I have to throw in my two cents about Carmello Anthony. PGarden, I disagree with your assessment of his abilities.
This is going to sound crazy but to me Carmello is a throwback type of player. I defy you to name a swing man in the league that takes the ball to the cup as strong as Carmello Anthony. I remember that there was a stat out there not too long ago that Carmello led the league in getting his shot blocked. Now is that a good thing? I think it says a lot-you arent going to get your shot blocked shooting jumpers!
You discount him as not being a "winner" but you fail to look at all of the circumstances objectively. It would be one thing if his teams were FAVORED every year and getting bounced in the first round. Rather, they are running up against better teams and losing like they should be. Name me one team in the playoffs that they SHOULD have beaten but didnt.
You discount his college success but look at all the one and done man children that were NOT able to take their respective teams to the final four let alone a championship. Would you pin them with the loser label? Look at the Rose kid this year. He had the equivalent of the nike all american dream team around him at Memphis this year but yet still failed to win the championship. Or how about Beasley? Or Durant the year before? Or Oden?
Carmelo will WIN as soon as he has players around him that fit.
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