How Carmelo Anthony Failed To Win a Championship With The New York Knicks

When the New York Knicks traded for Carmelo Anthony in 2011, fans believed Melo would bring a championship to the city, and revitalize Knicks basketball. What instead took place was an up and down roller-coaster filled with misery, drama, and losing. How did someone of Melo’s talent level leave New York with such little winning, and what could the Knicks have done better in building a contender? This is how the New York Knicks squandered talent, and failed to win a championship with Carmelo Anthony.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:48 - Melo Requests a Trade
04:27 - Melo’s First Season as a Knick
06:28 - 2011 Offseason
07:09 - 2011-12 Season
10:16 - 2012 Playoffs
10:53 - 2012 Offseason
11:51 - 2012-13 Season
14:09 - 2013 Playoffs
17:41 - 2013 Offseason
18:33 - 2013-14 Season
19:04 - Phil Jackson Hired
20:00 - 2014 Offseason
21:20 - 2014-15 Season
22:11 - 2015 Offseason
23:10 - 2015-16 Season
24:54 - 2016 Offseason
26:11 - 2016-17 Season
27:38 - Carmelo Gets Traded
28:08 - Conclusion

[@R28901]

“This is how the New York Knicks squandered talent” A tale as old as time

[@yodakazam]

Knicks didn't squander this. Carmelo did. He was a horrible leader and was a cancer to the knicks

[@sawyerdavison4211]

lmao bruh fax tho

[@tombstonejones9581]

@@yodakazam I'd say it's a little of column A and a little of column B.c

[@blahbluh9404]

@@yodakazam James dolan... that is all

[@Miles_305]

Lost all respect for him when I heard how he treated Lin

[@Ianoxen]

Melo is the epitome of a player who is given every chance to score or do whatever he wants and does so without considering the repercussions (sacrificing teamwork, nondevelopment of young talent, real defense, etc.) then blames everyone except himself for not winning.

[@stomo422]

yes he got so many chances. the denver team literally just want him to be on the team as the superstar but he somehow leaves thinking his teammates not good enough lol.

[@timtalks6080]

Sounds like Harden tbh

[@Twunnawun]

@@timtalks6080harden is way better than Melo ever was still

[@igottasitdownforthisone7768]

​@@Twunnawunnot at all

[@Twunnawun]

@@igottasitdownforthisone7768 numbers don’t lie but you do

[@antwan1357]

The weird part about Carmelo leaving the Nuggets is they actually got better that same year.

[@Zane_Zaminsky]

Not weird: addition by subtraction.

[@antwan1357]

@@johnm2939 I remember that too Linsanity got started Melo was just a bad addition to any team it is sad too considering he looked good on paper but that playstyle didn't help with wins.

[@stomo422]

@@antwan1357 i mean if u are not a superman like micheal jordan just dont hog the ball at all times. even kobe cant 1v9 somtimes basketball is a team sport.

[@johnleonardmillanes7864]

He is the problem

[@cfnretro6448]

They made it to the Western Conference Finals and the team traded away parts of the conference finals run like Billups. They were starting a rebuild when Melo was still there and he said fuck that

[@averageguy1261]

Jeremy Lin's 10 games were the highlights of that decade.

[@n.b.l.5709]

Yup...and than melo messed it up

[@averageguy1261]

@@n.b.l.5709 He did. Man, he did.

[@jonq8714]

What's more is Lin, a nobody at the time, took the same roster of fringe NBA talent and made them into one of the best and most cohesive teams in the league in that span, and Melo came back and they reverted into a predictable, easily defeated shit squad again.

[@n.b.l.5709]

@@jonq8714 word. Agreed!

[@averageguy1261]

@@jonq8714 Yep.

[@pkamvp]

Honestly, he should've signed with them in the off-season instead of having them gut their roster to trade for him. They still probably wouldn't have beat the Heat, but they would've been more competitive.

[@moneyman9295]

Way more competitive , the record at the time aint say much but the 2011 Knicks before the Melo trade were exciting/fun and talented as hell , Melo woulda been icing on the cake , that and Amare staying healthy , 1st year Knicks Amare was elite

[@youngf.l.y.1467]

Would have beat the heat because then wold have had said pieces to trade for CP3

[@Chris56076]

@daniel sihyun that wasnt melo fault

[@Chris56076]

Then the knicks shouldnt have traded for him! And should have waited till free agency

[@ChillHawaiian3]

Trash ass Lin held back Carmelo Anthony. Lets be real. He drove Melo out of NY

[@Entername-md1ev]

Three things went wrong for Melo’s time with the Knicks. 1. He forced the Nuggets to trade him at the deadline so the Knicks had to give up a bunch of assets to get him when he could’ve signed with New York in the offseason and play with all those assets they had surrendered to Denver 2. He couldn’t get along with Jeremy Lin. If he had a smaller ego, I genuinely believe they could’ve became a competitive team for a couple seasons 3. He signed a giant contract with the Knicks which handicapped the Knicks’ spending power

[@ctwwtc8761]

He was a losing player. Just a ball hog

[@emperorpalpatine1228]

The Knicks didn't give up nearly as much as the Nuggets did. None of the players Denver got in trade were even on the same level of Melo and Gallinari was a creampuff who couldn't play one game without getting hurt.

[@ctwwtc8761]

@@emperorpalpatine1228nuggets made the playoffs with all the guys they got in the trade a bunch of times. Meanwhile Melo won 1 whole playoff series in the 7 years with the Knicks. Most overrated player of all time, guy won 3 playoff rounds in 20 years

[@djanitafra3688]

@@ctwwtc8761 People talk about Melo's conference finals in the West all the while forgetting that the great underrated Chauncey Billups was the key part of that playoff run. Billups himself said it - scoring meant too much for him - even if they had won and Melo had a bad game - Melo would not be happy. Enough said.

[@chaim5397]

@@emperorpalpatine1228 sure but it still handicapped the Knicks, we had to pick up crappier pieces

[@KingxJiji30]

Melo only cared about scoring. The team was nice back then but melo needed to do more. Defense was never there

[@youtubeshypocrisy]

Carmelo is the ultimate ball hog one trick pony. I’m glad he never got a ring. He doesn’t deserve it because he plays like a stat padding loser

[@notoriousone1011]

Imagine if he would been drafted by the pistons, around an all time great defense team.

[@CorePathway]

Harden says what?

[@sbj97]

@@CorePathway 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@TheWakeup011]

@@notoriousone1011 you still have to buy in defensively.

[@metalmonster34]

As a Heat fan, I'll always remember laughing so hard when the Knicks won 1 game against us in the playoffs and then they showered the floor with confetti. LOL

[@Krackalackamore]

It's hard being a Knicks fan man, we take any win we get☠️

[@AngeloBx]

It was a glorious win for us

[@finn_nyc2332]

@@AngeloBx HAHA 😆😂🤣🤣 It sure was man!! 👍🏽🙌🏽💯🔵🟠🟦🟧🔷🔶🔹🔸🌀🆚📘📙💙🧡

[@finn_nyc2332]

Haha bro dude, I remember that as if it was just yesterday...😆😂🤣🤣🎊🎉🔵🟠🟦🟧🔷🔶🔹🔸🌀🆚📘📙💙🧡

[@TheCman183]

Ill always remember when jimmy buckets bricked an open 3 in the ecf game 7 LOL

[@TheLilmuzzy]

I was dreading this day, finally he uploads the one that hits home

[@davidherasme5780]

Fax

[@youngf.l.y.1467]

Big factssse

[@markuscalero8066]

We knew it was coming… but it still hurts

[@YesImhymn]

Melo had a very similar career to Tracy McGrady

[@davidherasme5780]

@@YesImhymn yeah his career is basically just Tracy McGrady’s career with better longevity, slightly better playoff success, and a better player

[@KDSRirelandboy1]

This was literally Carmelo imploding. He wanted his money, he wanted his minutes, he wanted his OWN team, but then he also wanted his team to do well too. Sorry big fella, you can't have it all.

[@DyZaster.]

Not sure who said it, but I remember reading how Melo would be all cheery and positive even if the team lost as long as he made 30pts and the be down and gloomy even if they won but he made less than 20pts... So not surprised to hear that he may have had a hand on Lin getting traded... Just look at how he was in OKC, he laughed at the suggestion of him coming off the bench...

[@Mar1293]

It was Chauncey Billups

[@Bigedub101]

​@Mar1293 yea I think I remember hearing that somewhere too

[@QDibieYT]

Melo kind of ruined it himself by not signing in the off-season then getting rid of Jeremy Lin

[@Joshkiddy15.]

Lin wanted to leave plus he wasn’t that good if he was why he didn’t do nearly as good when he was on other teams?? He just got hot

[@bemusedpanda8875]

@@Joshkiddy15. Lin literally begged the NY front office to let him stay, but Melo didn't want to share the spotlight. Lin never wanted to leave NY as it was the team that allowed him to shine for the first time. Lin will always be remembered for Linsanity whist Melo will always be remembered as a disappointment.

[@hoody_yt]

@@bemusedpanda8875 disappointment ? 💀🤣 yea stfu you’re comparing a guy who had 6 game hotstreak to a HOFer, if lin was that could how come he couldn’t stay in the league after getting traded from nyc

[@bemusedpanda8875]

@@hoody_yt So what if Lin never reached the peak of Linsanity again? You have to consider expectations. Jeremy Lin was a nobody who was on the verge of being cut from the team. The fact that he was even able to give us Linsanity is a heartwarming success story. NY had high expectations for Melo who was drafted third in 2003 and built a strong team around him with the expectation of deep playoff runs or perhaps even a championship. Melo underperformed his expectations and is thus considered a disappointment as he was once regarded as the next big thing in NY. I ain't hating on Melo. I'm just stating the truth.

[@saykiet180]

@@bemusedpanda8875 preach

[@newyardleysinclair9960]

His only achievements are personal. Says everything about his playing style and his character

[@IAmBaldSoWhat]

Tell me his great Knicks teammates again

[@MrDwightsimon]

@@IAmBaldSoWhat Jeremy Lin

[@jordanbun2250]

@@IAmBaldSoWhat stoudemire, chandler, kristaps, jr smith, Jeremy Lin, Derrick rose, joakim noah,

[@MarcPowers42]

100% truth

[@IAmBaldSoWhat]

@@jordanbun2250 Injured stoudemire, injured KP, injured D Rose. Just stop

[@mikeg4490]

Linn getting a ring b4 Melo just makes me smile

[@Enthusiast230]

"Before Melo" as though Melo still has time to win a ring 😂

[@h2lo704]

Narr... Carmelo Anthony was very much part of the problem. He wanted talents around him, but he also wants to be numero uno and refuse to share any limelight with any other players. And Melo unwilling to play the triangle offense system, he is part of the reason why the triangle system failed with his off timing and off positioning in the system.

[@17thNO]

Yeah the Lin, situation said a lot. I think he got Wade and LeBron to break Lin's confidence during the "Linsanity" run. Neither of them have played defense like that since. Amare even taked about Melo being jealous of Jeremy Lin.

[@J-Hue]

Melo never had a problem sharing the spotlight whether it was with AI, Billups, or Lin. He played best alongside star pgs. The issue was he never put himself in the best situations to play with the kind of players he needed most to win.

[@J-Hue]

@@17thNO lol The conspiracy's y'all come up with against black people over nothing are insane. Melo always sought out Lin on the court to try and build chemistry and help Lin continue to shine. And it was working until Lin went down with injury. After that, Lin tested restricted FA and wound up on Houston with Harden who was already largely playing the pg position at an MVP level. Lin got pushed to the side and his career never recovered.

[@17thNO]

@@J-Hue I'm black and I didn't want to believe it cause I like Melo and did like him too and wanted him to succeed with the Knicks and hoped him and Lin could get it done. Watch the game when they played the Heat and the defense Bron and Wade played on that dude. They haven't played defense like that since. Also about Melo being jealous of Lin Amare who is also black said that he was so if it's a conspiracy that Amare came up with it. It's on the internet do your research. Unless you know more about it than a player on the team which you might. I don't know. People be trippin.

[@jacoblopez6046]

Melo had the right to want to be "numero uno" as he was one of the NBAs BEST scorers at the time and already a superstar. The triangle offense would not have worked at the time when Phil was president (Please stop with that narrative lol). Especially not with the team we had and where the fast paced NBA was going at the time. It was a waste of time, and then to bring in 2 coaches in Fisher and Hornacek who NEVER ran the triangle in their coaching careers to just throw them in with minimal triangle training and say "well...make it work" was a failure.

[@obijuanjabroni7543]

I really hated the trade for Carmelo Anthony from Denver. Management and partly the fans (Who chanted "We want Melo") were too impatient with what we had. I really liked the lineup of Gallinari, Wilson Chandler and Raymond Felton. We gave up way too much just to have an early first round exit from the playoffs that year. Knicks could have gotten him for nothing if they waited.

[@n.b.l.5709]

Word, those 3 being lost was big and I think galinari was a huge mistake and for what ? Amare injured ass amare

[@j_merc]

From what I remember, Carmelo's contract on the Nuggets was gonna expire at the end of that season. So the Knicks just could've gotten him in the offseason without giving away any of the young core.

[@obijuanjabroni7543]

@@j_merc 💯

[@Synthetic-Rabbit]

I remember being really optimistic about the team the season before 'Mello came. I mean, they didn't do anything "amazing" but I was watching a lot of basketball at the time and I remember being pretty high on them and I live in NYS so I could watch pretty much every game on the MSG channel.

[@cafelatte1124]

It's all good since Jokic bascially deleted Melo's pathetic existence out of Denver's history.

[@thatfunmaker3484]

Your videos are honestly some the best I’ve seen in a while and they are super informative and helpful for new fans that are just getting into basketball and best of all you include context and just straight facts with no bullshit You are one of my new favorite KZbinrs

[@dooka597]

Honestly

[@Pasakorn-vb5mt]

Can’t agree more

[@LeStephanie69]

Y’all are cringe

[@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer]

Paying a genuine compliment to your fellow man isn’t cringe.

[@bringinthedope5929]

@@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer it's almost cringe to suggest otherwise lol

[@peraltaman]

2 me this is melo's history. He had 2 chances with the nuggets n knicks where he was building a team around him but his ego didnt allow anyone else to take the shine but him

[@IAmBaldSoWhat]

Not true at all. Melo's teammates constantly have praised him.

[@reth4761]

@@IAmBaldSoWhat Just cause they said it doesn't mean they meant it. Sometimes you just have to say nice things to avoid any conflicts

[@23ofSeptember]

Even with the Lakers, Melo was trying to be the hero to win games off the bench. Phil Jackson was right. Selfish player.

[@DamnWhoAsked]

Dude had Linsanity, Derrick Rose, Stoudemire, JR Smith, and Chandler as teammates and still couldn’t figure it out…lol. It was definitely his ego.

[@IAmBaldSoWhat]

@@DamnWhoAsked Derrick Rose past his prime, STAT injured, JR is a sixth man, and Jeremy Lin had one good month. Keep crying

[@Atzilo]

I really appreciate these videos. And I´m glad that 2011 happened and I don´t have to watch "How Dirk Nowitzki failed to win a championship in Dallas".

[@Sasso-pf1mo]

Can you imagine. Man like Dirk was a serious Baller

[@vonchey]

@@Sasso-pf1mo tarnished my boy brons legacy dirk was unstoppable

[@tapset]

How Dirk washed lebron

[@ebeyslough]

Yeah but Dirk was actually good at basketball.

[@xaevius5319]

@@vonchey the only one who tarnished lebron's legacy is lebron. lmao.

[@eksentrysyti]

Melo wouldn't win for the simple fact that the only thing he brought to the table was inefficient offense. He jacked up a ton of shot attempts and has a career eFG of 48.5%, which is almost Westbrickian (46.8%). Compare that to Lebron (54.5%), KD (54.6%), Kawhi (54.7%) or Steph (58.1%) and it's clear to see how Carmelo hurts his team for individual stats (this is the list of championship winning players). Then add his disinterest in the defensive side and you see a recipe for disaster. He's a stat padder the same way Westbrook is, a lot of numbers in a particular category at the expense of team wins.

[@CCEkeke]

Also, Melo peaked early when he won the NCAA championship his freshman year. A year or two more of college ball could have helped iron out some of his weaknesses.

[@aztn19]

@@CCEkeke I agree with part of that assessment. But while I don’t think he peaked in college - as he did have some great stat-padded seasons besides his deepest run in 2008-09, he definitely had a ceiling on how he wanted to play and that inflexibility was what made me often the lone Knicks fan dreading his arrival. All he did was jump shots - passing, defense and leadership wasn’t his thing. No team could win championships when their top player doesn’t want to play team ball; Melo HAD to be the guy, but didn’t want to adjust his style of play for anyone & every team he’s been on suffered ever since he left Syracuse.

[@MarcPowers42]

yeah a couple of coaches cant be wrong, they all stated your facts, never was a fan of him due to lack of team abilities, ego shooter, was really shocked when the NBA included him in the best 75 of all time list, totally misplaced, was an offensive powerhouse though, but never deserved to be a champ

[@sahulianhooligan7046]

Yeah im never a fan of high volume ineffeciant players with no defense

[@austinadegor3562]

What a casual

[@akositheooooo6878]

Would love to see John Wall and Bradley Beal's Wizards! I really missed the days that my boi John Wall wa considered one of the best Point Guards in the world

[@iansanchez966]

A shame Washington was never able to work it out. The ONE year Wall and Beal were both healthy, Wizards had their best season in decades and nearly made the conference finals. What could have been...

[@Joe_Parmesan]

Washington wasted Wall's prime, healthy years. Never got a backup PG that would remain with the team for more than a season (until they got Ish). Didn't have a G League affiliate, until 2018ish, and didn't value draft picks all that much, trading away 1st and 2nd rounders like hot potatoes (Gortat was a great addition though). And, they completely flipped their identity, going from defense first, to offense with defense optional (more like nonexistent). The sad part is that Wall, in a few exit interviews, mentioned that the front office should add a lob threat and/or a stretch big, to likely make his job easier and really mix things up on offense, but they never did it. Nor did they add any defenders after Ariza left, leaving Wall as the team's best defensive option.

[@youtubeshypocrisy]

Yeah except everyone besides you knew those two where never going to accomplish anything. Pointless video idea. It’s not a disappointment when everyone already counts you out.

[@n.b.l.5709]

What ever happened to wall ?

[@FlyingV555]

@@n.b.l.5709 since leaving Washington, he played one season in Houston, where he sat out half the season, sat out another whole season after reaching an agreement with Houston to not play (think Luol Deng with the Lakers), was bought out, and recently signed the the Clippers.

[@ericlee7857]

You can tell he cares about the quality and content he puts into the video. Good stuff as always

[@SleepfrmNY]

Finally as a Knicks fan thsi was needed from u tysm

[@psychosocialcom]

Damn I feel bad for u😂imagine

[@darnellwilliams8783]

Tactics carmelo was never A leader he was selfish in his prime and a ballhog he just wanted the money and it showe he couldve been much better if he was a team player and he ended Linsanity over Being jealous of not getting Attention

[@SleepfrmNY]

@@darnellwilliams8783 ok but melo is the only person that did step when they needed to

[@amadorluis2008]

Love your vids man .. As a Long time Knicks fan this 2011-2014 year stretch really hits home 😢

[@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony]

Wat about Knicks and Randle rn lol

[@moneyonfleek305]

2011-14 That was Miami era lol

[@DeadWife3]

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[@taedoegelato2421]

@@moneyonfleek305 u kno knicks fans been shitty since ewing so they don’t care about randle😂

[@amadorluis2008]

@@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony let’s not talk about this season plzz 😭

[@jordanrivera1817]

0:14 that shot will forever be iconic. I remember watching it live and I could literally feel the crowd roar. I wish I would've been there live.

[@ast9052]

No

[@AnalogWolf]

I've seen several of your videos and I really appreciate how detailed your analyses are, the editing, etc. It's informative and entertaining. Well done.

[@MONAHAN97]

I'm a relatively new basketball fan and love your videos bro, keep up the good work.

[@freeflowme]

Ayy man, this channel is 🔥. One of the things that makes the NBA so exciting, alongside the freak athleticism and talent on display, is the storylines, which you do an AMAZING job of detailing here. Love the channel - keep up the good work! 💪😤

[@honkedoffjohn]

Melo could have won in New York but made the worst possible mistakes to stump the franchise, Gutting the Knicks roster for the trade is bad but when Linsanity happened I remember the reports of Melo not being happy with Lin being a ball dominant guard and choose to not work with him at all which is what got Lin traded to the Rockets. Its his own damn fault he aint a champion.

[@urbaindelva7869]

The trade and Linsanity do not connect.

[@bemusedpanda8875]

@@urbaindelva7869 Yes they do. Both show Melo's selfishness in wanting to be NY's Golden Boy when he clearly wasn't. In his quest to take control of NY, he weakened the Knicks roster both with his Nets threat and the cutting of Linsanity. His desire to have everything ultimately left him with nothing. This is why Melo will never win a championship and this is the legacy he will leave on the NBA.

[@knowethjc29]

Them reports were not true, they were false narratives...

[@knowethjc29]

@@bemusedpanda8875 hater alert lmaooo

[@bemusedpanda8875]

@@knowethjc29 I ain't hating on Melo. Never was a Knick supporter or hater. Just stating facts. It is a fact that Melo will never win a championship. It is a fact that Melo did threaten to join the Nets in order to increase his leverage over the Knicks. It is a fact that Melo played a role in ending Linsanity. Learn the difference between facts and hating before you put another foot in your mouth.

[@beckethill7595]

One of the only channels that I watch every video all the way through. Always makes me root for a team I usually wouldn’t care about.

[@zaruD.red56]

Yes sir these vids are quality. Expecting every team to get one!

[@victornunez6001]

Man I feel so old already. I remember vividly those times when the Knicks where actually good with Melo at the front. He was so exciting to watch.

[@diondavis1407]

Some of the best videos out there, right up there with SB Nation, keep workin!

[@Justinian43]

the 2012 Knicks were something special, so many ifs. Also I became a lifelong Knicks fan and Melo fan in the 2016-17 season, that was also my first time at the Garden

[@nikoa5795]

I'm so sorry to hear that man

[@nicholastricarico2957]

You need to make better life decisions, my guy.

[@Justinian43]

@@nicholastricarico2957 my guy, mind your business 😂

[@nicholastricarico2957]

@@Justinian43 I was kidding...kind of.

[@Justinian43]

@Whyyoumadatfacts? 🤷‍♂️ what for? I'm living my best life 👌🏼

[@SackVegasAnime]

You can’t really fail at something they weren’t competing for. New York traded the whole roster for him. Instead of waiting for free agency where he stated he wanted to go and they had all the money to offer him.

[@dopeintellect1]

Everything went downhill when we traded for Melo instead of signing him in the offseason. The CBA & Melo’s contract was up going into the offseason so Melo wanted that guaranteed bread instead of the best basketball situation. Love my Knicks but we got exactly what we deserved in the Melo era, nada

[@dopeintellect1]

@@youmustenteraname5383 F U! I gave my all to the team, I was there for every game win or loss. I shed a little blood, no sweat but plenty of tears and I be damned if I let you diminish any of that

[@EJD339]

@@youmustenteraname5383 bro, it ain't worth it

[@JS-rm1uw]

@Sharp Mario Man get over yourself, you've been shitting out replies everywhere in the comments, take a break goddamn

[@dopeintellect1]

@Sharp Mario watch your mouth, don’t talk about Billups like that

[@NextMJ2]

Melo made the Knicks better, everything was great till Phil sabotaged the team

[@siomairiceonly]

Carmelo needed a second option in his prime, but whenever the NY front office would get him one he would just see it as someone who would steal his spotlight.

[@peterhunter6040]

His style of play wasn’t conducive to winning a championship anyway. The only way he would have won a championship is if he became a 3rd option with other superstars, but him leading a team would never result in a ring - much like Russell Westbrook.

[@doxdiggla8726]

Not true at all, every number 2 he had was injury prone or not a valid number 2

[@randymoss789]

Who was a valid number 2 for melo STAT- Always was hurt JR smith- Streaky Lin- 😂😂😂

[@jayalexander5606]

Really? What second option did they get exactly? And when did they have a team that could ever compete with a Miami superteam. Melo had his flaws as a player but was the least of the teams problems

[@chowderchowdown]

Yeah he's afraid Stoudemire was stealing his spotlight riding the bench in crutches all year.

[@eveningelephant4504]

Great video as always! I completely forgot about J.R. Smith winning Sixth Man of The Year with the Knicks. As a Bulls fan, may I suggest a Derrick Rose era video on the team?

[@explodyz]

Maybe just a post MJ video showing our evolution as a team since he retired

[@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer]

Low key been hoping for a D Rose video for a minute. I’m here for it

[@bertkistoo3272]

This hurt to watch… and I watched the whole thing. Great job on the video!

[@leondeon]

High quality video as always bro keep it up

[@anthonytaylor2232]

This was really well put together, like going down memory lane. Im mainly a Knicks fan but I'm checking your page for similar content because this was great.

[@operationcarnage]

Been here since 500 subs though you probably don’t remember me. Love these timeline videos.

[@Geoffarygoeffary]

It’s crazy this channel isn’t at 500K for real. The content and quality is so freaking good. This guy is going to blow up man, just wait on it

[@shugrimohamed1287]

Thanks man your videos are really informative

[@elliteMonkeygaming]

As a Knicks fan I wish we could’ve won a title within the 2011-2013 years but we ran into the Celtics in 2011 got swept 2012 ran into the Heat loss 4-1 loss to Indiana 4-2 in 2013 and didn’t even make it in 2014 from Linsanity to Carmelo and the epic game against the bulls to Steve Novak the Knicks had a good amount of materials to win the East but never came through 😤 it’s Carmelo who I blame his selfish ways of handling the ball was the main reason we couldn’t go no where Jeramy Lin was doing so well but Carmelo wouldn’t let lin get the starlight and as for phill Jackson…😑 too much to talk about,oh and on the quick note SELL THE TEAM!!!!!

[@knowethjc29]

Dude that's incorrect... Melo and Lin liked eachother.... That's false narratives...

[@Sasso-pf1mo]

@@knowethjc29 now i don't know what to believe.. I remember Linsanity, I thought melo was down with that sh*t

[@knowethjc29]

@@Sasso-pf1mo it's lies from the media for the most popular sellable story at the time, his teammates like Iman Shumpert will back him and say Melo was just happy the load was off his back, coz he got injured, Lin said just recently on the all the smoke podcast that Melo still checks up with him to this day, and you will also see multiple interviews where Melos praising Lin and saying he's a great addition to their team.

[@noxnyc23]

@@knowethjc29 i agree media always wanted tension.. theres an interview of lin outhere stating that melo is one of hes best mentor and support on and off the court.. lin had nothing but good things to say about melo so did melo about lin.. if we just kept some of the teams we had that click instead of always adjusting , they would have developed chemistry and build a better outcome.. the we have to win now mentality destroyed every hope of winning the chip... end result was always a disaster.. as a knick fan i am exausted... now we have randle and thibs ..

[@knowethjc29]

@@noxnyc23 don't forget Lin got injured, that's the case with most the Melo Knicks time, As a Knicks fan I don't like Randle, Or Barrett

[@burningknuckle26]

Lin was incredible at that time

[@brandontyler6316]

Love your vids like these so much keep em coming

[@coltondodd3086]

Love these videos man keep it up

[@lesperdants]

IMO he was overrated and kinda selfish lol Nene in a interview here in Brazil said that, in his opinion, Melo could've won way more if he was willing to pass and defend

[@raymondthomas1574]

how was he overrated explain

[@sonytoor542]

@@raymondthomas1574 played for his own stats, didn't play defence, threatened by other stars (stoudamire was balling before he got there, but as soon as Melo signed, Melo needed the ball at all times, relegating Stoudamire as a role player. Then the Jeremy Lin situation. Lin was balling when Melo was injured. When back, Melo couldn't stand Lin took his shine and refuse to play in the offence that had the Knicks winning). Now the ultimate diss was when Chauncy Billips stated publicly that Melo would complain if he scored only 15 points but won, but would be all smiles and excited when they lost but he scored 30.

[@user-ps6iz6bd9t]

@@raymondthomas1574 Melo the original Harden but dont fold badly in the playoffs 🤣

[@muntasircooper2782]

That 2013 series against the Pacers was b.s., it was back when Melo was dominant on the block as well as the perimeter but wasn't getting calls cuz he wasn't flopping like everyone else, Melo didn't have a consistent 2nd option, and KG had injured Melos rotator cuff in the previous series, that N.Y. team should've at the very least made the ECF, not to mention Jason Kidd finished his career not making a single FG in his final like 12 games, J.R. (the only other scoring option got himself suspended, and nobody else knew how to move on the court smh) literally without Iman, J.r. and Melo everyone on the team was over 32

[@AZ-ev3vp]

This man remember details 🤝

[@piccolo5346]

Melo’s been redeemed at last.

[@youngOG87]

Poor team construction but again a result of dealing with Melo’s massive contract and what we had to give up for him.

[@muntasircooper2782]

@Whyyoumadatfacts? 🤷‍♂️ you sound like one of them dudes who just repeats narratives from ESPN to feel like they can take part in sports discussions

[@muntasircooper2782]

@Whyyoumadatfacts? 🤷‍♂️ but literally everything I mentioned was based on a fact, being that I watched the team that season as an avid fan........soo you're judgement is irrelevant being that you're clearly coming from a position of significantly less insight

[@RGP43_]

I always scroll thru ur vids looking for something to watch, I thought I just missed this at first. Thanks for the upload

[@JTchills]

Yessir new Dylan video 👍🏽 always W topics man. Keep working hard

[@JazzyJeff910]

Melo will go down as the example of “when me before we goes wrong”. Dude had plenty of chances to win a ship on great teams. Sabatoged every single team he went to. Melo had a decent career but nothing really outstanding amongst his peers he was compared to or came in the league with.

[@calvinward844]

It must be Sunday the way you preaching my guy! Ion care what anybody says for melo to have a decent career means he is a bust

[@jonjones7480]

Melo one one of the most overrated players in history. Doesn’t belong in the top 75

[@damienrichards9743]

Melo deserves to have an award name after him for being an idiot. The Carmelo Anthony Award for Idiocy. Or something. Idk. He should not have been into the top 75. BS if I say so myself really

[@danielbrown8812]

He just does not have the ability to play basketball as a team sport. You could see that back in his Nuggets days. He runs up the floor on offense and stands on one spot waiting to get the ball. he never participated in running plays, he literally stands waiting for someone to give him the ball then he shoots it. He has never played defense. You can almost see what possessions he will shoot and which times he decided he will just pass and stand like a statue till its time to go back on D. That and when he was in his prime he destroyed those nuggets teams by stopping all ball movement on offense and dribbling for half an hour then shooting it with a second left on the shot clock.

[@Almightyhoncho256]

You realize they all played on one team melo and how is top 10 all time scoring not outstanding

[@bionsmeef4196]

Your channel is amazing and I genuinely love it when you upload. ❤

[@beegyoshi9931]

Your vid’s are so good bro keep it up you make 30 minutes feel like 5👏🏻

[@burner627]

Great content as always

[@darrenvarley105]

One of the silkiest shots to this day. That Lin trade makes me think he was more worried about his stats than the ring ... dunno if he couldve rallied to a ring regardless.

[@blacknetsmed]

They weren't going to win a ring with Lin. Lin was a long list of MDA creations propped up to seem better than they actually are based on inflated offense he runs.

[@Apo_Ni_Baby_Kupal]

@@blacknetsmed Lin needed the ball but was not elite enough to have it. Dude could have been a good backup but the NBA or American basketball in particular hates Asians. Hell, Hollywood hates Asians. They see them as weak and inferior.

[@xaviervega468]

@@blacknetsmed He still could have provided Melo with much needed help. Instead Melo thought Lin was stealing his shine.

[@Coqui-Cariduro]

Lin was trash for the Knicks, high turnover machine and gets burned on defense with streaky %.

[@Coqui-Cariduro]

@@xaviervega468 nonsense. Lin was killing the Knicks with his weak handles and high turnovers. Lin was stealing nothing, Melo was a legend well before Linsanity was even an idea. Lin's NBA career turnout to be a mess and he couldnt find a home and ended up in China.

[@MrOctober44]

Were they ever considered a contender with him? They traded half of their team to get him.

[@SaadKhan92403]

They were in 2012-13 season

[@BigSi-xw6wv]

Ignorantly. Yes they did.

[@cashappflo6352]

@@SaadKhan92403 contending for what? For a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals. Everyone in their right mind knew the Miami Heat were taking the east easily

[@johndotcue]

@@BigSi-xw6wv nah man, we were barely going to scratch Miami at best lol. The east was Miami’s.

[@persistentlypathetic6820]

​@@johndotcue Pacers took it to 7 games tho so It wasn't a cake walk. 2011 and 2014 were pretty much cake walks in the East for The Heat tho

[@luljaylin]

After watching that jimmy vid bro you are legit amazing with storyline and story setup

[@ShadowDragonGT]

Ty for another video my man

[@joeturner9280]

When you're the best player on your team and you don't play defense, there's going to be some problems

[@andugatti]

In his defense he does so in a vid centered around Lin

[@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer]

Steve Nash, Dame Lillard, James Harden, Melo … you’re onto something 🤔

[@andreaskarras1944]

@@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer ummmmmm you forget isaiah Thomas the Celtics one

[@jayalexander5606]

That wasn’t the main problem. The main problem was they didn’t have enough surrounding talent. Plus that Miami Heat superteam was unfair. It’s sad Miami didn’t win more with that superteam.

[@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer]

Touché. Then again, even if you’re a decent-to-pretty-good defender like Barkley, you can still end up just as ringless as all those another guys. Bad luck, I guess.

[@286mic]

One of the most overrated players ever. And then played victim to recover his career.

[@keywill1728]

Cap

[@jonjones7480]

No cap. Melo defenders know nothing about basketball

[@drewdrewski4188]

Facts.

[@hwa_cha]

Facts.

[@futureclean]

Carmelo Anthony is chopped.

[@phkeifff3139]

Keep it up man love your content brother

[@amm6112]

LETS GOOOOO NEW DYLAN VID

[@saurockshrestha1177]

As a Nuggets fan, Carmelo never understood what it takes to win the championship like Lebron did. He was all about himself, honestly!

[@allworksnew]

Lebron doesnt understand. He just went where all the allstars went. Miami had wade (Bosh came in with lbj) Cleveland had Kyrie

[@Ghdishbdbxji]

@@allworksnewCarmelo sucks, even Melo clears him

[@persistentlypathetic6820]

​@@allworksnew just like Jordan needed Pippen, Rodman, Tony, Horace and others to win. We haven't forgot him getting his butt whooped by the Celtics and Pistons before Scottie came

[@allworksnew]

@@persistentlypathetic6820 you right

[@mrf19741]

Another Great Video! It's ironic that Jeremy Lin has a Championship ring and Carmelo Anthony still doesn't.

[@levi_sladen]

This has to be some of the best long form NBA content out there. Maybe the best. Keep grinding man can't wait to see you hit 1M

[@zookadook1902]

I love all your videos so much man! Thanks for putting these out there! I feel like you could make a really really phenomenal DRose Bulls video! And I would be ecstatic if you did!

[@ObiC]

How tf this man Dylan don’t got more than 500K subs? Mans content is on par with the best NBA KZbinrs!

[@jpthegr8860]

I feel like the Knicks had a good thing going with Mike Woodson. Then they screwed that up too.

[@DocUp]

Great video man

[@whambamshang-a-lang6151]

I LTERALLY JUST FINISHED WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS AND SUBSCRIBING! LIKE JESUS, WHEN I PUT ON THE WARRIORS VIDEO, RHIS WASNT EVEN UPLOADED YET. GOOD SHIT!!!!

[@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer]

Voiceover work steady getting better and better bro 👍

[@pepironi992]

Finally someone has spoken the truth. As a knick fan for 25 years, his years here were such a disappointment except 2012 Melo. One of the most overrated knick players in history

[@kevinwatson530]

Jememy Lin is by the most overrated player in NBA history.

[@keffen]

i stg this is the best basketball channel on YT

[@samuelg1172]

That 2012-2013 Knicks team had one of the most underrated benches ever. Greatest accumulation of veteran players in history… we had Kenyon Martin, Jason Kidd, Rasheed Wallace, etc. even though they didn’t play a lot, they were important to the Knicks’ success that season

[@bhumibolrushing7830]

I never understood why people ever thought he was a number one on a team..he's a solid number 2 or number 3 guy

[@bemusedpanda8875]

He was number one, but held his team back with his selfish mentality. That's why he was putting up good stats but not a whole lot of winning. He thought that his stats would decrease if he involved his teammates more. He was indeed individually talented but Basketball is about more than just one man. His refusal to be a team player rightfully cost him his legacy.

[@IAmBaldSoWhat]

He literally went to the WCF and lost the Kobe

[@IAmBaldSoWhat]

@@bemusedpanda8875 No you're just a delusional hater. Please name me a great player Melo played with in New York

[@rkokalap4899]

I think it was a combination of poor roster building, no real draft capital, and Melo ball hogging and unwilling to work as a team gutted whatever they could salvage

[@deadmanlyndon]

Many are called but the chosen are few. There are people who unfortunately played in the jordan era, kobe era, lebron era. It's like being an elite special sprinter, but Usain Bolt is still active. There can only be one

[@koreshcreations7007]

Great video!

[@XR3CESSX]

Honestly if Melo was patient he could’ve just went into free agency that year and they would not have had to gut the team to trade for him AND/or he could’ve went to the Heat with LeBron and Wade (which it was supposed to be), to the Bulls team which was loaded or to the Lakers to play with prime Kobe

[@bemusedpanda8875]

Melo thought he was Lebron's equal and wanted to be the leader of his own team. However, reality had other ideas and rewarded him with a legacy defined by his inability to win a championship regardless of his offensive skills.

[@Sasso-pf1mo]

Lebron was a beast on D.. Melo couldn't hang with him

[@XR3CESSX]

@@bemusedpanda8875 to be fair it was close early on melo was going to the playoffs every year in Denver in the tough west while LeBron was struggling

[@nightruler666]

Melo was about to go to the bulls, but found out that the bulls were going to fire thibs so he didnt signt

[@forgottenson3411]

*Make a video of “How injuries ruined Derrick Rose’s career” please!*

[@_will795]

I mean I wouldn’t mine one.. but what’s there to say lol. He was electric, got tons of injuries and is now a solid role player

[@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony]

@@_will795 role player is a stretch to say, let’s not forget rose on the 2017 Knicks and last year with Knicks

[@_will795]

@@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony you saying he’s a little better than that? Cuz I completely agree. The dude could be a starting pg on most teams. And the way he’s been able to change/adapt his game in amazing

[@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony]

@@_will795 he did finish top 12 in mvp voting last year for changing the Knicks season around

[@_will795]

@@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony top 12? Really? Name 65 players better than him

[@vincentasmalzinskas8220]

yo awesome vids man

[@kentrellgaulden7890]

underrated great channel

[@billdover3165]

I will say, that makes team with Amar'e Stoudemire Camilla Anthony Jeremy Lin and that whole Supporting Cast that they had was a damn good team. They could have made something with themselves in that time. Sadly LeBron James and the Miami Heat Big 3 and the Big 3 in Boston were always preventing them from going anywhere. Not to mention that Carmelo Anthony just took some of the worst shots ever and he just was so selfish.

[@shoptalk7415]

melo did everything he could bro how much more can u ask from him... he's not lebron! he's not Jordan! he can't do everything but he was a legit #1 option and showed up every night

[@douglasmaina141]

@@shoptalk7415 take good shots and play good defence. He was notorious for stat chasing

[@Chris56076]

No 🤡 Melo wasnt selfish and he took some good shots and had great shooting nights. Just didnt have the help

[@Chris56076]

@@douglasmaina141 which he did kid. Learn basketball

[@douglasmaina141]

@@Chris56076it is ur opinion that's why he failed and falled out with so many head coaches who critsized him for his selfishness and poor defence

[@Joseph-lz5er]

Carmelo is like AI, they need to build a team around him. Bring players that fit into their roles as defenders and let Melo score, like the 2014 team which won 54 games. Either two-way players like Kawhi or players who do everything offensively like Harden are the ones that carry teams, and that's not Melo. I think he could have done more as a player but for some reason, he never bought into the team style of play and focused more on scoring lighting up the stat sheet. As a Knick fan, I was pretty disappointed how one-dimensional he was.

[@IAmBaldSoWhat]

Yeah but his team was trash

[@loicy.4004]

You made good points but Harden was one dimensional too so that defeats your argument. Melo had 4 coaches during his 7 years lol and never a consistent team with good players. When he did the were competing with heat all season and finish 2nd.

[@Joseph-lz5er]

@@loicy.4004 I made a point about Harden that even though he is one dimensional offensively, he still does a good job passing the ball and getting his teammates involved, especially his last 3 seasons, he has become an excellent passer. Whereas Melo was all iso and he wasn't making his teammates any better, BC he was not passing the ball in the elbow.

[@jefflin1643]

It's more like the organization was working to build around Melo and keep Melo happy for 7 years but his overall ball dominant play style couldn't capitalize the team's success. You got coaches like D'Antoni's motion plays that increase pace and transitions (leads to more possessions), to Phil's half court plays for players like Carmelo. To sum up, he didn't want to evolve into a better player for the team

[@futureclean]

& they’re both ghetto ball hogs.

[@JtheRIP88]

I feel like I don't need to watch this video because I have a couple of guesses lol ... but I love these deep dives thank you sir

[@adrienflickinger1717]

i love ur videos dude

[@Cashmoneez]

Honestly, I never liked Melo he could end his career with no ring and I couldn't care less. Not hate just extreme indifference and something about him just rubs me the wrong way

[@marcusbrown4933]

Sounds like a hater to me 😂

[@futureclean]

💯

[@austinadegor3562]

Definitely sounds like hate

[@futureclean]

@@austinadegor3562 if you got hate in your heart for Carmelo Anthony let it out…. Hate hate hate hate

[@austinadegor3562]

@@futureclean ????

[@coby4480]

That Joakim Noah shot is painful.

[@Pandyrew]

u need more subs so underrated

[@maxsilverhammer1257]

One of theee all time big game big shot chokkers in nba history...and always that smile when he'd brick the final shot for the loss, the same exact smile that another all time chokker had when he missed the final shot and the knicks lost who famously quoted after the finger roll of riley' exit to miami ,"we were the better team". And to carry on the knick tradition of big game big shot chokkers is no handle randle..and he even has the same smile... 1972...

[@l..7506]

Holy shit what a disaster with all these trades and injuries 😂

[@foreverbMT]

Melo definitely gave us Legendary moments but they butchered the team to get him

[@musicandmagic909]

You know that feeling you get when you get something that you didn't know you needed, but you immediately realize that you needed it very desperately? That's this video for me. Let's go, baby!

[@lilnoahr1871]

great video

[@JC-po5zy]

Ppl forget he was traded wit Chauncey so it would’ve been a big 3 but him and stat fell to injuries before they could get chemistry. Ur not beating the heat let alone the Spurs wit jr smith or chandler as ur second best player

[@breonwilliams7]

Idk if this would have changed anything but, looking back I kind of wish that melo would have requested a trade in the offseason that way they probably Could have kept the players they already had just saying

[@HigherEducationAwakening]

Thank you!

[@MrTrap00]

As New York Knick Fan Legend in the making, we didn’t succeed in that timeline and it’s fine. Thank you Carmelo Anthony for giving me hope and being the only All Star to look up to in my generation. I promise unlike other fans, I’m more than grateful for him staying with us for so long. Also New York Stand Up. This our year.