The Story Behind Carmelo Anthony

He’s one of the greatest scorers in basketball history.A genuine throwback whose jab-stepping, iso-heavy arsenal set him apart in the age of efficiency, for better or worse. A living legend whose trademark celebration is imitated, but never duplicated, on courts around the world by his fans and detractors alike.
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[@mariosaldana99]

Melo on his prime was simply unstoppable. A basketball icon and future HoF for sure

[@blazeallan7636]

I love melo. But why didn’t he win?

[@mariosaldana99]

@@blazeallan7636 A single individual can't win by himself man. But we use to minimize the greatness of players cuz they don't have a ring. It's like with Nash, Barkley, Stockton, Malone, CP3, etc

[@illogicalballhog1182]

What I loved about Melo is that he took the challenge of trying to win while his classmates teamed up and won together. Perhaps if Melo took the same way as theirs, he probably won too but his perspective on winning all while actually grinding and him leading is respectable.

[@mondazebasketball]

man his efficiency was like the Lakers Westbrook.. stop it

[@Alpha-dg9vk]

@@blazeallan7636 because Melo doesn’t play team basketball. Chauncey Billups said it best when Melo scores 30 despite losing the game, he tries to cheer his team on. When Melo scores 20 or less even winning the game, he feels disappointed

[@unsignedrappersunsignedrap9679]

Thanks for uploading the story of Carmelo Anthony. i personally requested this story because Melo doesn’t get enough respect that he deserves. Truly a LEGEND

[@Matt-cr4vv]

Melon doesn’t get respect because he was always so focused on his own best interests even if it handcuffed his teams from ever being able to acquire depth of a roster to surround him and have a chance at contending for something. He will always be seen as what he was for basically his entire prime: A strong scorer who didn’t play defense, solely looked out for his own self interest at every stage and didn’t care if the focus on what was best for him like having strong individual stars or making the most money he could resulted in his team not winning or contending for anything. In his years as the #1 player on his team he made it past the first round two times ever and in New York he pumped out a ton of stats but the team was bad for most of the seasons he was there. Nothing is truly a better example than how he forced the trade to the Knicks, and gutted their roster and their assets to have a strong roster or acquire other talented players to their team, when there was genuinely no need to do so. It was well known they both sides wanted the other and he could simply sign with the team that offseason and join a competent roster but because he was worried about the impending CBA and wanted to make sure he got his money he forced the trade and depleted everything the Knicks had that could have led to a competitive team. Then when free agency came around and the team needed some cap space to assemble a roster that would be a winning team he stayed and took the maximum he could and basically made it impossible to build anything. And the years on the new deal the team was absolutely terrible but as usual he had strong stats. He never sacrificed a thing for his team to be better until the end of his career when he didn’t have a choice if he wanted to keep playing. So while he was very good at scoring he will never get the praise of a lot of legends because he never won, focused on himself at all times, and openly showed how unimportant winning truly was to him by openly making choices that prevented his teams from ever doing so. And that’s just not what fans have ever praised as the traits that we see as legendary even if the player himself was really good.

[@Lvrdsean]

We love Carmelo around these parts ❤

[@rollz1990]

🙌🏾

[@coreymelo5962]

@Deez nah your mother part

[@tonymcfly84]

Melo got a 17 win team in the west to the playoffs in the 2000’s…. AS A ROOKIE Fucking crazy

[@user-xv8lm8lt8j]

Melo was my favorite player growing up. Peak Denver Melo felt unmatched. Looking back, the trade to New York probably held back his accolades, team success, and legacy. Hopefully he gets another year to hoop

[@allensmith9879]

A 50-32 8th seed 08 was nuts

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Carmelo Anthony PRIME UNSTOPPABLE 🔥🔥🔥

[@keyganwaldon7030]

He will always be my favourite NBA player, absolute machine

[@coreymelo5962]

Denver losing to eventual champions in the 1st round every year from 2003 to 2009 is no shame. The west was super tough

[@frankenviews4069]

Like Dwight Howard, Anthony born 10 years too late. If they entered the league in the early 90's, they could have been league MVPs and lead their teams to an NBA Championship. Which Dwight almost did anyway. OR rather, if he was a rookie in 2022, Carmelo could be an amazing small ball center surrounded by 3 and D guys.

[@1twaswritten]

When they switch to the music @ 7:21, you know they're about to talk about the struggles.

[@JoeCash89]

🤣👀

[@seyahtan24]

I kept saying that if it wasn't for Kobe and the Lakers in 09, the Nuggets might have won it all. That Melo and Billups led Nuggets was amazing to watch.

[@cinnabar546]

This guy's one of the best scorers ever, has a pretty jumpshot, and one of the most clutch players I've ever seen

[@lamchunting856]

Many players with the title “best scorers” seem to be ringless

[@DanielGonzalez-jg2vw]

It sucks Melo could not get a Chip, hopefully he can get 1 as a role player but it's all good if he doesn't, he is a HOF regardless.

[@rickyrobby8133]

You can just see why he would never win as a number 1 in just the the opening clips. He was always a ball dominant iso player who didn’t like to pass. You can’t win like that unless you’re Kobe, and even he passed more than Melo

[@WalterWhite-tz1fc]

Ur white 😂😂😂

[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

Cancer 0 Anthony was a team wrecker

[@rickyrobby8133]

@@___Anakin.Skywalker you don’t know what you’re talking about. He was carrying absolutely awful teams. “Team wrecker” is just a vague term people use to disparage players they don’t like.

[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

@@rickyrobby8133 nah, Cancer O consistently all bout indiv stats & chucker ball hog

[@rickyrobby8133]

Lebron was traveling like hell on that pass highlight. Bro took like six steps.

[@devieuanmcdowell-jimerson6170]

He travels on every possession

[@Goose21]

@@devieuanmcdowell-jimerson6170 ever player in the NBA travels all the time

[@Riches84]

Knicks Melo had the full package … unstoppable

[@nilesmaxwell758]

one of best the scorers ever

[@lamchunting856]

Is “best scorer” some sort of consolidation prize for being ringless

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@@lamchunting856 rings don't matter and if you think they do you don't know sports. Anybody can get a ring Adam Morrison jermey Lin players that was on the bench and didn't contribute to nothing once so ever but people like you want to give them credit for some reason. Melo a future hall of famer a top 9 all time scorer and will have his jersey retired not everyone can do that even if you have a "ring" pal.

[@lamchunting856]

A player who doesn’t play to win rings will have a tainted legacy regardless of how many solo titles he gets, he’ll be remembered more for “why carmelo failed to get a ring” more than anything lese

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@@lamchunting856 that's your opinion bro 😂. He will have a great career ring or not. Alot of money (big win)..... a college championship.. 3 gold medals.. 10 time Allstar ..top 9 all time scorer.. 2nd all time Olympic scorer... a scoring title... a hof ceremony and a jersey retired ceremony. Like I said not many players are not going to have this they can keep that ring 🤦🏾‍♂️🗣🤣 haters going to hate.

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@Kanabe you love melo so much you comment on all my post get off my d***

[@dionysise5008]

which Melo would you pick ? Late Nuggets Melo or Early Knicks Melo? i think its close but i would go with 2009 Nuggets Melo

[@coreymelo5962]

Buckets 🔥🔥🔥

[@cruzada07]

Melo is lethal even in the punch and run

[@RevanDarkStar]

With all the talent and skills Melo had, his career has an unfinished business taste

[@tobikopertet391]

Today just got better🙃

[@iFahad_81]

a true legend withiut a ring... My favorate of this class and the best pull up and smooth shoot... HOF for sure

[@jeffnelson9165]

He got humbled real quick

[@heinrichklassen5988]

Can u win the chip with him? History says no. Sad

[@rymezthawunndonly]

Melo Is Such a Goat one of my biggest role models sucks he never had the necessary help like every other star he did the most with what he had 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@hijoseph100]

Crazy to think that Detroit pick dictated his whole career…what darko experienced with the pistons was meant for Melo. Idk what made them pull the plug last minute to opt out and not draft Melo. Everything happens for a reason doe.

[@hijoseph100]

@Deez opinions vary 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Hains22]

Melo should’ve won ROY. His numbers were better and he led his team to the playoffs.

[@philipchavez7933]

if the coach is not defensived minded, the star player will not be disciplined

[@illogicalballhog1182]

My fav player! ❤️

[@markreyna4209]

If Melo had a better attitude back in his prime. Man, feel he could of won a championship with the right team. Straight baller!

[@WalterWhite-tz1fc]

Ur white 😂

[@markreyna4209]

First of all I'm mixed, so shut up with your racism and grow the f up.

[@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony]

@Deez I’m glad you think melo could’ve beaten lebron and Kobe, I appreciate you thinking he’s at their level

[@Carmelo-dame.time-Anthony]

@Deez folks, we got him, thank you lol, melo=top 75 ever

[@WalterWhite-tz1fc]

@Deez ur white 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 cringe

[@allensmith9879]

1 of the few people to have dunked on Yao Ming

[@MLomax-32123]

Melo was snubbed in those first 3 all star games though smh

[@MLomax-32123]

@Deez he definitely should've made it over Ginobili in 05 and should've gone in 06

[@user-C7.]

Top 5 Scorer of all time !

[@lynmay2655]

Melo s my idol

[@BoxCarBoy12]

I have an uncommon opinion on Melo as a Nuggets fan since before 2000: I don’t care a bit for the dude, even when he played for us. I never liked his selfishness and arrogance. He had the talent to be a winning all round star but chose not to play defense or a winning style of basketball, so he grossly underachieved in his career compared to his potential. And Even if he was a hall of fame level scoring talent, he still was never THE best, overshadowed by the likes of Kobe and the rest of his 2003 draft class mates during his prime. And as a Taiwanese American, what he did to Lin in NY was simply unforgivable. I for one hope ME-lo remains ringless when he retires.

[@playboimomo]

@Deez This was also proven even more when the whole ‘08 team started waking up at 4:30 AM to train with Kobe BUT him.

[@Amm17ar]

Melo chased fame and money and it cost him championships. Chicago was the right move after New York. Nothing against getting your money, id have a hard time turning down an extra 100k let alone extra millions, but its apparent he valued playing in New York ASAP vs. making smart moves that got him wins. He could and should have waited for FA to go to New York. Denver was an a top seed after the Melo trade, remember that. If Melo waited for FA, New York would have had all those assets to put together a really competitive team but getting Melo ASAP was more important than competing long-term at a high level and preserving their future. I think Melo made some mistakes and I wish we could have seen him at higher levels more often. Everything I said was just outta the "what could have been space". We and he deserved to play for championships, not bottom 4 seeds. Sad we didnt get to see it.

[@carimeseatkinson5153]

Tru

[@riveysworld2442]

Melo should have picked the DRose bulls We were the only team in the East in those years That was truly competing with LeBron

[@blazeforprez]

My 2nd fav player behind allen iverson 🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@lamchunting856]

Someone who choose to be in the Knicks of all places

[@coreymelo5962]

Better than playing with the kings

[@nevertv357]

So where is CarMelo Anthony Now after his 2021-2022 stint with the Lakeshow?? He should Play with his Home city Brooklyn Nets (where he was Born) with KD and Kyrie alongside him for 2022-2023 Season and let see what will happen for his NBA career. Since that KD & Melo are the two highest scoring players for USA Team.🤔💯🏀

[@bwiset4111]

odd there was a mention of denver 08 iverson-billups but not a '12 knicks kidd-chandler-stoudemire.. that team was tournament ready way back ps3 2k13 days where everybody just use okc mia

[@OfficialBoostYourCreditNow]

Was my favorite as a kid sad to see how it ended up

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Jaylen Brown next video theScore 🙏🙏🙏

[@marlowencna]

He could' have went to Knicks in FA

[@DJNASA23]

9:50 instrumental?

[@jaesoulja12]

#TAPE7 #MRNEWYORK #BROADWAYMELO #ONCEAKNICKALWAYSAKNICK #KNICKSTAPEGANG4LIFE #STAYME70 🙏🏼💯💯

[@canadianchungus701]

If Melo wasn’t busy thinking of scoring, made a decent effort in defence and worked with Lin - he would’ve had same amount of championship as Lebron. Since, unlike Lebron’s early career, Denver actually got Melo some help.

[@nycpower9293]

Lin? Is that a joke? Working with Lin wouldn’t have increased championship odds at all.

[@canadianchungus701]

@@nycpower9293 you need a good player to initiate offence & bring the ball up the court in a contending team and Lin could’ve been that guy. The fact that someone of Melo was jealous of Lin speaks of what he could’ve been had Knicks made any effort to keep him and he didn’t have any injuries

[@nycpower9293]

@@canadianchungus701 The Knicks got back Raymond Felton the next season, who was a better player than Lin. Lin would have done nothing more.

[@Janon743]

@@nycpower9293 Lin was young and showed potential, while Felton was entering his “prime”. If Melo hadn’t become jealous of Lin’s attention and helped with his development, who’s to say the Knicks wouldn’t have taken a step forward? Sounds like you’re the one making the jokes here, Raymond Felton is a punchline lol

[@Janon743]

@@nycpower9293 Lin was young and showed potential, while Felton was entering his “prime”. If Melo hadn’t become jealous of Lin’s attention and helped with his development, who’s to say the Knicks wouldn’t have taken a step forward? Sounds like you’re the one making the jokes here, Raymond Felton is a punchline lol

[@Neo_Mr-N]

With the new show "The Portal" on bleacher report, i hope we will have a duel between melo and tmac. Melo only passed the 1st po round twice Melo never averaged 30 pts pg for a season Tmac did it I wondering who is the best player between those two. Just like Iverson, i have some regrets due to melo's career. He should have done way more Great video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@bb.cute.channel]

Please do Larry Bird!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@montimiller2743]

I always wanted to see Melo win a chip, just as he did at Syracuse in '03, however what I wanted vs. Melo's decision to just be a one dimensional player would set his career in stone. I have always been a good judge of characters when it comes to seeing talent, I saw it in a young M.J., Duncan, Pippen, Rodman, Isaiah(Zeke), Shaq, Kobe, Ginobili, Kawhi, Curry, L.B.J., Wade, Klay, Draymond, K.G. and the list goes on! A few years back I remember Chauncey Billups who played alongside Melo back in '07-'09 with the Nuggets stated that after the Nuggets would win a game and Melo had 15-20 points, he was very disappointed but when they lost a game by 20 and Melo had 30 or 40 points he loved it. What I'm getting at is Chauncey was saying that he didn't feel that winning was the priority when it came to basketball, because after they won and the whole team pitched in(Melo didn't like that)because he wasn't the reason why they won, on the flip side whenever they got blown out by 20 points and Melo scored big he was happy with that! I never like the way he ran Lin out of N.Y., always felt that team was probably his best chance at winning a title, but as I stated above winning wasn't the priority anymore, Money and La La became his focal point!!!

[@chasebreeden3038]

Why don’t you be a analyst probably just a dry waller

[@nilesmaxwell758]

lin was a bum

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@Deez lol Melo could retire anytime he wanted.. Lin was undrafted sleeping on somebody couch get real. He was a bench warmer who barely got picked up by Toronto thought I forgot and didn't contribute nothing to winning. Melo a future hall of famer will get his jersey retired and will always be remembered. Lin won't tho 😂

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@Deez lol see how you couldn't accept greatness right there 🤡🤡🤡🤡🗣🗣🗣🤦🏾‍♂️ bad comeback.

[@coreymelo5962]

Billups was clearly lying cause Melo won a championship in college! So he clearly cared about winning. Also Lin was 🗑 He signed a poison contract bill that the knicks didnt want to match. Had nothing to do with Melo. So as a Melo fan I know Melo always wanted to win but he just ran into championship teams who had more help in the playoffs. Melo being the best player on the floor in most of those playoffs means nothing when you dont have a second co star. Also how dare you mention klay Thompson like he anything close to good as Melo! Plus that 2011 knicks team with Lin was never gonna be good as the 2012 knicks!

[@DeKenton]

Carmelo Anthony = Dominique Wilkins

[@NextMJ2]

You’re missing some very critical pieces to the story… He was Forced out of Denver and NY

[@mamamo1639]

His lack of playoff success always made me compare him to T-Mac

[@cbass9323]

Bro at least Melo won a playoff series. T Mac never did.

[@jakedeighan]

He shoulda never wanted to leave Denver, I blame Lala

[@emmanuelnatividad7130]

Melo , tmac and carter kinda have same story on nba how great they are cant win chip they the main man.

[@momo.maru-kun]

He was robbed of the ROY honors. He was better than Lebron that time, he had a greater impact on his team at a heavily competitive Western conference compared to the Eastern conference which was at its weakest era.

[@Alpha-dg9vk]

If Melo actually cared more about team success than individual scoring, he could have had more success in his career

[@coreymelo5962]

He did care about team success but didnt have as much help. Learn basketball

[@lukepictou411]

Stop using the TV to show his highlight clips, you can barely see it and it takes away from experience

[@KTGGaming18]

Just want Melo to get that one ring

[@lamchunting856]

When no actual contenders want him except perhaps warming the bench says it all

[@KTGGaming18]

@Deez I'm trying 😭

[@2mmwanno465]

How he was unstoppable? What he win

[@alfonzodupree9438]

Millionaire

[@pvlapa]

To be honest, Melo is the opposite of Klay. Melo's a bit overrated. While Klay could hardly get recognition. Melo is inefficient and plays zero defense while Klay is efficient and plays both single cover and team defense. There's too much emphasis on hero ball and iso scoring.

[@nilesmaxwell758]

nah. Melo avg 20 points for 14 seasons str8 can't be overrated nice try tho. his efficiency was great considering that fact he never played with anyone in his prime🤷🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@Deez your a stalker bro.. you love Melo cuz your on every video fishing 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@nilesmaxwell758]

Nah they not facts I'm happy my boy a legend and got haters like you obsessed with him 🤮. Your obsessed bro... he don't got to play another game still goes down as a great player In nba top 75 all time BTW. Your just a clown 🤡 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🗣

[@alfonzodupree9438]

Ha ha 😂 🤣 😆

[@justineebourgeois3420]

D-Wade > Melo 🤷‍♂️

[@ChiefOttoSo]

That’s cap give me Melo

[@colinpounds3166]

Give me d-wade,

[@jalen3590]

Give me Melo

[@BGRUBBIN]

Mr Bigshot helped stabilize Anthony's Nuggets. Ahhahahahahaah

[@jeckchan2009]

Lmao

[@markharris3121]

i remember when melo got to the league you could see in his first season he was going to a problem. Good story

[@grantwileyesq.5962]

Unlike the true greats, he never made his teammates around him better. Most overrated player in NBA history..

[@futureDreamer4]

Melo went to Portland,LAL, and Chicago too late. More than likely he would had a better shot at a title.

[@nilesmaxwell758]

never played for Chicago

[@futureDreamer4]

When Rose and Butler was there he could have signed there but chose the money with NYK.

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@@futureDreamer4 he would have taken a tremendous paycut for him to do so I remember. You telling me you would go to another job because your coworkers are slightly better (stills has faults) and it's an easier job closer to your crib but pays less. Or stay at your current job and get your pay raise you earned ?. I hate when people try to.make this bulls argument if they would actually look it up that drose and Joakim Noah stayed hurt!!! That's when they declined badly. Plus the players they would of had to give up just to fit Melo in he was better off staying with NY and making his money cuz he Def wasn't going no where with that team. 2014-2016 look it up rose and Noah was not what they use to be

[@futureDreamer4]

@@nilesmaxwell758 we have seen Melo on team USA that cared about winning over money and scoring. The year he could have went to Chicago Noah was healthy I believe

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@@futureDreamer4 didn't I just say look it up for yourself? Your going off a guess which makes believe you have no idea what your talking about and going off of everybody else cuz this debate is getting old. Noah was not good 2014-2015 like I said him and rose were declined by then he played 67 games but only put up 7 points and 9 rebounds on 44.5 percent shooting which is horrible for a center so you cant even justify him being on the floor. The year after he only played 27 games... his jumpshot was also trash that why when him and rose came to NY the year after they didn't make the playoffs 🤦🏾‍♂️🗣.

[@ladyediting]

Melo just a scorer, one of the biggest looser in nba history. Even in his prime all he cared was scoring his 30 points lmao loses doesn’t bother him at all.

[@SeanOkkotsu]

Carmelo: washed-up no rings ruined Linsanity made D'Antoni quit

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

No ring; no HOF. That's Melo. OK. Steph Curry is way so much better. A real HOF!

[@realessayog6947]

Once Melo left Denver, his career fell off real talk

[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

Cancer 0 Anthony

[@louisgaskinsii9390]

Bro so many false statements and narratives in this story. Geezus 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@PainandSorrow]

0 rings.

[@MsZeitgeist85]

The most overrated player in the last 2 decades.

[@averagedude4943]

Melo is overrated just like d-rose

[@serbonkers4130]

Hes got no heart

[@lynmay2655]

Melo s my idol