Carmelo Anthony Full WCF Series Highlights vs Lakers (2009 NBA Playoffs) - TOO CLOSE to the FINALS!

Carmelo Anthony Full Game Highlights | Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Lakers | 2009 NBA Playoffs West Finals | HOH Throwback in HD
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[@ericdupree8603]

Melo lost in 6 LBJ lost in 6 I really wanted that Finals matchup growing up

[@watchnofacee]

Eric Dupree FACTS

[@levaneshkitnasamy5835]

@tony tonyt yea but kobe's body broke down by the end of 2011, he had several ankle and knee injuries heading into the playoffs

[@dscgodflow6663]

Yessir

[@dominiquejones3805]

Remember the nba Kobe vs lebron commercials.....somebody didn't make it

[@presidentialkingdom2201]

Oh man. I can’t even imagine. Would have been a crazy series. I think Denver would have won to.

[@gcooper4899]

Prime melo was cold idk why y'all say he overrated 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@cynkauvanyau2059]

Because his prime is way too short, way shorter than people realize.

[@smushparker7482]

@@cynkauvanyau2059 ???????

[@darp_turtlz9043]

If anything he's underrated

[@jsilva7005]

@@cynkauvanyau2059 how was his prime short?

[@cynkauvanyau2059]

@@jsilva7005 You dont understand how short it is, meaning you really dont understand it. Let's put it this way: Knicks should be making playoff in the east if Melo is in his prime, like he did with Nuggets.

[@adultcartoonsandcereal15]

This was playoff basketball at its peak, LeBron, Kobe, Carmelo, DWade, DRose, CP3, Dwight Howard, Kevin Durant, ALL ON DIFFERENT TEAMS, 🔥🔥🔥 NBA Basketball isn't the same anymore

[@kanyecrazy7440]

I miss that era of the NBA so much!!! Late 2000s & early 2010s was so memorable 😢

[@kawaiiafangirl]

Older people probably thought that early 2000s Playoff basketball was better and people who got to watch the 80s and 90s NBA would probably say the same. It's all dependent on when you started watching. Lol.

[@shaiszn7447]

That jumper is a thing of beauty

[@dwyanewade8645]

As much as everyone criticizes melo today, prime melo was unstoppable. He was literally hard to stop.

[@JosePena-oe3be]

Fr he was bullyin Kobe.

[@dwyanewade8645]

@@JosePena-oe3be Its crazy to think how talented these nuggets were and couldn't get past Kobe.

[@HoweyJR_]

@IG: confused_melo For FACTS #Ginga same for MJ & Kobe difference is the TEAM that's around them

[@nayyabmughal1123]

He wasnt unstoppable dont say stupid things. As was very good but not what you saying

[@John_R_Jackson_III]

Seems like he was stoppable lol

[@jaythomas9595]

Literally the prettiest jumper I've seen at that position and that size. Really one of the best forms of all time. And he was consistent with it his entire career (pre elbow surgery). 2. They called him selfish. But Melo was the main reason the Lakers got pushed to game 6. He made literally every play you can ask. Boards, dimes, scoring, and defense. 3. Speaking of dimes, did you see the excellent court vision? My Knicks never gave him the horses he needed at an older age. Nor did they give him a good PG. Even with a old Jason Kidd Melo got the Knicks far despite how JR Smith ruined it for them by swinging at Jason Terry. 4. Melo is what you call a rare multiple tool offensive player which made him unguardable. He had it all... Stand still jumper, off the bounce jumper, catch and shoot jumper, drive and score, drive and pop, face up jab and pop, jab one step and pop, jab hesi drive and score, post up turn around jumper, post up beast mode. And the tool every Hooper needs, improvisation. He had plenty of that. Plus handles. Wanna teach your kid offense? Watch Melo. Wanna teach footwork? Watch Kobe.

[@WolfofWexlerStreet]

The prettiest jumper u gon ever see. After that elbow surgery in NY it wasnt the same

[@watchnofacee]

Damn didnt even realize he got surgery on his shoot arm

[@kingsavage9756]

Nah KD has the best looking jumper

[@WolfofWexlerStreet]

@@kingsavage9756 kd shit ugly

[@kingsavage9756]

@@WolfofWexlerStreet shut yo delusional ass up

[@WolfofWexlerStreet]

@@kingsavage9756 or what? U gon get mad and comment again? Foh pussy 😆

[@wweecwwcwtna1928]

Prime melo was 🔥melo to watch.

[@kylewowry5356]

wweecwwcwtnanba1928 this wasn’t prime Melo

[@jermondc.williamsjr.8532]

@@kylewowry5356 how wasnt it ? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kylewowry5356]

Jermond Williams Wtf... I don’t even remember commenting this. Yeah you’re right this was prime Melo lmaoo.

[@jermondc.williamsjr.8532]

@@kylewowry5356 Kyle Wowry congrats on the ring my G.🙏💴👀💍💍

[@ScuffedC]

I miss this melo

[@hopeagainsthope9553]

Definitely a hall of famer, not even a close call. At one time one of the top 5 scorers in the league.

[@JRsimp8]

Should of stayed and not have gone to NY which Melo did mess up sadly smh

[@jiraiyasaves9894]

He won the scoring title in 2012 and is currently #17 in all time scoring. If he is able to get a couple more seasons in, he could easily break top ten. He is exactly 1,000 points away from taking the tenth spot. He would actually only need to average 12.5 ppg over 82 games. He will likely be passed up by KD, Harden, and Russ in the next five years, though.

[@gottgaame]

@@jiraiyasaves9894 that’s not possible if he’s not the number one scorer on the team. He’s too old for that

[@mspionage1743]

@@JRsimp8 Agreed. If he stayed in Denver he could have been much better as they were all in to building a team around him. NY was just an awful decision.

[@ronnybodre3367]

That Game 1🔥 He played like he was the best scorer

[@chibethename]

1 Of GOATS Scorers & Smooth Jumper Future HOF Carmelo Anthony! Always Wanted Him On The Chicago Bulls 💯😈👌🏽🏀

[@pranavsattiraju]

Haha u got him lol

[@jonathanoliveros5697]

Miss the old nba tbh. Everything just seemed so much more exciting ;(

[@TherealjamesbLive]

This melo was unstoppable because of his first step+all the offensive skills

[@vigillio]

back when melo was a monster! i remember watching this live and being so scared when ever he touched the ball lol

[@RGMX92]

I miss this era of hoops.

[@santanaoutlaw]

All I gotta say is... Kobe was getting some Kobe calls.

[@russell9411]

santanaoutlaw nigga kobe use to barely get calls fuck outta here. The refs and the league hated that man

[@PM-qb6hj]

Ballin Too True. Dude used to get hacked on offense and got nothing. BUT he got a way with a lot of dirty stuff on the defensive end as well.

[@spazz7k643]

Ballin Too lmao he got calls vs the king s in 2002🤨

[@ecco2ks]

@@russell9411 RIP Kobe but he shouldn’t of won the title against the Kings

[@dominiquejones3805]

That was a clean block. That's why it took 4 2014 4 me 2 become a Kobe fan.

[@Therealmoseslupai]

This the Melo I remember, he’s still the man but back then he was on some nba ballers mentality.

[@Twedan21]

Watching this almost 13 years later, Anthony is still one of my favourite players, no doubt. If I could choose between any NBA player's skillset for myself... I would go Melo. Also, it's fantastic to see two stars killing each other asses, fighting for position, pushing each other under the rim, scoring at midrange. A reminiscence of the game I used to love but does not exist anymore.

[@KingDB305]

Who here after Melo in Portland...3 shots to Da Dome..

[@redrosie_josie88]

Here watching after the nuggets advance past the 1st round since one of the greats back in 09 Mello is forever a GOAT within the sporting league of basketball. Everybody focuses on 1person to be the greatest but in reality there are more then multiple.!!! Prime mello old mello nigga still ball hard!🤞🏽🤞🏽💯💯💯

[@scrapcuz8370]

Melo offensive rebounding is so good u can’t push him out his spot once he gets position

[@kejuangreene5367]

I’m still here🙏🏾 forever my favorite player!

[@BeEazy717]

Miss this player so much😪

[@theastralshepherd4335]

This is"Just what I needed!"

[@quemainefulton720]

4:59 favorite part. He was D’ing Kobe tf up. R.i.p Kobe

[@gandhi_1867]

That jumper is insane

[@mikejay1376]

The prettiest jumper in the NBA 🥰

[@yaaboidee]

THANK YOU

[@japanesedenim1099]

Welcome back Melo! 💪💪💪

[@MrUrkel0730]

5:01 and up Gah dayum that's some beautiful battling.

[@troyatencio]

I know, I wanted a cam just on them. They were going at it.

[@georgejoseph8433]

The best clip of the Denver Nuggets ever. These were good times! 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@Nahaintnoway]

I wish Melo brought us a title. I'm a newer Nuggets fan so I don't see him in the most positive light, but watching highlights like these really make me appreciate how exciting he made the Nuggets back then. I still boo him when he comes to Denver though lol

[@plaguedoctor5889]

Yeah he didn't even get top 12 in MVP voting in 2009. Chauncey Billups ranked higher than him at #6. Just shows how underappreciated he was in Denver. It sucks that he left us but Denver is a middle market while NY is a Megamarket so if he stayed with us he'd never have gotten the recognition he deserves. But hey we have Jokic now and who knows he may soon be our best player ever

[@mj45isgreat]

He never played as hard as he did in this series ever again

[@100ktezz2]

Look how focused jr smith was 💪🏾

[@DZ-lx4iu]

Manu ginobli had a great career. Will be missed

[@Mr.Memphis10]

Melo still favorite player

[@kylewolfe8710]

I was lucky to watch Melo vs Kobe I’m Christmas Day in 2012. Both still 2 of the best in league and a battle I was honoured to witness. I always go back to this series. Two of the most elite players to ever lace em up’ RIP Kobe Salute Melo

[@jermainesimms9943]

Melo was filthy 🔥

[@kingkilla5497]

Imagine if Melo had the help that KD has rn. He would definitely win a couple of rings.

[@Sg6CrossOver]

Stop...Melo never was as good scorer as kd. The only time their were close was durant early years.

[@kobealegendforever1310]

Bruh cmon stop it. KD has been a WAY better player than Melo since his second year in the league.

[@jcd6968]

@@Sg6CrossOver y'all acting like melo was some kind of scrub. Nigga was KD before KD was KD. Minus the defense

[@Sg6CrossOver]

@@jcd6968 I liked melo on denver, but, he aint kd nigga never shooted as well. He was volume scorer jumpshooter, kd still better anywhere on the court 3s, long 2, post. All his percentages were better after couple years and now he is a good defender too.

[@jcd6968]

@@Sg6CrossOver Tiago Almeida KD has 0 post game, and Melo was a volume iso scorer, so naturally his %'s were down. Unless we're now saying KD was better than Kobe too.

[@classicdriprob4850]

Carmelo needs To Watch This to Awaken His TRUE GREATNESS.

[@smoothwoof]

Billups pickup really was the key. Melo full potential would have been unlocked if only Knicks could have gotten him a solid PG.

[@calebu752]

Top 5 scorer of all time hands down

[@Sg6CrossOver]

Not even close.

[@kobealegendforever1310]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha hold on

[@kobealegendforever1310]

hahahahahahaha

[@kingsumrall2006]

Right

[@basketballplays6911]

I agree

[@mooneygangdunk7333]

Legend!!! kobe#24 forever bleeding 💜💛 gone miss you Kobe r.i.p😢😢 #MambaMentality

[@juniorchandler4977]

That JUMPER IS OUT COLD NASTY

[@deanskingdom8654]

He was so good during his Prime he would easily be a top 10 player in today’s game at his Peak he was a pure scorer he could play Defense right here I honestly don’t see why People bash him so much especially for not winning a ring Steve Nash AI I mean come on he just on the slump of his career

[@kobealegendforever1310]

Prime Melo would be top 20 in the league not top 10 though.

[@kobealegendforever1310]

Refer to my other comments where I proved you wrong, "kid"

[@deanskingdom8654]

JaylenBrownHighlights let’s see Lebron KD Kawhi Curry Harden AD Kyrie I would throw Melo in there Giannis is in there too I would take Prime Melo over Westbrook any day

[@kobealegendforever1310]

LeBron, Harden, Russell Westbrook, Damian Lillard, Jokic, KAT, Giannis, Lowry, Drummond, Davis all had better seasons this year than prime Melo ever did

[@deanskingdom8654]

JaylenBrownHighlights Jokic over Prime Melo 👀👀😂🤣😂🤣

[@nateclark2046]

Carmelo lights it up. He's a historic figure, hall of fame shooter

[@Quaaannn2306]

All of this just to see who gonna play the magic LOL 😂

[@EF-vm7wi]

Current Nuggets fans give him no love. So classless.

[@deanskingdom8654]

Eric Feldman i know right Denver fans give no respect to Carmelo Anthony he was a fucking machine back in Denver and he lead them far maybe because there young fans

[@nafrdoe2521]

When he’s arguably the best player they’ve ever had, in competition with Alex English.

[@daldladla]

People seem to forget the nasty circumstances he left under. Tying his teams hands behind their back and demanding a move to NY and NY only. This is common practice now, and I've gotten over it, but at the time it was really shitty. And he took lots of shots at Denver on the way out (who would continue to go to the playoffs while Melo sat at home on the precious Knicks he insisted on going to.) Still by far the best to wear a nuggets jersey and my favorite player. Incredible series that they should have one, especially with the fraud ass Magic coming out of the East

[@thedon453]

Loved Melo when he played for us, but he got what him and his girlfriend asked for. Got traded to the Knicks and got his career wasted. Why would we (small market, just happy he's here) show love to a guy that wanted out of Denver and disrespected Denver like that after we supported him through all the years? We don't show him love because he didn't show us love.

[@Clubpenguin22]

@IG: confused_melo For FACTS #Ginga obsessed little kid smh. You're young so I hope you can turn it around before it's too late but you may already be beyond repair. You could've seen the light. It's sad really. To see a little kid throw their life away like this 😔. I'll be praying for you 🙏

[@thedoctor8447]

WHEN Y ALL DOUBT MELO WATCH THAT VIDEO...KOBE STILL THE GOAT

[@IknowMoreThanYou]

Came here after the slander and max kellerman nonsense

[@YEDxYED]

I wanted the Nuggets to win so bad but the better team got it

[@KingDavidTBE]

🐐🐐🐐

[@backwoods4l500]

👌🏾hoodie melo

[@pringlescanopen]

Jab step means CarMelo

[@jaq2818]

I still wish hoodie melo could of played a nba game

[@mosesdevadass6056]

Melo was too colddd

[@ksanadid]

Carmelo has one of the nicest shot form and releases that the NBA has ever seen. It’s really sad to see how his current day decline compared to the prime Melo y’all are watching here smh.

[@shemarlake7090]

Who here after he joins Portland

[@Dengchiii]

And now he's on the Lakers right now.

[@johnjoshtvofficial7633]

I still can’t believe Melo wasn’t a allstar in 2009

[@davidtaylorlouie]

Who remembers when melo was on the same tier as lebron ?

[@wendingo452]

@IG: confused_melo For FACTS #Ginga nah, they were with each other 2003-2011

[@jasonmoukala8909]

@@wendingo452 Nope. By 2011, Bron already had 2 mvps, multiple all defensive selections, a scoring title, multiple nba first team selections, multiple all star selections etc. what did melo have?

[@jasonmoukala8909]

He never was

[@jimbohaha43]

Was never even close ahhaha

[@eliteleveliq4289]

Yall youngins only know basketball on a nba level but not pure ball and iq. Melo was always at the highest level. You have different players with unique prototypes and skillsets. LeBron is by far the best of the combination obviously. Melo was the best all around and most prolific scorer in the game for many years. This dude was nasty since he was in high school. This dude had the record they took from the great George Gervin for scored 33 points in a quarter until Klay Thompson ended up breaking it. He also has a scoring title and has had a 60 point game. He also got his team to the playoffs his rookie year and a tougher conference and nobody gave him credit for it. They should have gave Co Rookie of the Year like they did for Jason Kidd and Grant Hill but you young'uns probably know nothing about that.

[@flightkidd123]

I low key felt like melo was a better offensive player than Lebron when he was in Denver, he would always get his playing against Lebron too

[@XxBonzeD4Kill4xX]

He always torch kobe and Lebron lol

[@jaythomas9595]

High key he has always been a better offensive player than LeBron. The difference was their commitment to defense. Melo wasn't as athletic as Bron or committed.

[@bythebay2008]

Anthony created plays/assists, rebounds and high percentage shooting. He is not same statistics wise. Older/slower.

[@user-rn6lb6qj7y]

Denver should've won that series. The refs are always cheating for the Lakers. 🤷🤦

[@ambrossio-containmentbreac6603]

butthurt

[@ishmaelsmith688]

I STG that was suppose to be Melo ring

[@H4DI_8]

@@ishmaelsmith688 no it wasn't Kobe was a killer in that playoffs everyone knew only Lebron had chance of stopping him

[@BigBoss-su2us]

Sauxe God LeBron didn’t have a chance he couldn’t even get to the finals

[@FromUpNorth9345]

Denver should of won that series?

[@abhirgokhale6780]

Bruh that intro was fire no cap

[@LastTrueElk]

I love that they let 4:34 on Melo giving a good tough a** boxout slide and just let two talented players get at it. In todays league it would've been a quick foul. They gotta let todays league be rough 😭 especially with everybody healthy next season, it would be a blockbuster year for the NBA in terms of what they underperformed from this season respectfully.

[@weilianchang930]

physical body contract, hard defence. miss that era NBA

[@richardhodges5409]

I remember this year. I used to think he was better than Lebron. Funny how times have changed

[@josephkingston9411]

Times do change but he was never better than lebron even in prime

[@WindyCityNick]

SoGOOD187 His rookie season was better. Led his team to the playoffs in a tougher conference, averaged more PPG, rebounds, and a higher FG% that year. They literally only gave it to Bron because he had two more assists per game and was the poster child for the NBA.

[@mlc9928]

@@josephkingston9411 he was better than Lebron.

[@rodrxgo_]

Melo is athletic asf with nuggets.

[@shinegifted]

taking this melo over anybody

[@steveirungu3132]

I have tromendous respect for you Carmelo Anthony by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@calebh9710]

Hopefully this Denver team with Murray and Jokic bring a championship home

[@Genghiskoz]

I wish #3 was in this series

[@SamboSwampert]

Kobe😥

[@steveirungu3132]

I have tromendous respect for you Chauncey Billups by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@bortiz5260]

In his prime he was quick

[@fizzyfuzz5878]

Interesting moment in history. Wish the Nuggets won so the Magic would've most likely won the NBA Finals. Either way, it would've been a more interesting matchup with 2 teams in the NBA Finals that usually aren't there

[@pranavsattiraju]

If Melo retires I’m going to watch this

[@user-hu8zy1tf9u]

2019 close to the nba

[@user-hu8zy1tf9u]

but still a big fan of you

[@joemama-qb1gu]

Carmelo = almost too hated

[@jameswright7851]

Rip Black Mamba

[@brelandparker4483]

I'll cash in 20 more times hochunk nation

[@cynkauvanyau2059]

Every time he catches the ball and drive left, he travels

[@StevenTheGreat_]

why do ppl think kevin durant is better than this dude lol

[@PedroSantos-um4dn]

Melo had an amazing first game then went pretty bad. Just for the highlights I'm not able to determine if it was solely bad shooting or a good Lakers defense, but probably it was the effect of a good defense over bad perfomances. Just for the record Melo had 40.7 FG% and 25 3PT%

[@robertlawsonjr.2501]

Slender Melo was practically unguardable!

[@jessedampolo]

.400% from the field, .250% from 3PT. PURE!

[@jessedampolo]

After Game 1 he shot .340% from the field and .130% from deep... Yuck!

[@ForgetGeeze]

always find a way to hate

[@Fab212]

Kobe had series were he shot 37% and got swept so he isn’t a pure scorer neither? #AnalyticFools

[@kobealegendforever1310]

People like to overrate Denver Melo to make it sound like he was ever a top ten player in the league while playing for them. He wasn't.

[@kobealegendforever1310]

First of all I don't give a shit about what he was "nominated for". I don't remember him winning an MVP that year, but I don't believe in MVPs anyway. In 2007 he had a great season, no doubt about that, but there were A LOT of great players in the league that year. Players like Tim Duncan, Lebron, Kobe, Marion, Elton Brand KG, Ben Wallace and Mcgrady were top 10 quality players that year. Melo was obviously a top 5 scorer in the league that year, but he played lazy defence and turned it over a lot. Had the powerhouse centre Marcus Camby not been on their team to pick up after their terrible defence, the Nuggets don't make the playoffs that year and Melo's defence is known a lot more in the media. Gonna skip 2008 because it was the exact same story as the year before, but I wanna note that Melo was the 3rd best on his team this year, behind Camby and AI. Kinda feel like leaving out 2006 just because it's pretty much the same story but Carmelo was the second best on the team this year and was probably tied for his best year as a nugget. The league was full of very good players back then and he just had too many good players coming out of the west to be considered top 10 in the league this year. If you're looking for prime Melo look for 2013-14 Melo. Btw do research before saying dumb shit pussy

[@damonmd3]

If he didn’t get hurt they win this series

[@kilrbt]

Dammnn i didnt know melo wuld defend like that

[@kingsumrall2006]

kil. rbt you don’t know basketball then

[@Lexgluger01]

Did the 📺 promo just preface the 2009 Denver Nuggets with Chauncey Billups like Melo was on injured reserve!?!?! 😩

[@knodeway1826]

Isn't this the only time he made it out the first round?

[@ilovegodandjesusjohn316]

Psalms 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

[@presidentialkingdom2201]

Melo with the braids... makes me sad even watching this. He should be respected as one of the top 10-15 players ever but never manage to win anything of significance. Him and KD are the 2 purest scorers ever. Imagine this Denver squad got to play LBJ and Cleveland in the finals! Would have been simply amazing.

[@danjones3402]

When they weren't calling petty fouls!

[@garycastillo33]

Lakas melo noon nasa denver

[@mspionage1743]

He should have never left Denver. They were building a solid team there around him.

[@brokewitwealth7078]

How long was he suppose to stay? He gave them 7 and a half years lol..Bron stayed with Cavs same amount of time

[@mspionage1743]

@@brokewitwealth7078 I am merely saying that he had the very best chance to win a title while with that young and talented team. The moment he left he went to a bunch of stinkers and never again had a chance to compete at that level in the tourny. He can of course do whatever he feels, no problem at all. I am just saying his best shot was there and hence if a title is what he wanted he should have stayed. Best situation he ever had.

[@ryanhodge8120]

They forgot about this melo obviously

[@cynkauvanyau2059]

People think playing physical like that is more tiring than running to the perimeter to run 3pt shooters off 30 feet from the basket.

[@infinitymixtapes9562]

Melo was facing the Lakers, Spurs, and KG Timberwolves in the playoffs and people wanna give him shit for not reaching the finals

[@YAMCHA_PH]

the knicks was melo's worst mistake... he should've stayed in denver or joined lbj and dwade on the heat.