No. 1 option Dwyane Wade has won a championship with a far worse supporting cast than that of Melo’s Nuggets.
So the question begs to be asked: What exactly has Melo won?
Absolutely nothing yet.
The Denver Nuggets are a top-10 team, and it’s not all because of Carmelo Anthony—there are legitimate players on that team.
The fact of the matter is that the Melo trade is getting a bit long in the tooth, and Nuggets fans are eager to have this ingrate shipped out of town on the next caboose. They have already taken the "screw you" attitude towards Melo, as their original feelings of trepidation from losing their star player have been replaced with irreversible derision.
Melo is one of the best scorers in the league but an innocuous defender in every sense of the word. He is all too often M.I.A. on defense, and sometimes also on offense.
He is very talented but just plain lazy, and because bad habits die hard, he won’t be bringing any teams to the Promised Land, and that includes the Knicks. In fact, Melo is simply overrated and overpaid.
The talented Melo chooses when he wants to play. He doesn’t bring his "A" game every night because he is, for all intents and purposes, a little too mellow. If Melo could focus like Kobe Bryant, he would be dangerous as hell and he would have a championship by now.
You can see the lack of intensity in Melo’s face on an almost nightly basis, and it’s been that way year after year.
If he plays a game against the Lakers, the man cares and brings his A game, but if he plays against the Blazers, the man is busy dreaming about his wife in La La land.
Sure, Melo wants a championship, but he doesn’t wan...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
