The Sad Truth About Carmelo Anthony
Channel: Noah Hood
Date: 22/11/2017

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Script:  There has been the recurring pattern of Carmelo Anthony lead teams not being able to win at a high degree.  With only having one trip to the Conference Finals, Melo has been deemed a loser.  Anthony has solidified himself as one of the greatest isolation scorers in history.  Although Melo is a great scorer, he doesn’t other elite attributes similar to great isolation players such as KD, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Chris Paul.  All of them are able to have a profound impact on passing or defensively.  Carmelo has never been recognized as a good defender.  In fact, some refer to him as a poor defender.  Not that he isn’t good at it, but sometimes doesn’t exert enough energy and passion defensively.
 However what is disallowing Melo’s team success more than anything is he needs the ball in his hands to have an impact.  That is difficult when you have 2 ball dominant players on your team in Russell Westbrook and Paul George, both have been primary options.  Melo isn’t a great off the ball player.  Klay Thompson enables the KD Steph duo because he is able to be one of the most efficient players ever in terms of not  having to have the ball in his hands to get open.  Now, Oklahoma City has 3 ball dominant players.  What does this mean, well it is basically like last year’s team, but with having 2 other players to play ball dominant basketball. George and Melo aren’t going to have a profound impact on the Thunder’s team success because they’re just easing the load Westbrook has to carry, not adding more passing and scoring threats, that would confuse and challenge teams on defense.  
 Now if Melo were to be strictly a catch and shoot player like Klay Thompson and Miami Heat Ray Allen, I think his game would be highly minimized. This would lead to him growing angry with the Thunder organization.  Furthermore, he’s most valuable to a team that needs someone to pass the ball to get buckets.  I feel a DeAndre Jordan for Melo trade would work well.
 This Melo dilemma has been evident in the past also.  Kristaps Porzingis is having a phenomenal season posting insane numbers.  His production has greatly improved from last year.  Why, the Knicks are able to run the offense through him rather than Melo.  Porzingis can be a threat in the pick and roll and on the perimeter, allowing him to not require to have the ball to make an impact.  This is why the Knicks are doing so well this season.  In addition, Linsanity came to an end when Carmelo returned from injury back in 2012.  Lin was no longer able to create plays as much as he was beforehand.  
 In conclusion, this video is not to hate on Melo, but rather to explain how he doesn’t fit in well with most teams. It also to explain with I believe this translates to why the Thunder are struggling so much.  I hope you enjoyed this video, if you did be sure to like and subscribe. Have a great day!

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