People always act like this towards Melo for some weird reason I guess because he plays the same position as Lebron and Lebron set a high bar but people still never get the fact Melo does not give as much fukks about winning a ring in the NBA than the other players. Would he like to do it? Hell yes. Does he want to do it? Hell yes. But its not something he thinks about when he eats, sleeps, plays with his son, and fukks his wife.The way I see Melo is actually the opposite of what people think of him. They call him a selfish player and this and that but I dont see it. Melo always talks about the team and this city. When he said "my time is coming" he backed it with "this teams time is coming" and "this citys time is coming" Lebron is more absorbed into that aspect of chasing rings than Melo. Melo cares more about his family and just enjoying life than rings in my perception. Because I doubt I'd see Melo say " This is the greatest day of my life" after winning a chip with his kids right there.
In terms of him being this gens Bernard King, perhaps. Funny because Bernard King is actually who Melo claimed to have idolize.
Another thing. I dot know where people get this idea superstars HAVE to win chips to legitimize themselves as great players but thats idiotic. While there are still 5 players playing at a time on the court its still a team sport. Melo winning a title shouldnt set him over any barriers because noone is doing that for Dirk are they.