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| New York Knocks selfish scorer Carmelo Anthony has never seen a shot he doesn't like! |
Hey Eye On
Sports NBA fanatics, would someone please tell me what New York Knicks
often-enigmatic forward Carmelo Anthony is talking about!
Just over
a week ago, Anthony came out with some head-scratching comments about how he’s
been viewed as ‘selfish’ ever since coming back from an injury to destroy the
momentum of the then, revitalized, ‘Linsanity-led’ New York Knicks last season.
“Let’s be
frank about it,” he said. “When it comes to the Knicks, we’re talking about one
particular point in time. We’re talking about the whole ‘Linsanity’ thing.
That’s when it started. That’s when it started to escalate as far as people
saying I was selfish.
“Lin came
and we started winning games and then we started losing games, and they could
only point to one thing, which is me, the leader of the team. They’re not going
to point to Amar’e.
They’re
not going to point to (guard) Iman Shumpert. They’re going to point to me. I
accept that. It doesn’t bother me.”
Well,
apparently, for Melo to still be talking about last season’s events, it does
bother him. Second, Carmelo, you do know that talk about you being a
ball-hogging selfish gunner started a long time ago, like, let’s say by your
third year with the Denver Nuggets.
Maybe it’s
me Eye On Sports NBA fans, but I’m a bit amazed that Anthony either doesn’t
know – or more likely – doesn’t want to believe that he’s been viewed as a
selfish gunner for the majority of his career.
No doubt,
the man can score the ball like few others on the face of the planet, but
Anthony has also never seen a pass he’d like to throw – and the word defense –
is just some whimsical fairy tale in his world.
I’m sorry,
but guess what Carmelo?
The talk
about you being selfish, started long before Jeremy Lin turned around a team
that had been floundering the minute you got injured – and one that quickly
reverted back to its mediocre ways upon your return.
You can
try to blame that on ‘Linsanity’ all you want ‘Melo, but the fact of the matter
is that the whole world, not just NBA fans, saw that fact for themselves
firsthand.
If, you by chance watched the Olympics - the coaching staff put Carmelo in a position that he is accustomed to and that is putting the ball in the hoop. In any profession a person should do what they do best!! The Knicks should put him in positon to best utilize his talents while helping the team to win (i.e. Team USA).
ReplyDeleteI never liked Carmelo because it always seems that he is interested in one thing, getting the ball and scoring. He doesn't care much for defense, nor getting the ball to a player with a better opportunity to score. He's all about getting his points no matter what the cost.
ReplyDeleteListen up, George Karl from the Carolina crooks has a way of poisioning every thing by talking down on players. He's done this to other players as well.
ReplyDeletePeople who don't know basketball think Melo is selfish.The problem is, he's been compared to Lebron.This ha been the problem since high school. He's not Lebron!!! Melo is a true small forward not a point forward. Melo had his second best career average in assists this season 3.6 and was 5th in assists amongst small forwards.Among the elite small forwards Melo had less FGA then Lebron(1169),KD(1297),even Rudy Gay(1067). Melo avg 1025 FGA and averaged more assists then both KD,and GAY!! Lebron did average more assists but Lebron is technically the PG he's supposed to. Melo is far from selfish!
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