation of his jumpshots on YT and it was love at the first sight. When I checked that Melo hasnt won any chip despite his skills, I slightly downhearted. Hopefully he'll find a team for the new season ahead.
I was at work today thinking about how melo fell off 😪 I'm glad I got to see him play with the lakers live on my birthday this year cuz he might be out the league now ..
This man got drafted to the wrong team. Turned that team from a 17 win team from a 40+ win team. Made playoff runs in the most competitive era of the western conference and was only really losing to the team that won it all lol or the favorites to win it all lol. Never played w a played equal or greater value during his prime. Got blackballed out of the league …. And is STILL top 10 ALL TIME SCORING 😂😂😂😂😂 simply one of the best ever. Just give this man his flowers we won’t see another like him.
Great video. Melo was a definitevely a top player. Too bad that he landed in Knicks.
For me this was when he started slowly decline as he couldn't achieve a post-season and was so heavily used to led the team.
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Yet, when Lin carried the team, he got jealous and kicked him out.
Carmelo and his lockdown defense was legendary and inspiring to his teammates!!!
👏
We talking about the same Melo or was this written as a joke! Dude was awful on defense!
Melo is the undisputed GOAT of NCAA and Olympic basketball
Get off the drugs bro
GOAT of NCAA is kareem without a doubt bro
NCAA- Lou Alcindor of UCLA 3x NCAA champion 3x Final Four MVP 3x All America 3x Pac 8 Player of the year Naismith player of the year
Melo was the only person your favorite basketball player feared to guard. Had he played against him. All that needs to be said.
NBA Live 2005 was my favorite NBA game and I remember it fondly because Melo was the cover player.
He was definitely fun to watch in his prime
@@kanabe3415
Glad you was doing better out there. Wait!! You never played pro. My bad
@@kinggill3982 and ?
@@Jamesphilipjfry
And? Kick rocks. Wasn't talking to you. I'm sure you've heard that many of times
He was so good 😢
Stat padding😂
He NEVER reached his potential. He couldn't get out of his own way.
And so bad 😂
Sure is brother
Best looking jumper in NBA History.
coolest name for a basketball player, i mean if you hear the name stephen or james, you don't go wow those are basketball players but when you hear the name carmelo, yeah that's a real basketball player alright
I didn't reach full potential, but he ain't a loser either. Absolute legend.
13:20 hmm that is strange. I remember in a few interviews Kobe stated TMac was the hardest to guard for him.
This is definitely correct
He actually said both
His year with the Blazers was so fun, guy still had that jumper. He and Lillard did work together
Carmelo use to be one of my favorite players. I was impressed with his scoring, but yeah his lack of defense, stubborn attitude, unwillingness to pass the ball more clearly cost him chances of an MVP, more playoff advances and definitely an NBA championship. Me and him share the same birthday, and overall I can't feel too bad for him. He still had a financially successful NBA career although a mostly losing one as far as regular season records and playoffs go.
Jason kidd was the only true point he’s played with and we saw how well he played when they played together
Played almost 20 seasons at the highest level, An Olympic gold medalist, One of the top scorers in nba history, locked future first ballot hall of famer, and made over a quarter billion. He could never fall off
if anything he had a great success
He will enjoy his $20,000 monthly pension when he retires at 62 🤣
Look at his game. Go back to highlights from Denver. Dude is a cancer to any team; he's too much of a glory hound. He holds the ball a lot and does a ton of isolation. He doesn't look to make his teammates better. He doesn't create plays for them, he mainly passes when it is absolutely necessary for him to do so. Go look at his highlights and you'll see what I am referring to.
@@elhajjmalikel6266 he’s one of the best of all time with one of the most complete offensive games we’ve seen. Made it to a WCF but just never got over the hump in the Lebron Kobe curry Durant era. Not everyone gets rings. Doesn’t take away from all he’s accomplished and his undeniable talent
@@donavenmurray3463 I'm not denying his accomplishments at all, but look at his style of play. He's been a cancer. His best team was the Denver Nuggets squad from 2009/2010. He should've never left Denver because that is really where his decline started because that Nuggets squad was solid. They looked like a team you didn't want to mess with.
Had Lebron and Melo played together during their primes, Melo would have rings, and Lebron would have more rings. Melo is my favorite player of all time. I miss watching him play.
Yeah but melo wanted more money
I'm a Knicks fan and he still is my favorite player he had a good career today he announced that he's retiring and I'm so sad about it
Linsanity was literally a fever dream
I barely watch basketball and i remember seeing it everywhere for a year then never again lol
@@futtile2995 that was by design
@@eib3137 wym
@Kanabe absolutely not true just look at the game after melo came back from injury he was only taking like 12 shots a game and with the addition of a new teammates getting more minutes they took a few games to gel so they lost a few in a row but if you actually look at the record of that year they went on a run right after until Lin eventually got injured smh I swear y’all never do y’all research just regurgitating what up heard
I find it funny you called that era of basketball slow because there wasn’t a ton of points scored. Maybe it had to do with teams being allowed to actually play defense and the refs not calling fouls every 5 seconds like the current era.
Nope. It's because the pace in the nba has dramatically increased since around 2017 which makes previous seasons look slow in comparison.
His pull up shot mid range are insane with beautiful strokes
Rise and fall and rise. Loved his resurgence in Portland.
And now the man has retired! He could have accomplished so much more, but still… the legend had a hall of fame career!
TMac was the toughest player that kobe had to guard
He also spoke very highly of Brandon Roy.
Hi love the vid
Lived in Denver at that time. Melo was a beast bruh. J.R. was too. Salute
The Biggest Underdog in the NBA. Right along with Tracy McGrady. 2 of my All time favorites.
The template of the story could also explain the same type of downfalls for players such as Russell, Westbrook, and Allen Iverson
“Mike Woodstock” 🤣🤣
Never been to your video this early
I'm a forever Melo fan ❤
Picture someone playing 19 seasons in the NBA & being the 10th all time leading scorer and someone makes a video about “the rise & fall” of their career. 😩😆😂🤣😭
Thank you for an awesome childhood Me7o! You’ll forever be my favorite player!
One of the most incredible offensive weapons to ever do it. Extremely under-rated.
His footwork was amazing. Great video
he should have been a playmaker with that footwork. but he too greedy
College Melo was unstoppable in the tournament 💪🏾💯
Kansas alumnus here, I remember😢
I used to play that Knicks team on 2K with him, Novaak, Jr.Smite, like today's GSW lol
Brodie is one of the most dangerous Offensive weapons and has one of the smoothest jumpers in history in the NBA.
Knicks didn’t lose to Heat in the 2nd round in 2013. They lost to the Pacers. Melo had bad shooting in the 2nd round because he tore his shoulder from Kevin Garnett pulling his arm.
At the end, Lin got a ring and Melo didn’t.
Melo was the reason i started caring about the NBA ❤7
I always like your videos but sometimes it seems like ya'll have never heard of some of these coaches until you researched for videos. You said Boeheims name wrong and called Mike Woodson "Mike Woodstock" lol, but I guess it happens. Good to see Melo get some deserved love and recognition. People forget he got to the West finals
One player that deserves to win a championship
lol no
@@ericmendenhall2867 what is wrong Paul Pierce?
......
@@ericmendenhall2867 if the pistons would have drafted him he would have won a championship.
@@melomitchell8714 lol no
could you do russel Westbrook
I remembered the dynamic of Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony at the Denver Nuggets by Steve Irungu Jermaine
If he was drafted by the Pistons he would have been a NBA Champ early in his career and also he would have improved his defense. Detroit would build on him and he had lots of veterans to guide him
Can you do a how good is Steve Nash next.
Bro had the coolest mid range jumpers Ever with smooth footwork
Melo never fell off. He’s a first ballot hall of famer and the greatest US Mens Olympic basketball player ever
Great video! It's impossible to tell from the spelling. But the Syracuse coach's name is pronounced "Bay-hime." Just fyi for the future.
if he wasn't selfish and have chemistry with lin, they could've won a ring
Crazy thing is that he will go team-less for this season again ☹️
Carmelo is soo underrated
melo is my idol 💯
There's an alternate universe where AI and Melo work through their egos together in Denver and become the greatest scoring tandem we've ever seen
Tbh i dont feel that bad about his fall off, He had an opportunity to join a competitive Bulls team in 2014 for a potential championship run and instead he chose the big contract from a sorry Knicks organization where hopes & dreams go to die
that Lebron fella Melo meet in HS, that kid looks amazing though, hope he make it to the NBA
Melo was unstoppable
Just a minor correction. At 11:04 you stated the Knicks lost to the Heat in the 2013 playoffs in the second round. They actually lost to the pacers not the heat.
could you do ben summon next
Bro the disrespect to Simmons. He’s still good when he plays, like really good. He is nowhere near his fall assuming he actually chooses to play
I was totally shocked when I heard that he was left a free agent for A YEAR! My dad was a huge Melo fan from his Nuggets Prime and Knicks, we're both shock that he was left out like that, but I guess the bad influence really is the worst enemy.
Growing up i had number 15 basketball jersey cos of him hes shooting style is like poetry n motion
Melo shouldn't of left Denver they were building something good there. and if he insisted on leaving that just wait literally a few months dude. he could of joined an already good NYK team. instead he was so desperate to get out of Denver the Knicks traded half their team to get him. Dumb move.
This is proof to the Testament, the hard work beats talent
i have the same observation/hunch that having Jr and AI on young Melo have that effect.
I wish he learned to work with Jeremy Lin in NYC. That team could have been something special.
Could you do kd next
Kd hasn't fallen yet