Denver Nuggets Owner Josh Kroenke Addresses Carmelo Anthony's Comments on Jokic Wearing #15
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Josh Kroenke addresses Carmelo Anthony's comments and frustration regarding Nikola Jokic wearing #15
Quick story time. In Serbia, when you are training basketball at a young age the jersey number go from 4 to 15, with 4 being the smallest size and 15 the biggest, so we really couldn't even choose our jersey number when we were young. Nikola was always the biggest kid in his teams and there was no other jersey that he could fit in other than 15 hence why he got used to the number.
Young Serbian Chonk King Nikola Jokic!
Make Sence ...thanks for this info I hella ain't know that
Jokić surpassed Melo about 2-3 years ago and it isn't even a debate anymore after the championship.
Carmelo was one of my favourites but Unfortunately I have to admit you’re right.
Doesn’t mean Melo didn’t make their organization relevant at the time. He spent several years there playing at a high level and could have left way earlier.
It wasnt a debate after the first MVP.. it ended there
Why are y’all trying to make this the narrative?
@@Factsoverfeelings4593 statistically and accolades wise jokic is better this is the account of events, making this factually the narrative.
I don't know man. Maybe Joker can send Melo signed jersey if he want it that much...
MELO is better than jokic lil bro MELO would’ve won a ring with nuggets but he played against superstars in their prime
@TannerGoated Melo isnt even close to Jokic. We all know it. Fans or not of Jokic he won a ring broke soo many records and will go down as one of the all time greats. Melo is another Westbrook or James Harden. Great player. Superstar talent. Break some records become an all star almost every year but can never perform in the playoffs and win a ring.
@@TannerGoatedand also you saying "melo wouldve won but he played against superstars" doesnt help your case. So basically your saying that those people were better than him so he couldnt get an easy ring
@@TannerGoated Take the nostalgia goggles off bro. Jokic is for sure better than Melo overall.
Yeah stfu😂 how are retards like you roaming free without any supervision.@@TannerGoated
Enjoy your podcast Michael. I'm a Denver native and 50+ year Nuggets fan. Ironic that Carmelo basically forced his way out of Denver, then has sour grapes about Jokic, who the city has embraced. Jokic has openly stated that he loves it here and wants to end his career as a Nugget. Seems to me Carmelo has some bitterness about how his career went after leaving Denver.
you summed it up im a Knick fan we were doing good that year and we traded half the team for Melo and he never made it further than the 2nd round w him. hes never even been to the finals Joker WON A CHIP!
O yeah then he got jealous of Jeremy Lin for doing good and winning
You’re not a native unless you’re Ute, Arapahoe, or Cheyenne. You have east coast euro blood
@@stevewillis1916 there is no east coast of Europe
@@stevewillis1916 😂 these you call American natives were originally from Asia, so what about now?
If he is born in New York, he is a native of New York. The dictionary has no agenda, just facts.
Anthony Randolph wore the number before Jokić. I don't see Carmelo going after him.
agree. why all of a sudden he's acting up when a 41st pick rise to unexpected heights and he got the jersey number, that Jokic himself is using it ever since he's in Serbia.
@@ryandavid1235 sucks for Melo that the guy to wear his number just happened to be the greatest nugget of all time
Actually, he did, and he reiterated that recently. And he also said have nothing against Jokic. Seriously, it's like everyone missing what he said. He went back to clear it up, and still no one is listening, lol. Actually he said 3 times , he recently said in an interview last week . Dude can't win for shit
It’s because Jokic is white.
Oh well!
Carmelo Anthony was a very good player but he never was the best player in the NBA and can't compare to the greatness of Nikola Jokic. He asked out and decided to roll with the Knicks for the rest of his prime. The Nuggets don't owe him anything and after last season everybody knows that the #15 will be retired with the name "Jokic" on it after he finishes his career there.
What you say may be true but Melo brought that franchise from the dump to a consistent playoff team and contributed more to basketball globally than Jokic will ever do … I see no kids lining up for Jokic jerseys but a simple google search you can see young Luka and pozingis with Melo jerseys and cornrolls
@@bjjohnson9710word that’s crazy bro. Idrk. But did you see the rest of this interview? Jok might have kids lining up for his jersey across the world one day
God willing, for none of us is guaranteed tomorrow…
@bjjohnson9710 Not only what you’re saying is untrue. It is stupid. Jokic is having a large fan base but it’s the media saying he doesn’t. Go overseas they like him. The people in the US that have buying power like him. You are a moron..
One is self absorbed the other is not wanting the limelight
Great podcast with Michael, thank you so much.
Melo is a Denver legend regardless who the better player is show the man some respect. Jokic is the goat though
Joker already passed Melo's accolades as soon as he gets his 1st MVP. Melo just want to add drama and get as much things to add on his "legacy" as a player. Bro, goodluck on the playoffs.
Melo a salty egomaniac. Jokic clears- better player, better teammate, better person.
Dam you in the locker room how you know what team mate he is and u definitely don't know what type of person he is yall CZcams commenters boi sheesh😮
@@Blassie.P Talking teammate as in his on-the-court play style which involves him jacking a million shots a game and not making his teammates better, like a good teammate does. Prime example: JOKIC. Every guy Jokic plays with praises his vision and decision making and selflessness, which makes the game easier for them.
@@Blassie.P And yes I do know what kind of person Melo is. I have eyes and ears and can read. Melo in his feels about the Nuggets letting Jokic wear #15, when not even AI’s number is retired for the Nugs. Talk about an egomaniac. Not to mention he refused to come to terms with being a bench player later in his career, wanted to be in the spotlight in NY, never willing to take pay cuts, etc. Melo is delusional and selfish. Jokic is selfless and has one of the highest basketball IQs in the game. If #15 gets retired in Denver, it’ll be because of Jokic, not that bum.
@@Blassie.P Just say you hate white people, Blassie
@@MikeOxaflahpin so what u telling Me is you been around your whole life and you know all of his emotions blah blah Haha GTFOH fam wth that stupid shit.
Great interview, thanks Mike for bringing that type of content to Nuggets Nation, appreciate it
You drafted him, a cultural phenomenon! “He really put the nuggets back on the map”
I rest my case.
Pistons should’ve drafted him he’d be viewed top 10 all time
No one knew jokic was about to be a superstar.. He was drafted 2nd round pick NBA disrespected him by putting taco bell tv commericial..and here is melo crying like a toddler
Nuggets put good teams around Melo, unfortunately the West was full of monsters (Kobe, Duncan, Dirk, MVP year Garnett). It's not Anthony's fault that they didn't get far, but it's not the franchise's fault either. The real reason he left wasn't even that he thought there was going to be a better chance to win somewhere else, but it was just because he wanted to go somewhere where he and his wife can live a celebrity lifestyle.
The one thing that rubs us Nuggets fans the most and that we haven't forgiven yet, is that he didn't say thanks on his way out and has not once mentioned anything positive about his time in Denver. All the other Nuggets of that era (Kenyon, Camby, Birdman, Iverson, J.R, Andre Miller, Chauncey, Nene, etc) have all showed appreciation for their time as Nuggets, even if they weren't drafted there or experienced more success on other teams. So why can't the guy who was given the keys from day one show a minimal amount of gratitude also?
Bruh did he bring up Ty Lawson in comparison!? Wow! Stop playing. 🤣
nah that's a fair comparison, if anything he was insulting AI by mentioning him alongside Melo's bum ass.
@@BR-re7oz one is a superstar. The other is a role player. Ty Lawson isn’t even cream of the crop of role players. Like I said stop it.
Fr dude lying n joker wore 14 not 15😹
@@kavoriouscrittendenfacts. I don’t remember him wearing 15 prior to the NBA.
Oh good cus 2 morons “don’t remember Jokic wearing 15 before NBA” then that’s he narrative 😂😂😂OK. Move along
I hated the nuggets because of Melo, he was unlikable to me and always had bad vibes from him, the trade was waiting to happen as his ego couldnt be contained. Now hes more or less looked at a great iso scorer and nothing else, while Jokic is looked as a champion and for few years now the best player in the world.
Very classy interview!! I commend you Josh!
People saying talking about Melo's ego is wild. He's an all-time great. And the AI/Lawson comparison was kinda weak.
Not really, Melo never made it to the finals, made it past the second round one time in his career, and only made it past the first round one time with the Nuggets. Do you expect Lamello Ball to have his jersey retired by the hornets cuz his career there is about equal to melo's in Denver (and Melo's career in NY wasn't any better).
He will never be an all-time great. He was just a popular player because he dressed geared up.
Melo is/was hoping that his number will get retired for the Nuggets, but a very good point from the GM, you kinda should expect that it's not gonna happen if you force a trade from the team.
Melo's just really dumb...
Nah, yall believing this bs is
@@teddyhart2913and what BS in this video are you referring to? Melo kinda complained about it and made it into drama. When in reality the nuggets moved on and gave Jokic a number, it had nothing to do with Melo. Now a decade later he’s acting like it was some big move to spite him. It’s ridiculous and narcissistic. He was a very good nugget but certainly not good enough to be saying this BS.
@@teddyhart2913 delusional
High basketball iq but not much else
@@karatechap555 nope
You are a good guy stay that way stay humble
The ego on Melo to even think that these people were even thinking about him 😂😂😂
A top 3 player in your franchise history at the time, yeah they knew exactly wtf they were doing. Just like whej OKC gave their two way player the #35 the year after he left
@@teddyhart2913 bruh, Melo just left. They weren’t thinking about him anymore, they were in shambles trying to figure out how to get more players.
@@PeePeeMilknot true at all. That’s when the nuggets had Wilson chandler, galinari, Kenneth faried and were still hard to beat. They torched the Knicks with a legendary reaction from Stephen A.
@@teddyhart2913this the exact type of thinking that led Melo to be a perennial joke in the playoffs. Billups said it best, Melo would rather score 35 and lose than score 20 and win.
@@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405 Billups also said that was a young Melo not his entire career like you guys keep making nonsense of. Josh is being extremely diplomatic wih his words but basically they had no intention of retiring a top 3 player in their franchise because they were salty that he wanted to leave. They would never tell you that Melo wanted to leave because they didn't want to keep building on the 09 team that went to the WCF and wanted to save money instead.
Melo's point wasn't that anyone had the foresight to know that Jokic would turn out to be who he was. It was that in his mind someone should have had the forethought to tell Jokic to choose another number because there might be a time that the franchise wants to retire that number for Melo. But the subtext of what the owner is saying is that you left and they were never gonna retire his jersey because he dipped.
This owner is a class act.
love the content mike! But directional sound is really hard on headphone users... Kroenke was licking my right ear :(
At least he admits the animosity, even if he sandwiched it with compliments
Bring your brother on the show
😂
DeVerb
I love you mpj
WHO needs #MELO?????????? Perfectly said Josh Kroenke 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
If Melo stayed with the Nuggets the entire time and was humble, he'd have a championship
Humble & Melo doesn't compute bro.
True dat
Championship where?
No, he will forced jokic out.
Melo Black hole on offence. So no. He had a game high if 62 points and NO assist!
These comments shitting on Melo. Don't act like you knew Jokic was gonna who he is now 😂
Bring Jontay on the show
As a long time denver fan I will always appreciate Melo, because he pulled denver out of the dark ages l, I am half kronke acknowledged that.
Mike is curious 🤔😂😂
im curious about his brothers lifetime ban
Yo the audio is messed up in this video btw.
We need Mike’s brother on for an interview!
I like that he has the arsenal cap on
Maybe if Melo engaged Nuggets fans positively we would return that. It seems anytime you see melo on podcasts or what not he makes it a point to talk crap about Denver. Dude forced his way out of Denver and never looked back and if he does look back its full of Negativity and Jealousness. I acknowledge Melo for what he did well he was here, but he wont get any respect until he gives some.
Carmelo “no mvp no title no conference title” Anthony
Nice Mike
Why would Carmelo say something after this long? lol
He can't bear being out of the headlines and his number being eternally remembered as Nikolas.
Because their finally winning, and winning championship's.
Because he was finally asked how he felt about it
Carmelo could have kept his number if he stayed in Denver, but he sold out. Why should the Nuggets honor that? It seems egotistic to me for him to expect that.
The best number for Jokic is 41 !🙂
Melo is the reason I became a nuggets fan as a kid. I understand we didn’t owe him anything and that Jokic is the better player all around for the franchise…BUT 3:54 for Josh to use AI as an example when we didn’t draft AI, and only had him for BARELY had him for 2 YEARS, is a HORRIBLE look for us.
Melo made the nuggets relevant congrats. What else has he done for them ?
Melo's greatest career accomplishment was that one MVP first place vote he got in New York
Making the owner uncomfortable with the questions😂
Apparently no one listens. Melo was saying that other teams don’t allow rookies to wear numbers of top players from that team’s history. He wasn’t even upset, and now we got trolls talking about “Melo’s ego”
Exactly yo how hard is it for people to listen to
@@trevonmcdowell8975 In colorado ? Where necks are red and shotguns loaded ? Very difficult i am afraid..
@@grostoss4259 Lol yall act like Jokic hasn't been the victim of the most concerted anti-white racist hate campaign fully endorsed by major sports media outlets like ESPN. Stfu with your fake ass racism bs, black Americans are the most privileged group in world history, medieval kings would be jealous of the insane privileges black Americans have.
When you request to be traded, don't expect your former team to retire your number. Maybe the Knicks will retire your #7 😂
Melo is a Nugget alumnus. He lifted us from a decade + of losing to the playoffs in his rookie year and every year he was here. None of us can shame him for wanting to be closer to home and make more $. We would all do the same. The picks and haul we returned kept us in the playoffs and the final pick was Jamal Murray which lead to a Championship. We don't win a Championship without trading Melo. There are hard feelings on both sides and that's the real shame for the fans. We love our Nuggets. We can love Melo too. Josh, bring Melo back to sit courtside. Heal the wounds. Let the fans celebrate one of the top ___ Nuggets of All-Time. Nuggets fans deserve it. Melo and the organization deserve it. Let's go.❤
You're always gonna have a large group of Nuggets fans that don't want it and Melo has only dug himself a deeper hole. Just leave it where it is.
I dont care about the #15 thing it is what it is but i loved how he compared it to iverson wearing #3 then ty lawson 😅😅 iverson wasnt drafter by denver n was only there for couple seasons. Go look what Philly did for A.I .
St Louis booed the hell outta Albert Pujoles when he left the first time. They stop supporting his restaurant & burned his jerseys. However when he came back to play for The Cardinals he was well received & even retired here.
That's sad they didn't think about at least bringing Melo back to celebrate him
It's not a big deal but it is a little shady because these teams know the significance of impactful players to the franchise. The Magic gave Dwight Howard's number to another player and they've never been as good since he left
Melo is a Denver legend. But sadly, no. 15 on Denver will be retired someday but not on his name. It will be on Jokic.
If you ask Carmelo if he would rather be remembered as a Knick or Nugget, he would surely say Knick. So don’t take it personal when you are now forgotten.
Do you see Mourning or LJ missing being a Hornet. They embraced the teams they want their legacy to be remembered for, the Heat and Knicks.
If he cared, he would have retired a Nugget like Garnett did with TWolves.
When your former team wins a chip🏆it hits different lol. 😂
Carmelo has a bigger ego larger than his accolades.
I like Melo and he was a great player for the team. I am not mad that he wanted to get traded so he could be closer to home and his ex wife didn’t like Denver I understand why he asked to be traded. But he asked to be traded…once that happens retiring his jersey was out the door. Plus, he only made it to the Western Conference finals once…not a NBA championship but the conference finals. That is not enough to retire his number since he was traded to New York.
Melo just salty that a second round pick has eclipsed all of his mid accomplishments in Denver.
You guys didn’t draft iverson lol yall petty there’s a difference
Can you please work out a deal so life long fans can watch the Nuggets during the regular season?
Melo is an entitled thrash nowhere near as good as Jokic
😅 Did he say "on something " like he wasn't on his own podcasts when he said that⁉️
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I could tell a lot of people did see what melo and went off of headlines because
Get your audio right.
Melo wanted to be a Knick…… the end
So if someone wants to wear 23 for the Cavs does that make sense ?
i dont think nuggets ever wanted to retire no15 for Carmelo. He was protesting nuggets in games on the court. So different story. The decision was shitshow but LeBron never had done such thing on the court.
Melo was talking about Anthony Randolph not Jokic.
Mr. Kroenke, you might want to go after Luka? Luka with Murray, MP, AG, and Jokic! Oh my! That lineup could win 4 STRAIGHT Championships! The Nuggets next "3" first round picks won't be worth more than Luka! Seriously TRADE 4 LUKA!
JOKIC IS REAL # 15. melo is classic player for denver. Jokic is Denver Legend
My right ear enjoyed this
If Camelo worried more about being a team player instead of a trivial uni number, his legacy would have been a lot bigger.
this is crazy the same way everyone forgets Kobe, how Kobe was compared to MJ and was called a Jordan clone was in the goat debate now he isn't even in the top 5; its LeBron and MJ and Kobe who; the people in the comment section either you don't know or forget what Carmelo did for that franchise how quick he took them to the playoffs led them to the finals that dude was monster. Now all of a sudden he was aight; y'all putting this dude on CJ McCollum level wtf
Kroenke is respectful, this chat- weirdo's
He basically told on himself in this ha, side note all the Melo basketball player slander in the comments is crazy. We know ya'll love Jokic, but at one time you loved Melo too, sheesh get over it. I'm an OKC fan and which was a worse situation imo with KD leaving the way he did, left me HATING KD for a minute, but eventually you gotta get over your feelings and recognize the person and all the positive moments they created for you and not the one negative you choose to dwell on. Dust off your scales ppl.
I’m sorry to all new basketball fans but I only know one 15 for Denver Melo 🤷🏾♂️
shoutout Masai Ujuri
As a Detroit piston fan, I just wish we had a great owner like him. Gores makes the organization look horrible despite young talent, he sucks at hiring the right guys
That's careless on the part of the organization. I mean how can this not be something you think of when players come through?
Hate to say it but Melo can kick rocks.. you can’t ask for a trade and then feel some type of way about what the team does with anything after you leave
Melo, worry about your New York career. You left them people, bruh. I'm a Bulls fan. Die hard. When Jordan returned with Wizards, I still cheered for my Bulls. So you left. You don't control your legacy in Denver. You are a NY cat. Bask in that glory.
I dont think Josh or Melo realize another player wore #15 for those two years in between Melo and Jokic.
Which makes Melo being offended over this even funnier.
MPJ has that killer instinct that runs through his veins.
When’s the last time Melo even watched a Nugget game?? Every Knicks game they show Melo in the crowd, man hasn’t watched a nuggets game in 20 years.
I respect melo for not living denver for nothing like durant did
I like Melo, but if fans watching he never at the Nuggets games, always the Knicks, so I mean I don't know he feels slighted by the Nuggets, when it seems like both sides have moved on and chose their sides.
Also Jokic was a late 2nd round pick that they probably didn't have any expectations for, was probably going to be a draft and stash pick, so I do believe Jokic getting #15 was just random.
Come on dude. Iverson isn’t known as a nugget like. Overall I really don’t think they thought jokic was gonna be who he became. Both sides are correct to me.
We were all concerned that Caitlin Clark was going to grab 15 on the Fever, and Carmelo would suffer another meltdown .... fortunately, after tense negotiations, Caitlin has agreed to wear only # 22.
Carmelo should be able to sleep tonight.
This dude is a F*ckin Kid. Respectfully. No Jokic opinion....just facts.
Melo did more than other player there other nikola. Those Denver years melo deserved his number retired in Denver. Feelings should have nothing to do with the work he put in there
Context is key he wanted to be traded because y’all wanted to tank/rebuild & keep that trash can coach ( who wanted to trade Melo & half the team, especially the ones he hates to this day ). Also said coach should’ve have had or kept the job as long as he did in the 1st place .. He didn’t just randomly wake up say player empowerment trade me asap.
Carmelo Anthony is not hall of fame he good player jokic whole different story he gonna be hall of fame
AG should play for Serbia in paris,us dont want him but we do
MPJ is sweeter than sugar
I’m still not over the fact Melo forced his way out of Denver
Yo MPJ. Josh brought up #3. As an older Nuggets fan, to me #3 will always be Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Sorry J.Straw and Iverson and Lawson.
🤨 how old yall owner?
He not telling the truth if its no hard feelings and the number was just a coincidence why melo didnt get a tribute video when he came back? Why didnt he get a solid tribute on social media when he retired? Why isnt his half of the 15 in talks to be retired? Why do they not acknowledge him? And ai didnt put in enough work and was not there long enough for his #3 to never be worn again in Denver so thats not a good comparison melo did put in the work for his 15 to never be touched again Lets discuss it