Carmelo Anthony says the Pelicans called with interest prior to retiring 😳 (via @7pminbrooklyn/IG)

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[@3MUnique]

Should’ve given NOLA a run. He would’ve loved that town.

[@amandagreer6123]

Yesssssss 👍

[@butterflybasics1688]

Would liked the town, but he right about hiding the jersey😂

[@17thNO]

#504 fa sho!

[@3MUnique]

@@butterflybasics1688 sh*t, the players make the jersey. If u want the jersey 2 rep, ante up ur game on the court. Some of these cats r spoiled. Ur making millions of dollars. All u have 2 focus on is being ur absolute best when the ball goes up.

[@sportsgamer2342]

@@butterflybasics1688why?

[@FLG00]

Their vibe is immaculate

[@Austin-316]

DLo Osama

[@quietstorm5293]

The N.O. slander is crazy

[@dhj_1843]

He would help BI tremendously

[@robertthomas3201]

Mm he will turn him to bigger dog then he alr is

[@user-wp7bi8uq4l]

He would shoot the 🏀 everytime he touch that joint

[@kendrickdavis6063]

As a coach lol

[@MANNBEATZ]

Fr

[@HarveyNorman6638]

@@robertthomas3201😅P😅😅😅

[@wilsonjoshwilson]

I would have went to New Orleans for the food alone lol

[@GudJonnyCakes]

Too much salt there's a reason why so much black people have high blood pressure and diabetes is because of salt and the sugar that we put in our food but hey that's the culture you can't skimp on seasoning

[@Hilarious_]

Man he'd fit soooo well in New Orleans

[@maxledotv]

We need him fr he can make us hustle more n play like a winning team. Brandon a 2GD and let Mello be the floor general at the 3

[@Yoruba1st]

Absolutely not!!

[@pcapone4703]

Trash In my Bubba Dub voice!!!!!! Lol😂😂😂😂

[@2genders-tk2ue]

​@@maxledotvu lost your mind

[@foyfamily6960]

We could def use him in the locker room to guide the younger players

[@KBreeze-zt9ds]

"MELO"😮.....HALL OF FAME, BABY!!💯 ❤ 🏀

[@ayristmusic378]

Nah he’s not a hall of fame Type player no rings, Not that high on the scoring list no dpoy no mvps, he cared bout the money more than the game fr that’s why he went to Knicks instead staying with the nuggets or even coming to the lakers like Kobe wanted him to

[@anthonypierre2094]

​@@ayristmusic378he's 9th on the all time scoring list. What are you talking about? 🤡

[@kylemackellar9209]

@@ayristmusic378 not that high on the scoring list? bro is 9th lmao

[@vonvon1991]

Melo come back you was a good scorer on the court.💯💯💪🏾

[@olearyeugene]

No he wasnt

[@familiamartinez04]

@@olearyeugeneyou’re young

[@kendrickdavis6063]

He wasn’t

[@sharathegreat7685]

@@familiamartinez04he’s right he wasn’t a beast. Unless you meaning as a 1 on 1 player but as far as organized ball nope. What team in the NBA did he lead to win a conference or Championship?! None

[@vonvon1991]

@@olearyeugene hater lol💯💯💪🏾

[@CMLemcee]

Please come back for one more season man 😭🤣 my favorite jump shot of all time next to Kobe

[@gpipeline]

😅

[@paullucas6275]

Naa Melo could still give buckets. I saw him play with his son Kiyan and he still got it. Silky smooth jumper 🤌🏾

[@FBaned]

He should went for no other reason then to get to 29K he deserve to reach goal at the least. He definitely wudve hit 30k if the nba didn’t allow him to push out for a few seasons.

[@TayG_9Deuce]

He didn't get pushes out he just wouldn't accept his new role player role til he got to LA

[@1nf1ni7e_GG]

​@@TayG_9Deucehe accepted it way quicker than that, they fkd him over a good 3 seasons

[@blackmason4373]

Facts.

[@98slime86]

@@1nf1ni7e_GG3 seasons is crazy maybe 1 when he was with my rockets.. 2 at most def not 3 tho he wasnt even out the league 3 combined

[@Ho11is2Ho11ywood]

​@quiontegates485 that's just a flat out lie. He accepted his role in Portland and played well.

[@LILCHAIN24]

I just want him to get to the number 8 all time scoring so he could’ve stayed in the top 10 for a long time

[@user-hz8wr2kp4c]

Fax, he could've easily hit 30k

[@user-os2ic1bp2e]

One of my favorite players ❤💯

[@yuungsatire]

Greatest Pelican to be considered.

[@Gav_Noctem]

Melo and BI 🔥

[@tgodmarley28]

Melo gone get back in shape and go help them boys!

[@Ninoo187]

​@@duranmendez6360that comment made me laugh too 😂😂😂

[@eastsideneworleans4088]

Nah gang we good on Unk ! We need need just need one super star to add to our roster ! We playoff bound ! New Orleans stand tf up 🆙 we running the south !!💯💪🏾💯💪🏾

[@tgodmarley28]

@@eastsideneworleans4088 😂😂😂 y’all got a superstar, he just needs to step up and have some guidance. Which Melo can provide, because not only was he a superstar at one point he also had weight problems and had to control his weight at one point in his career. And right now y’all ain’t got nobody who has experienced that, and has the name and pull to do so . Look at the bigger picture and how he can help as a mentor, because that thinking is why they’re still having problems now 🤷🏾‍♂️😂

[@tgodmarley28]

@@Ninoo187 it can be the funniest thing ever 🤷🏾‍♂️😂 but at the end of the day, he would have to get in shape just to be on the roster, with his experience and knowledge he can help in other ways. And plus y’all being mad disrespectful to an All-Time Top 10 scorer, which is crazy 😂

[@thatrandomshortsguy196]

​@@eastsideneworleans4088yeah you lied yall ain't running nun but that city

[@kingfam228]

I think he should have took the chance with the pelicans honestly

[@anthonymabalot]

Please come back melo in nba

[@ZachVanHarrisJR]

*”he would be king in China” 🇨🇳 🏀 - MELL DUNEY 616*

[@roccooooooooo]

man he woulda fit soooo well in China 🔥 vintage melo

[@shawncoleyjr.6149]

“1on1 I’ll play wit anybody, I mean not rn”lol old age really freaking gets u when you are an athlete

[@PodyTheCirate]

Melo and the ‘Thuggets’ Era got me into basketball. Wish nothing but love for the man

[@POVJAY]

The gsw can use him well and bring him a ring

[@leedabrowski835]

“We’re going all the way up, nothing can stop him” made me laugh wayyyy harder than I should have 😂

[@chowambiimagnus6059]

Melo and Zion he needs that guidance kinda like rose and morant

[@mythpocrisy]

Carmelo was my favorite player growing up but as much as I was a Knicks fan, I feel like he should’ve left them while he was still performing like the Carmelo we knew.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Melo could've won a title in Denver if Kobe wasn't there & if George Karl wasn't his coach.

[@Bobab0y]

Melo would of had a ring if detroit didn’t draft darko

[@melvinhhcp3615]

@@Bobab0y Yeah, this also.

[@frost5418]

@@Bobab0y you mean 3 Detroit went to back to back finals they don’t lose the second 1 with him because it was a 7 game series without him. The next season 06 they won 64 games, that’s most likely 3 rings imo

[@melvinhhcp3615]

@@frost5418 They lose all 3 if no opposing players are injured.

[@frost5418]

@@melvinhhcp3615 that makes no sense how all three if they won 1 without him already, no matter what he’d have at least 1. If they took the spurs to 7 games with darko they can win with Melo and darko wasn’t starting

[@frost5418]

Top 5 SF all time

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Bird. Dr. J. Worthy. KD. Melo

[@zackeryjones9359]

@@melvinhhcp3615 lebron?

[@melvinhhcp3615]

​@@zackeryjones9359Who?

[@frost5418]

@@melvinhhcp3615 KD and Worthy not better than Melo

[@JayStiles-kt2pm]

Pippen?

[@CHYLLofficial]

The Melican lmfaoooo

[@delontekelly7326]

He would be a good fit with the pelicans

[@angelaw9476]

People that are going to hate have never and will never make it to the NBA. That man was blessed to take care of his mother and family by having the talent to be a professional athlete. There's so many men struggling to provide for their families that will never play pro sports. Don't hate the people that make it.

[@zephyrreels7464]

Facts the same mfs hating are the same ones on their couch doing absolutely nothing meaningful and just trying to downplay someone else’s career. Mfs be caring about another man’s life than their own lmao

[@zephyrreels7464]

@@Trashcan31207 oh ur definitely the one sitting in ur parents basement. U aint ever achieving anything in life. I promise u that 🤣🤣🤣

[@uberexpress4268]

@@Trashcan31207that includes you too bozo 😂😂😂.

[@2genders-tk2ue]

Get out your feelings dude...nba players can be criticized about basketball...all that other stuff is irrelevant.

[@2genders-tk2ue]

​@@zephyrreels7464the irony is that you are the one that cares so much that you get upset when a retired nba player is criticized...you make it about his personal life because he was criticized as a nba player...lord forbidd it, guess grown men have become too emotional

[@cortezdavis698]

You would have had a blast in New Orleans we have talent you and more

[@keltonharris383]

Definitely that jersey #15

[@marsomaras8728]

He’s post is one of the best in the league.

[@JQueezyy]

He would’ve at least been a good fit for the Warriors or the Sixers seeing how Andrew Wiggins is playing, or how the sixers could’ve used an extra scoring option off the bench 😂

[@SplendidNinja]

One more year bro 💪🏾

[@martinpapilaja122]

This man deserves a ring!!! ❤

[@DoeDa_God-ed5jn]

Man i really hate that he don’t have a ring

[@analyticalinsight]

Why

[@videshsammyakalittleapache1701]

1 more bro one more 🙏💪 do for us the fans

[@GasStationRun]

Melo in N.O. Is a movie fuckumean

[@brecojohnson3436]

My favorite player

[@askia7535]

Melo melo #7 BIG KNICKZ 💯 MELO WAS DEFINITELY IT HE DEFINITELY DESERVES HIS PROPZ 💯

[@lemmie_live5969]

I want melo to give it a go one more time he deff can still get buckets at the very least

[@jkg_1985]

he would’ve helped out BI & Zion so much 😤💪

[@chrystalherron3220]

Pelicans saw what a few of us saw.

[@wesfields9322]

This is the most new york podcast ive ever seen

[@mikeebby5142]

He should've took that pelicans deal melo has too much pride... he could've guided the young guys in that team

[@Christopher-fz7jy]

He need to come back an play BIG FACTS

[@EnjoyTheSilenc3]

Hopefully the Knicks call him up on a vet minimum and we get that chip babyyy

[@kevinconroy6606]

“Hide that” 😂

[@TuPhonez4Free]

Wow. Man. Him on the Pels 😮

[@EarlVance-tb5oc]

The best perimeter player ever.

[@longchouskii4455]

This dude is a FN LEGEND!!! Put some respect on his name

[@P-miki]

Melo teaching his skills to ingram will be epic

[@michaelvanzant195]

They better make that move quickly before the All Star game if they want to make that run deep into the playoffs and Championship

[@Dallas77777]

I wish but idt they want him passing who’s in front of him in points to be honest. Politics 💯 but I’m also a diehard Carmelo fan! My favorite player all-time.

[@kuntamason1674]

Yes 💯

[@jonathanmuldrow8458]

He 🧢 If the sorry Trailblazer don't want u. Nobody does

[@diongreen3261]

i need that Sharks melo jersey 😂 cuz they're putting whatever he want on the back and he getting the custom hoodie jersey

[@29larron]

Melo looks like BI's good twin

[@lordsteez2064]

Really shoulda gave the city a chance. He woulda been beloved here

[@roylumibao2153]

Number one idol❤

[@morrisblackshear6487]

He saying he would play anywhere but don't put me in new Orleans lol

[@duanejessup3708]

Id love to see melo rite now with my pels. We better but he would improve us. That outside game would open up our bigs.

[@bandito241]

Maybe he could’ve been that veteran that Zion needs.

[@JustNate365]

Melo the Warrior wouldve been dope

[@aintdatkenn3411]

I love you Mello but respectfully you took the bag over ball 💙💙🌹🤞🏿

[@beenreal3731]

I dont like the disrespect to southern town like N.O.

[@Plemonoo]

He has a lot of basketball left fr he needs to get really in shape and play again

[@jg2600]

This prolly unpopular but i wanted to see Melo run 1 more year with the Lakers

[@geo-soulmusic461]

He’d be great off the bench for NOP

[@Willyboi23]

Melo please come back, go to a contender and win a ring to end an illustrious career!

[@zachkrafick8947]

He should come back for the USA squad.. melo wasn’t the best in the league but that mf in red white n blue was UNSTOPPABLE

[@yaboycease1275]

Man come play for the Heat…nice weather. Great culture. Def help em get to playoffs and possible chip.

[@mikemike-lg3pk]

“Thanks D.A”

[@green_eye_shy_guy]

I once caught a bass on a boat wearing a Melo Denver Nuggets jersey in 2014, that team also won me a pair of Air Force Ones in 2K10🌤️

[@rryjoc2x458]

if jay crowder is in the nba melo should be in the nba

[@chrisma1976]

I’m so glad he didn’t come. Our ball movement is our biggest asset, and he would have destroyed it.

[@-qb4bv]

Ain’t no one called an old Carmelo. Melo bout to start his post career campaign to remain relevant. Just fade away nicely bro, Like Peja did

[@user-rs2ho9lw1s]

Big 3

[@grishawinner6727]

Between him and Brandon Ingram nobody else would touch the ball 😂 they would go iso on everything lol

[@Da-Boo33]

Melo to pelicans is good look ...and LeBron came into together now they can retire together ❤️ 😳

[@bandito241]

At least he’s not that delusional that he’s still in shape 😂

[@maccadamianofreenuts8735]

He wasn't a good player for any team , alone he was a shooter

[@damewhin]

Melo in China would have averaged 45 Think I'm lying to look at the dudes who averaging 30+ now Once again 45

[@jimas9775]

Melo didn’t know how to play second fiddle to Jeremy Lin during Linsanity. They could have gone deep that year had melo taken a secondary role and had Lin run the show….

[@c4platinum]

I would have loved to see melo play in New Orleans. I would make the drive for that

[@michaelmereday6791]

Melo is the man lollll

[@bishopjuice1791]

The nba should consider Carmelo into the pistons roster

[@kennethshorter88]

Melo should do the Big 3

[@dmarvionfinley4080]

Melo not now was crazy u didn't need to be athletic to drop 30 nothing fast just smooth

[@youtubehashandlesnow]

I already had melo in a pelicans jersey on 2k so it doesn't even look crazy to me

[@richieray04]

The only reason he's not in the league is because they want Bron to be the only one with 21 years in and the oldest sad

[@slickeddy2000]

Vince Carter and Kevin Willis played 22 yrs . KG played 21 last he was on the Bench Mentor like Udonis Haslem . But the difference between Melo and the others is. The others except the role as a team 1st mentor and teaching a work ethic . Melo ain’t that guy.

[@tycoonpdx9546]

You sound dumb AF 😭

[@Hustle_king318]

Pistons need u fam

[@jalenad11]

The Pelicans should've got him instead of Portland. Zion's career would greatly benefit from some Melo moves.

[@TheTopshottasound]

greatly benefit from what??? from learning to play defense worse ?? take only real bad shots... or to learn how not to be a winner?? whioch one ? or all?

[@jalenad11]

@TheTopshottasound I see you only watched narratives and talking heads instead of actually watching games. It's okay. Every day gives new time to learn.

[@TheTopshottasound]

@@jalenad11 it's called the truth u fool

[@tylermarallo8244]

As a pelicans fan, I now dislike Carmelo Anthony

[@dominickmagee9838]

Melo New Orleans I would buy that jersey

[@jahmalhart6943]

Would love to see Melo bck

[@jamarjjeffery1472]

I wish he would've did that forreal.

[@deshawnpate2451]

Greatest hawk to ever exist

[@ActiveRehabMobility]

If he was a less selfish player he would have been top 25 all time