NBA GM's: Anthony Is Not A Franchise Type Player

**MJFtheGenius** · 09-21-10, 04:21 PM

agreed

does not play or feel defense is important

bad role model

**Bluehorseshoe** · 09-21-10, 04:26 PM

I third that.

**ZetaPsi808** · 09-21-10, 04:31 PM

i agree. john hollinger wrote an impressive article this year saying that carmelo anthony was overrated

**jgray** · 09-21-10, 04:37 PM

It's interesting that the Bulls seemingly have dropped out of the running due to an unwillingness to move Noah. I'm not sure if it's love for Noah, uncertainty about Anthony, or both.

**Jimmy0607** · 09-21-10, 05:25 PM

Playing with billups made his life much easier

**Naz18** · 09-21-10, 05:44 PM

Overrated or not, most teams could use his help....he is an upgrade on teams like the Bulls, Nets and Rockets..

**EDDIE MONEY LINE** · 09-21-10, 07:10 PM

He's better than lebran

**jjgold** · 09-21-10, 07:20 PM

He is a loser

personality no good, bad attitude

Selfish

**EDDIE MONEY LINE** · 09-21-10, 07:27 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

he is a loser personality no good, bad attitude selfish

a loser who won an ncaa championship, by himself

led a crumby nuggets team to playoffs in the west by himself

surrounded by young talent in the east with the nets he could lead them back to the playoffs also

**Naz18** · 09-21-10, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

He is a loser personality no good, bad attitude Selfish

Might be a loser, but he will make mediocre teams better...

**brxbmbers42** · 09-21-10, 08:10 PM

agree but he is best pure shooter in the league.

**ttwarrior1** · 09-21-10, 08:12 PM

they almost beat the lakers with less talent

**biggie12** · 09-21-10, 09:10 PM

I dont mean to bash any of you, But not one post in this thread is valid.

**frostno98** · 09-21-10, 09:22 PM

Really

Let me see, Nuggets missed the playoffs from 1996 to 2002. Melo arrives in Denver in 2003, and they've been to the playoffs since! What more can they expect from this guy. He's clearly not Duncan, Kobe, or Durant, but he will make a dreadful team playoff bound.

**gafl** · 09-21-10, 10:37 PM

ESPN has the Nets offering Favors, 2 expiring contracts and at least one #1 pick. How could that not be great for the Nets? Closer it gets to the season, Nuggets will want to see this settled. All up to Melo.

**tunaguitar76** · 09-21-10, 10:55 PM

not a franchise type player, huh? What will Denver's franchise look like without him?

how many franchise type players are there? The guy can score at will and puts butts in seats night after night.. what owner or coach wouldn't want that? History has shown nobody can do it alone...The franchise needs to have the right pieces with him... he is going to help a franchise much more than he is going to hurt one.

**jjgold** · 09-22-10, 04:59 AM

Melo is a Tracy McGrady type player

No heart to win and cannot make other players on the team better

Guys like this have great stats but never ever win

**mighty maron** · 09-22-10, 05:26 AM

melo went further in the playoffs than mcgrady

**jjgold** · 09-22-10, 05:39 AM

Maroney he will see tickets and score but Nets would be out of their minds to trade Cousins for him

NO WAY

**BM27** · 09-22-10, 06:48 AM

I wanna see the denver's record next year without melo hahahaha too many haters...

**nbarlotta3** · 09-22-10, 06:52 AM

Are you kidding me? He's been the best player on a playoff team for many years now. Isn't that what a franchise player does?

**Ace_of_Spades** · 09-22-10, 07:05 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

Melo is a Tracy McGrady type player

No heart to win and cannot make other players on the team better

Guys like this have great stats but never ever win

I'd take McGrady at his best over Melo every day of the week.

**apwmel** · 09-22-10, 08:07 AM

Melo is not a complete player. He has limited ball handling skills and his jump shot is not steady. And he has not grown up. He is very good when things are going well but he sulks when things turn sour. Chauncey is the reason Den went deep in the playoffs. Melo needs to stay in Den and grow up. He can get better but he will never be great.

**zafzaf** · 09-22-10, 08:23 AM

totally agree

**Bradyd** · 09-22-10, 09:06 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

He is a loser

personality no good, bad attitude

Selfish

For a min there I thought you were talking about Kobe.. Don't use personality as a leading reason why someone shouldn't be a franchise player. It's what you do on the court.. Lebron is one of the most unselfish players ON court, and OFF court there are many reports that he is an ass...

**Bradyd** · 09-22-10, 09:10 AM

Originally posted by nbarlotta3

Are you kidding me? He's been the best player on a playoff team for many years now. Isn't that what a franchise player does?

Apparently you are ONLY a franchise player if you can beat the mighty Lakers.. I wouldn't take what half of the people on here say serious..

**Bradyd** · 09-22-10, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by apwmel

Melo is not a complete player. He has limited ball handling skills and his jump shot is not steady. And he has not grown up. He is very good when things are going well but he sulks when things turn sour. Chauncey is the reason Den went deep in the playoffs. Melo needs to stay in Den and grow up. He can get better but he will never be great.

You need to be careful of what you say. By that logic, isn't Gasol the reason Kobe went deep into the playoffs. As I recall he couldn't get out of the first round without Gasol... (Of course there is no need to mention having Shaq in his previous years) Billups played an important role but don't say he was the sole reason they went deep into the playoffs..

**k13** · 09-22-10, 09:21 AM

Melo is soft.

**jjgold** · 09-22-10, 10:59 AM

Melo is mentally tough like Kobe.

Kobe is a fukkin killer

Meli is just a nice player that is soft and no will to win

**tunaguitar76** · 09-22-10, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

He is a loser

personality no good, bad attitude

Selfish

Sounds like Allen Iverson. Was he a franchise player?

1 Finals Appearance
1 MVP
3x NBA 1st team
4x Scoring champ
11x All-Star
ROTY
and a future HOF'r

He certainly was the 76ers franchise player. He lead them in scoring for years.. hell, in their finals year he was damn near the only player who could score.

W/O him they are back to where they were before him.. missing a .500 record by like 20 games and having trouble selling tickets. Loser or not.. he was their franchise player just as Melo is in Denver.

**skilz4milz** · 09-22-10, 12:19 PM

Originally posted by tunaguitar76

Sounds like Allen Iverson. Was he a franchise player?

1 Finals Appearance
1 MVP
3x NBA 1st team
4x Scoring champ
11x All-Star
ROTY
and a future HOF'r

He certainly was the 76ers franchise player. He lead them in scoring for years.. hell, in their finals year he was damn near the only player who could score.

W/O him they are back to where they were before him.. missing a .500 record by like 20 games and having trouble selling tickets. Loser or not.. he was their franchise player just as Melo is in Denver.

Great post. 100% agree. If Anthony is not a franchise player then 3/4 of the NBA teams out there don't have franchise players. Why? Because they don't even have players that measure up to Anthony's abilities.

If you want to argue about will, leaderhip and determination then couldn't that same arguement be made about Lebron.

People must have missed the battle that the Nuggets had with the Lakers in the conference finals a few years back. Melo was a beast and nearly carried his team throughout the entire series to victory. They lost to the better team. That doesn't mean Melo didn't have the heart to win. Same can be said about all the great players that went against Jordan and lost.

**Pauulzcappin** · 09-22-10, 01:13 PM

Originally posted by brxbmbers42

agree but he is best pure shooter in the league.

**Bradyd** · 09-22-10, 01:57 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Melo is mentally tough like Kobe.

Kobe is a fukkin killer

Meli is just a nice player that is soft and no will to win

If we are going to use labels, at least make sure you can back them up.. If by "killer" you mean will destroy you on the offensive end, than Melo can too. And he can do it just as good or if not better than Kobe right now. I can't think of anyone who can hold Melo at the moment... And Melo hasn't won yet, but if you havent played on 5 particular teams in span of a decade or longer, than nobody else has won either.....

**Bradyd** · 09-22-10, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by Ace_of_Spades

I'd take McGrady at his best over Melo every day of the week.

Really? Why? I would have understood if you have given to SLIGHT edge to one or the other, but you have suggested that there is no contest between retro TMac and Melo.. Im interested in knowing why....