Brunson already has more playoff points as a Knick than Melo
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Breh he brought that team/city a chip so even tho they are going to get bounced out of the playoffs in a couple of days — he’s still a hero and did something.
What did Melo really do in Denver? We will remember him not getting past the first round and also laying on the court while everyone kept playing around him lol.
He just wasn’t that dude but he was still a name brand player. But not someone you give the keys to and let him cook. He would’ve been great on an ensemble cast like the 2003 Pistons or even a quality sidekick.
Yall keep saying that but everyone aint in
And even if the HOF was as less generous as your stating, Melo would still get in so..
He getting in first ballot , not 10 years after he is up for it
Brunson is joining the all-time Knicks greats club. Melo, Ewing & them are welcoming him. Nobody is getting kicked out
The cat you quoting is a casual fan
The Melo "hate" comes from his game being spoken on in superlatives and some folks wondering why that didn't translate to more success.
The fact another "pure scorer" SF in KD came shortly after and occupied that lane better adds to the space for critique.
The fact another "pure scorer" SF in KD came shortly after and occupied that lane better adds to the space for critique.
Those other great scorers weren't mad at winning game with 22 points.
That folklore status of his scoring is what leads to his critiques.
To be fair for a couple of years naming 5 players better than Melo was hard.
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Why do we have to compare the two? I lived in NYC during the melo years. Good memories but this Knicks team is clearly much better and probably heading to the finals
Yes they were, but there became a point to where no one would critique them, so it is irrelevant. Jordan would be mad if they won, because his opposite outscored him. This has been mentioned several times. Kobe got the same critiques early on, but people eventually calmed on him. Shaq always got mad if he didn't score 30, no matter what else happens, and often admitted if he didn't touch the ball on damn near every play, he wasn't playing defense or would get team TOs. You can go back and find other instances of other players saying the same thing. There's nothing wrong with wanting to win AND dominate, versus winning and not dominating. And isn't Lebron the same guy that says "check my stats" when they lose and he had a great all around game? There's no way you watched Melo play, and said he doesn't want to win. But once the media paints a narrative of any player, it's impossible for them to shake.
Chauncey, was a career role player who ultimately won a championship on a team with no one wanting to dominate. The only one that could truly do so was Sheed, and he still gets criticized for that...regardless of them winning a 'chip. And Chauncey still had his best season playing along side Melo, and they lost the series because Deron lit him up, not because Melo wasn't playing defense or playing hard.
Of course Melo wanted to win. But he wanted to 'get his' above everything. This mentality was in everything he did. He could have been in Miami with DWade and Bron but he wanted to 'get his', not seeing the bigger picture.
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I don't remember what did Amare say?
NBA talk is ruled by skinny jean wearing teenagers with curfews. I have to stop myself from entertaining certain arguments nowadays, the second I realize I'm arguing with someone who might genuinely think Dwight Howard is an old school center or Derrick Rose was just a really good journeyman player
Melo gets a huge ovation any time his face is shown at MSG. Some of us base memories on shyt that actually happened as oppose to whatever rhetoric is popping on social media currently.
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