Carmelo Anthony Thinks Selfish Reputation Began During ‘Linsanity’

*lebron or wade on the nuggets would have never allowed their seeding to drop to under 4 with that nuggets team.

Bron wasn’t completely classless, I dislike the guy but he did donate to the Boys & Girls club from that craziness. His only mistake was he should’ve made the decision about his next team rather than about leaving. Because you just put so much emphasis on the Cavs and them failing to keep you.

Carmelo has the worst playoff record in the last 20 years just so we’re clear.

i dont remember the decision clearly, and i do not remember him talking much about the cavs at all..i do remember him going on a spiel about Derrick Rose for a good minute, how special a player he is and how the Bulls would have been a great opportunity, and then he started talking about teaming up with D Wade and Bosh and how they are friends. I don’t even think the decision was stupid. Any program which raises 2 million dollars plus for any organization cannot be bad!!

Dan, let it go, Melo is not in the same league as Lebron and Durant. He’s more like a Russell Westbrook(in my opinion). Melo will not win with the kind of player he is now. As a Bulls fan, I like Lebron more than Melo as a player and person. That speaks volumes friend.

Wade did nothing til he had shaq? Hah? Rookie year went to the 2nd round beating the hornets in 7 games, then taking on the though pacers team to 6 games. He already made his name buzz before shaq was there.

@redd: i agree on that, melo is no overall player and bron is better overall, no doubt.

@nbk: james got game, no doubt and he played well but you forgot the 9 turn overs. and sorry i wasnt specific enough. was talking about crunch time and i see it quite a bit like most writers by that time. e.g. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/14/AR2010051400010.html

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I have a homie who is convinced, based on Dwight’s initial public comments, that he only wanted to be traded because Orlando sucked and if the Magic got more talent he would be happy with staying.
You say he has always wanted to go.
I think, honestly, that no one is really sure what he has always wanted to do. Thus the confusion.

red lebron was 22 or something wen he made it to the finals wit that bummy team.

Well yeah, Allen, of course it was because they sucked. The Magic haven’t made a single good decision since that 2009 team. If they added a big piece he probably would have stayed, but he knew, just like we did, that Orlando wasn’t going to be able to add anyone. Thus me saying, “he always wanted to be traded” – by always, i meant since his contract was getting closer to expiring. I didn’t mean he wanted to be traded 3 years ago.

Redd, the 07 finals was 5 seasons ago. Lebron didn’t quit on the team, he just couldn’t shoot at that point in his career. So San Antonio treated him like Rajon Rondo. Plus, his second best teammate during that finals run was, Daniel Gibson. Don’t go back to 2007, when the guy was 23 years old and try and say he quit on the team. Poppovich totally outclassed Brown, the Spurs totally outclassed the Cavs. LeBron just wasn’t good enough to beat a team of that caliber by himself. And his teammates weren’t good enough to take any attention away from him on offense.

After Melo saw his draftmates team-up in Miami. He wanted to start his own thing in New York. He forgot to notice how all those guys not only played out their contracts to choose how they got to their team of choice, but they all took less money than they could have gotten.

“Jeremy Lin Thinks Knicks Had Success Came When Carmelo Was Injured” would’ve been an article worth reading more than this…

I think that Melo could be an incredible DEF player if he continues to improve as he started to towards the end of last season. Hes got long arms, enough speed, and hes bulky enough to box out and grab more boards. He only averages bout 6.3-7 RPG. not incredible but definitely not terrible.

All of the negative commentary/articles in papers, interviews, that are all about his defects on the defensive side(mainly OR). The assists are an important factor. Overall i dont think he deserves all of the negative energy that less-knowledgeable and over-opinionated fans are giving him based upon one statement which was far too vague to put a definitive label of “Selfish” and put him on blast. Then to say hes being contradictory by ELABORATING on the vague statement and telling the press/fans/whomever what he truly meant by those words.

Oh and btw the MIAMI HEAT WERE GIFTED TWO GAMES in the finals by NUMEROUS UNCALLED FOULS and DWADE FALLING ON HIS ASS EVERYTIME HE GETS BRUSHED BY A FEATHER. BEST FLOPPER IN THE NBA NEXT TO GINOBLI.GOTTA LOVE THE PATENTED 12ft. THROW-MY-KNEEEINTO YOUR FACE FLOP I mean really? D’you think Kevin Durant is going to miss a 10ft jumper without being fouled? Lebron didn’t even touch the ball..

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http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2012/6/14/3088650/kevin-durant-lebron-james-foul-nba-finals-2012

WOW, I feel bad for Melo, the amount of hate on here alone is ridiculous…so lets get this straight, its fault that D’Antoni is an overrated coach (yes i said it), its his fault that DOLAN gutted their team to trade for him because he got scared of the Nets, its his fault that hes ALWAYS lost to a better team (yes thats including the Clippers for that year), also his fault that the Knicks started winning when he was out because D’Antoni finally didnt have to do to much coaching…stop hating on a man who is a great player, best all aorund scorer in the League and is trying, now do I wish that he had a drive like CP3 or Kobe, of course, but atleast give him this year to see what hes really made of, this is make or break for him…but by no means do I think hes “selfish” in such a bad way…

Redd, what are you talking about?
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Game 1 Thursday, June 7 – 85-76 (that’s more than 1 possession)
Game 2 Sunday, June 10 – 103-92 (that’s more tahn 1 possession)
Game 3 Tuesday, June 12 – 75-72 (that’s one possession…to tie)
Game 4 Thursday, June 1 – 83-82 (that’s one possession – in a game down 0-3)
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be rational. how in the world are any of those actually on LeBron? The one game that actually was one possession away from a win, LeBron was the only player with more than 11 points. He also had 10 rebounds and 6 assists. In other words, he was, by a huge margin, the only even good player on the team. Dude also played 46:34 of the 48:00 minutes. One possession at the end of the game makes the loss his fault? Really?

Please tell me someone isn’t blaming LeBron for the Cavs losing in 07 to the dynasty that was the Spurs. Did that squad not win 3 championships in 5 seasons? The 07 Spurs would have beaten the Cavs even if LeBron had a better outside shot. Ginobili and Duncan were still in their primes. Parker was dominant. LeBron’s supporting cast was horrible. It took him going wild against Detroit for them to get to the Finals. They weren’t going to win those Finals regardless.
What’s Melo’s fault is his game. If he had decided when he was in Denver to give more effort on the glass and on defense, that team would have been a top 4 or 5 team in the West when Andre Miller was there. With Iverson, a top 3 team. And with Billups, the same. He could have easily decided to use more energy on defense and rebounding with Iverson helping him with the scoring. He didn’t have to leave Denver to win. But he wanted New York. Now he has it. The scrutiny comes with it. It’s not hate to point out the flaws in his game. We all know he can score with the best of them. But the other guys who can score also do other things to help their teams win. LeBron, Durant, Wade, etc. They all defend and rebound (Durant is becoming a better defender and with being around LeBron/Kobe this summer, I’m guessing he’ll get even better like LeBron did in 08).

it’s not an excuse he had a lame squad he did have a lame squad. a terrible terrible supporting cast, but the East was weak, and HE, BY HIMSELF, buried the Pistons.
Also, that’s not the only reason i said. he was also not a good enough shooter at that point to take advantage of what the Spurs were doing. he also wasn’t the best player on the court. and he didn’t label himself the chosen one ignoramus. that was Sports Illustrated. if you need proof you can click my name. even if he did, he just won a title with Miami as the best player, at a younger age then Michael Jordan won his first. If he wins the next 7, he sure will seem like “the chosen one” won’t he?
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In closing, nobody with any semblance of logic who actually paid attention thought the Cavs had a chance at winning more than 1 game in that series. Seriously, nobody. Revisionist history is nice for everyone who likes to bash LeBron, but the only thing it makes you do is look stupid.

Jordan was 28, LeBron is 27. LeRon, younger.
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I didn’t say he doesn’t have the tattoo. I said he didn’t give himself that nickname

Scottie Pippen + Horace Grant > Mo Williams + Andersen Varejao

Jordan spent his 3 years in college playing for Dean Smith. Ad he won a national championship. The experience, in terms of learning how to win, at the age of 23, was definitely in Jordan’s corner.

So what your saying by that is, considering LeBron has a championship and more finals experience by the age of 27 that he is suited to have a better.career? Right? That would only make sense, considering all te things you’ve said in this argument.
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You either have to re-examine your opinion, seed that point, or contradict yourself.
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Go ahead.

His experience helped but you’re saying playing alongside 2 other franchise stars doesn’t help tremendously? Lolllll if you say no you’re extremely delusional to the blatant truth.

Nor did I state that it was in fact your opinion, which is why I asked rather than say it. I’ve said it before, I respect your commentary I get the whole Cavs squad thing too, they weren’t too great it’s a given, only thing I disagree with is u comparing Lebron to Jordan, it’s too early for that.

I was just Proving that, whether he gave himself his nickname or not, the 2007 loss does nothing to hurt his legacy. Just like all those losses for Jordan don’t hurt his. And don’t give me te “but Jordan never Lost in the finals” bullsh*t – you have to win more to lose in the finals. Getting there and losing is always better than not getting there at all.