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Carmelo Anthony's MVP Season and the New York Knicks
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11/19/2012  7:49 PM
3G4G wrote:So you couldn't answer the question because ultimately it exposes the premature creation of this thread after 4gms with posters now coming to the status quo conclusion....."best player on a good team is in on wins the MVP race".....DUH! Which means a player can win it regardless what the individual stats say


Like Mase said...."PLEASE TELL ME SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW"


We have a better team and Melo's impact isn't near what the 4gm created thread is made out to be. He's in the discussion much like Elton Brand was 6yrs ago when on the Clippers....


Whoopty Doo-Daa Zippity Ehhhh Big Deal


To be honest I could care less about Melo's individual accomplishments although they have been discussed at length.... in context of his overall value as a player to other greats.

There is too much focus on what Melo can accomplish individually even pitted or made to stand apart from other players on this team.
Look Amar'e was in the running 2yrs ago himself and I'm not sure where we were recordwise when the talk surfaced..maybe mid November to mid December...(still relatively premature) but there was more volume.


Just win in the Post-Season let the awards sort themselves out where they may.

I agree with the bold part completely. However, there seems to be an unwritten rule among a lot of fans ive talked to that Carmelo can be blamed when things go bad for the team but cannot be given credit when things go well.

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11/19/2012  8:03 PM    LAST EDITED: 11/19/2012  8:05 PM
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
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ChuckBuck wrote:
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newyorknewyork wrote:
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ChuckBuck wrote:
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Uptown wrote:
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holfresh wrote:Wade is not the player he was two/three years ago...He has slowed with multiple injuries...No way he carries a team like that today...

you keep saying carrying a team and then you scream that carmelo needed help from last year.. really there is just one guy now that can just carry a team.. that is lebron.. everyone else needs a little help, but with help some guys will just take their teams further.. wade is one of them..

The help that Wade received were two of the alltime greats. You think if Melo had the same type of help that Wade had, he wouldn't have taken his teams further?

NO, HE WOULDN'T Have, they would have, I don't think any of those guys would take a back seat to melo.. my honest opinion.. so would melo have gone further on a team led by those guys.. yes, but that gets back to my point about building a team with a better franchise player, and if melo is on that team he can help... sure..

my question is, will most carmelo fans be fine with this.. because it seems that winning is not enough, but it has to be done with "carmelo leading us"... and sorry, but leading and carmelo just don't seem to fit...

Of course its they, Wade didn't take his teams anywhere without Shaq and Lebron. But with them, they won a 'chip.

And who are these Ghost Posters who feel winning is not enough? I dont see it. Most are very happy with the start the team has gotten off to. I dont see anyone on this board that is a Melo fan first, and Knick fan second. Actually, you got it twisted. I see some posters who in spite of W's over the Heat and Spurs were quick to put a magnifying glass over what Melo didn't do right out in those games.
I still see posters place unrealistic expectations on the backs of this team saying 'if we don't make it to the finals, then its been a disappointing year.' Yet, these same posters picked the Knicks to finish no higher than 3-4 in the conferenc. Go figure.

well i see it, they attribute the knicks start to carmelo and the "domino effect" which we have very little evidence of that.

It just seems as if it is so hard for some to say the knicks are playing well as a team, but no, every single thing from popcorn sales to someone shooting well is attributed to carmelo...

just go take a look, there is a thread on raymond felton.. no one gives a damn, it is empty... there is also a thread on "positive only" knick comments.. not really that busy, mostly some comical answers all in fun... but you post a carmelo MVP/ny knicks thread and you get more responses defending carmelo as a mvp candidate than defending the knicks and their recent play...

but back to the point.. wade is a champion.. end of story.. guys come to play with wade because they felt they could win.. why has none of the elite players run to play with carmelo? maybe we should start asking that.. maybe carmelo has just been very unlucky, or just not good as some think he is.. either way, it is what it is.. I don't think anyone can fairly argue him being better than wade, I don't care who came to play with whom..

Silliness

Of course this thread will get more responses because we have guys like you who act offended by someone starting this type of thread on Melo which causes debate. You come off as rooting against him more then rooting for him to accomplish what you would like him to as a player. The other threads most ppl are pretty much in agreement on and ppl are pretty much repeating the same things so of course the responses will be less. Plus they were started yesterday compared to a week ago.

Wade plays in Miami(great weather & night life), Carmelo played in Denver(Mountains). How many elite players ran over the play with Lebron in Cleveland or Bosh in Canada?

didn't shaq go to cleveland and according to you guys was the reason why wade won?

Lol At least do a google search before posting TKF.

Shaquille O'Neal (Age 33) averaged 20 and 9 for the Heat as a still dominant force in Miami.

Shaquille O'Neal (Age 37) was clearly approaching retirement by the day averaging 12 and 6 for Cleveland.


Shaq on the Heat had regular season numbers but he wasn't near the same dominant Shaq. Go look up Shaq's playoff numbers against the Pistons in the Finals as a Laker, then look up Shaq's playoffs numbers against the Pistons as a Heat.

In Shaq's second season as a Heat his missed over 20gms. This is the year they won it all. Go look up Shaq's Finals numbers this year then compare them to his career Finals averages.


Google Up!!!!

Don't go by numbers, go by watching the actual finals games which Riley switched Shaq to like the other side of the paint or something like that which forced Dallas to alter there whole game plan which they had trouble adapting to defensively and opened up Wade to be the unstoppable beast he was.

Reguardless the context of the convo was comparing Shaq that was traded to Mia to the Shaq that was traded to Cleveland since TKF stated that Shaq is an example of an elite player running to go play with Lebron. Chuck was demonstrating that Shaq wasn't elite anymore. Reguardless of even that Shaq didn't go running to play with Lebron, he didn't force the suns to trade him to Cleveland, Pheniox wanted to get rid of them and Cleveland org felt maybe he could make a difference for them in the playoffs.

I never said shaq was elite, point out where i said that.... he wasn't elite when he was with wade either... he wasn't the LA shaq in miami or cleveland.....

True or false, Shaquille O'Neal was the best center in the NBA in 2006?

True or false when the board was arguing who was the best center back in 2006,many were saying eddy curry... so the answer to your question is false..

I think most would even argue, yao ming, and duncan who was playing center, were better...


I just want to know in your heart of hearts are you trying to minimize the accomplishments of one of, if not the leagues best player that year, the finals mvp, a true 2 way player,in order to defend your position on carmelo anthony.. I ask that because so far, we have seen poster try to minimize lebron, kobe, ewing, all in an attempt to prop up carmelo... do you really see this as a logical argument.. In your heart.. forget what you feel about me, or any other poster...

LOL What?

Did you just mention Eddie Curry and Shaq in the same sentence?

Again, Google is your friend.

Eddie Curry (2006) 13.6 pts/gm, 6 reb/gm, 0.8 blk/gm on 56 FG%

vs

Shaquille O'Neal (2006) 20 pts/gm 9.2 reb/gm, 1.8 blk/gm on 60 FG%(led league in field goal percentage)


Would you care to retract your "False" statement? I'll give you another chance.

why not try reading, you are busting your pants at every attempt to try to "get one up on me"..dude I only mentioned it as it was mentioned on this board.. not saying that I agree at all.. i am just repeating the craziness that went on these forums... as it is today in this thread to some degree...

This argument is silly... wade is a two time champion, and finals mvp.... the same way you feel about curry being mentioned in the same sentence as shaq, is pretty much what is happening here mentioning melo in the same sentence as lebron, wade, dirk, ewing, kobe, etc......

Wade balled in 2006, no doubt. True or False, Wade needed help from near his prime Shaq and a prime Lebron to gain his 2 rings?

I'm pretty sure Melo can "enter the conversation" by the end of the year, no? I'm pretty sure that's all anyone's saying here.

how about lebron and shaq needing wades help, as shaq said he came to play on wade's team, and lebron said the same thing.. you see you can flip it..

As far as the bolded part, well isn't that what some of us have been saying.. it is way to premature to talk about MVP for carmelo... I mean heck chuck, by the end of the year several guys can enter that conversation, we just don't know, and this is what I have been saying all along. this early in the game you could and should include a long list of players who can be in MVP talks after 8 games(3g made a list already), it is just too early...

I agree it's way way too early.

All guys are saying is he, Carmelo, will be on the short list at year's end if Knicks sustain their play:

The current list on NBA.com:

http://www.nba.com/mvp-ladder/2012-13/index.html

Current Rankings
Rank Status Player
1 -- LeBron James
2 Chris Paul
3 -- Carmelo Anthony
4 Kevin Durant
5 Zach Randolph
6 James Harden
7 Tony Parker
8 Kobe Bryant
9 Rajon Rondo
10 NR Brandon Jennings

WELL AGAIN, if it continues, you may hear his name thrown around, sure...... and honestly, I expect that list to get real short, like 2 player short.. lebron and Durant... but hey, that is just me....

Anyone who sits around and waits for the lottery to better themselves, either in real life or in sports, Is a Loser............... TKF
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11/19/2012  8:25 PM
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
3G4G wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
tkf wrote:
Uptown wrote:
tkf wrote:
Uptown wrote:
tkf wrote:
holfresh wrote:Wade is not the player he was two/three years ago...He has slowed with multiple injuries...No way he carries a team like that today...

you keep saying carrying a team and then you scream that carmelo needed help from last year.. really there is just one guy now that can just carry a team.. that is lebron.. everyone else needs a little help, but with help some guys will just take their teams further.. wade is one of them..

The help that Wade received were two of the alltime greats. You think if Melo had the same type of help that Wade had, he wouldn't have taken his teams further?

NO, HE WOULDN'T Have, they would have, I don't think any of those guys would take a back seat to melo.. my honest opinion.. so would melo have gone further on a team led by those guys.. yes, but that gets back to my point about building a team with a better franchise player, and if melo is on that team he can help... sure..

my question is, will most carmelo fans be fine with this.. because it seems that winning is not enough, but it has to be done with "carmelo leading us"... and sorry, but leading and carmelo just don't seem to fit...

Of course its they, Wade didn't take his teams anywhere without Shaq and Lebron. But with them, they won a 'chip.

And who are these Ghost Posters who feel winning is not enough? I dont see it. Most are very happy with the start the team has gotten off to. I dont see anyone on this board that is a Melo fan first, and Knick fan second. Actually, you got it twisted. I see some posters who in spite of W's over the Heat and Spurs were quick to put a magnifying glass over what Melo didn't do right out in those games.
I still see posters place unrealistic expectations on the backs of this team saying 'if we don't make it to the finals, then its been a disappointing year.' Yet, these same posters picked the Knicks to finish no higher than 3-4 in the conferenc. Go figure.

well i see it, they attribute the knicks start to carmelo and the "domino effect" which we have very little evidence of that.

It just seems as if it is so hard for some to say the knicks are playing well as a team, but no, every single thing from popcorn sales to someone shooting well is attributed to carmelo...

just go take a look, there is a thread on raymond felton.. no one gives a damn, it is empty... there is also a thread on "positive only" knick comments.. not really that busy, mostly some comical answers all in fun... but you post a carmelo MVP/ny knicks thread and you get more responses defending carmelo as a mvp candidate than defending the knicks and their recent play...

but back to the point.. wade is a champion.. end of story.. guys come to play with wade because they felt they could win.. why has none of the elite players run to play with carmelo? maybe we should start asking that.. maybe carmelo has just been very unlucky, or just not good as some think he is.. either way, it is what it is.. I don't think anyone can fairly argue him being better than wade, I don't care who came to play with whom..

Silliness

Of course this thread will get more responses because we have guys like you who act offended by someone starting this type of thread on Melo which causes debate. You come off as rooting against him more then rooting for him to accomplish what you would like him to as a player. The other threads most ppl are pretty much in agreement on and ppl are pretty much repeating the same things so of course the responses will be less. Plus they were started yesterday compared to a week ago.

Wade plays in Miami(great weather & night life), Carmelo played in Denver(Mountains). How many elite players ran over the play with Lebron in Cleveland or Bosh in Canada?

didn't shaq go to cleveland and according to you guys was the reason why wade won?

Lol At least do a google search before posting TKF.

Shaquille O'Neal (Age 33) averaged 20 and 9 for the Heat as a still dominant force in Miami.

Shaquille O'Neal (Age 37) was clearly approaching retirement by the day averaging 12 and 6 for Cleveland.


Shaq on the Heat had regular season numbers but he wasn't near the same dominant Shaq. Go look up Shaq's playoff numbers against the Pistons in the Finals as a Laker, then look up Shaq's playoffs numbers against the Pistons as a Heat.

In Shaq's second season as a Heat his missed over 20gms. This is the year they won it all. Go look up Shaq's Finals numbers this year then compare them to his career Finals averages.


Google Up!!!!

Don't go by numbers, go by watching the actual finals games which Riley switched Shaq to like the other side of the paint or something like that which forced Dallas to alter there whole game plan which they had trouble adapting to defensively and opened up Wade to be the unstoppable beast he was.

Reguardless the context of the convo was comparing Shaq that was traded to Mia to the Shaq that was traded to Cleveland since TKF stated that Shaq is an example of an elite player running to go play with Lebron. Chuck was demonstrating that Shaq wasn't elite anymore. Reguardless of even that Shaq didn't go running to play with Lebron, he didn't force the suns to trade him to Cleveland, Pheniox wanted to get rid of them and Cleveland org felt maybe he could make a difference for them in the playoffs.

I never said shaq was elite, point out where i said that.... he wasn't elite when he was with wade either... he wasn't the LA shaq in miami or cleveland.....

True or false, Shaquille O'Neal was the best center in the NBA in 2006?

True or false when the board was arguing who was the best center back in 2006,many were saying eddy curry... so the answer to your question is false..

I think most would even argue, yao ming, and duncan who was playing center, were better...


I just want to know in your heart of hearts are you trying to minimize the accomplishments of one of, if not the leagues best player that year, the finals mvp, a true 2 way player,in order to defend your position on carmelo anthony.. I ask that because so far, we have seen poster try to minimize lebron, kobe, ewing, all in an attempt to prop up carmelo... do you really see this as a logical argument.. In your heart.. forget what you feel about me, or any other poster...

LOL What?

Did you just mention Eddie Curry and Shaq in the same sentence?

Again, Google is your friend.

Eddie Curry (2006) 13.6 pts/gm, 6 reb/gm, 0.8 blk/gm on 56 FG%

vs

Shaquille O'Neal (2006) 20 pts/gm 9.2 reb/gm, 1.8 blk/gm on 60 FG%(led league in field goal percentage)


Would you care to retract your "False" statement? I'll give you another chance.

why not try reading, you are busting your pants at every attempt to try to "get one up on me"..dude I only mentioned it as it was mentioned on this board.. not saying that I agree at all.. i am just repeating the craziness that went on these forums... as it is today in this thread to some degree...

This argument is silly... wade is a two time champion, and finals mvp.... the same way you feel about curry being mentioned in the same sentence as shaq, is pretty much what is happening here mentioning melo in the same sentence as lebron, wade, dirk, ewing, kobe, etc......

Wade balled in 2006, no doubt. True or False, Wade needed help from near his prime Shaq and a prime Lebron to gain his 2 rings?

I'm pretty sure Melo can "enter the conversation" by the end of the year, no? I'm pretty sure that's all anyone's saying here.

how about lebron and shaq needing wades help, as shaq said he came to play on wade's team, and lebron said the same thing.. you see you can flip it..

As far as the bolded part, well isn't that what some of us have been saying.. it is way to premature to talk about MVP for carmelo... I mean heck chuck, by the end of the year several guys can enter that conversation, we just don't know, and this is what I have been saying all along. this early in the game you could and should include a long list of players who can be in MVP talks after 8 games(3g made a list already), it is just too early...

I agree it's way way too early.

All guys are saying is he, Carmelo, will be on the short list at year's end if Knicks sustain their play:

The current list on NBA.com:

http://www.nba.com/mvp-ladder/2012-13/index.html

Current Rankings
Rank Status Player
1 -- LeBron James
2 Chris Paul
3 -- Carmelo Anthony
4 Kevin Durant
5 Zach Randolph
6 James Harden
7 Tony Parker
8 Kobe Bryant
9 Rajon Rondo
10 NR Brandon Jennings

Clearly NBA.com is working for the MSG propaganda machine....

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11/19/2012  9:51 PM    LAST EDITED: 11/19/2012  9:53 PM
Uptown wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
3G4G wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
tkf wrote:
Uptown wrote:
tkf wrote:
Uptown wrote:
tkf wrote:
holfresh wrote:Wade is not the player he was two/three years ago...He has slowed with multiple injuries...No way he carries a team like that today...

you keep saying carrying a team and then you scream that carmelo needed help from last year.. really there is just one guy now that can just carry a team.. that is lebron.. everyone else needs a little help, but with help some guys will just take their teams further.. wade is one of them..

The help that Wade received were two of the alltime greats. You think if Melo had the same type of help that Wade had, he wouldn't have taken his teams further?

NO, HE WOULDN'T Have, they would have, I don't think any of those guys would take a back seat to melo.. my honest opinion.. so would melo have gone further on a team led by those guys.. yes, but that gets back to my point about building a team with a better franchise player, and if melo is on that team he can help... sure..

my question is, will most carmelo fans be fine with this.. because it seems that winning is not enough, but it has to be done with "carmelo leading us"... and sorry, but leading and carmelo just don't seem to fit...

Of course its they, Wade didn't take his teams anywhere without Shaq and Lebron. But with them, they won a 'chip.

And who are these Ghost Posters who feel winning is not enough? I dont see it. Most are very happy with the start the team has gotten off to. I dont see anyone on this board that is a Melo fan first, and Knick fan second. Actually, you got it twisted. I see some posters who in spite of W's over the Heat and Spurs were quick to put a magnifying glass over what Melo didn't do right out in those games.
I still see posters place unrealistic expectations on the backs of this team saying 'if we don't make it to the finals, then its been a disappointing year.' Yet, these same posters picked the Knicks to finish no higher than 3-4 in the conferenc. Go figure.

well i see it, they attribute the knicks start to carmelo and the "domino effect" which we have very little evidence of that.

It just seems as if it is so hard for some to say the knicks are playing well as a team, but no, every single thing from popcorn sales to someone shooting well is attributed to carmelo...

just go take a look, there is a thread on raymond felton.. no one gives a damn, it is empty... there is also a thread on "positive only" knick comments.. not really that busy, mostly some comical answers all in fun... but you post a carmelo MVP/ny knicks thread and you get more responses defending carmelo as a mvp candidate than defending the knicks and their recent play...

but back to the point.. wade is a champion.. end of story.. guys come to play with wade because they felt they could win.. why has none of the elite players run to play with carmelo? maybe we should start asking that.. maybe carmelo has just been very unlucky, or just not good as some think he is.. either way, it is what it is.. I don't think anyone can fairly argue him being better than wade, I don't care who came to play with whom..

Silliness

Of course this thread will get more responses because we have guys like you who act offended by someone starting this type of thread on Melo which causes debate. You come off as rooting against him more then rooting for him to accomplish what you would like him to as a player. The other threads most ppl are pretty much in agreement on and ppl are pretty much repeating the same things so of course the responses will be less. Plus they were started yesterday compared to a week ago.

Wade plays in Miami(great weather & night life), Carmelo played in Denver(Mountains). How many elite players ran over the play with Lebron in Cleveland or Bosh in Canada?

didn't shaq go to cleveland and according to you guys was the reason why wade won?

Lol At least do a google search before posting TKF.

Shaquille O'Neal (Age 33) averaged 20 and 9 for the Heat as a still dominant force in Miami.

Shaquille O'Neal (Age 37) was clearly approaching retirement by the day averaging 12 and 6 for Cleveland.


Shaq on the Heat had regular season numbers but he wasn't near the same dominant Shaq. Go look up Shaq's playoff numbers against the Pistons in the Finals as a Laker, then look up Shaq's playoffs numbers against the Pistons as a Heat.

In Shaq's second season as a Heat his missed over 20gms. This is the year they won it all. Go look up Shaq's Finals numbers this year then compare them to his career Finals averages.


Google Up!!!!

Don't go by numbers, go by watching the actual finals games which Riley switched Shaq to like the other side of the paint or something like that which forced Dallas to alter there whole game plan which they had trouble adapting to defensively and opened up Wade to be the unstoppable beast he was.

Reguardless the context of the convo was comparing Shaq that was traded to Mia to the Shaq that was traded to Cleveland since TKF stated that Shaq is an example of an elite player running to go play with Lebron. Chuck was demonstrating that Shaq wasn't elite anymore. Reguardless of even that Shaq didn't go running to play with Lebron, he didn't force the suns to trade him to Cleveland, Pheniox wanted to get rid of them and Cleveland org felt maybe he could make a difference for them in the playoffs.

I never said shaq was elite, point out where i said that.... he wasn't elite when he was with wade either... he wasn't the LA shaq in miami or cleveland.....

True or false, Shaquille O'Neal was the best center in the NBA in 2006?

True or false when the board was arguing who was the best center back in 2006,many were saying eddy curry... so the answer to your question is false..

I think most would even argue, yao ming, and duncan who was playing center, were better...


I just want to know in your heart of hearts are you trying to minimize the accomplishments of one of, if not the leagues best player that year, the finals mvp, a true 2 way player,in order to defend your position on carmelo anthony.. I ask that because so far, we have seen poster try to minimize lebron, kobe, ewing, all in an attempt to prop up carmelo... do you really see this as a logical argument.. In your heart.. forget what you feel about me, or any other poster...

LOL What?

Did you just mention Eddie Curry and Shaq in the same sentence?

Again, Google is your friend.

Eddie Curry (2006) 13.6 pts/gm, 6 reb/gm, 0.8 blk/gm on 56 FG%

vs

Shaquille O'Neal (2006) 20 pts/gm 9.2 reb/gm, 1.8 blk/gm on 60 FG%(led league in field goal percentage)


Would you care to retract your "False" statement? I'll give you another chance.

why not try reading, you are busting your pants at every attempt to try to "get one up on me"..dude I only mentioned it as it was mentioned on this board.. not saying that I agree at all.. i am just repeating the craziness that went on these forums... as it is today in this thread to some degree...

This argument is silly... wade is a two time champion, and finals mvp.... the same way you feel about curry being mentioned in the same sentence as shaq, is pretty much what is happening here mentioning melo in the same sentence as lebron, wade, dirk, ewing, kobe, etc......

Wade balled in 2006, no doubt. True or False, Wade needed help from near his prime Shaq and a prime Lebron to gain his 2 rings?

I'm pretty sure Melo can "enter the conversation" by the end of the year, no? I'm pretty sure that's all anyone's saying here.

how about lebron and shaq needing wades help, as shaq said he came to play on wade's team, and lebron said the same thing.. you see you can flip it..

As far as the bolded part, well isn't that what some of us have been saying.. it is way to premature to talk about MVP for carmelo... I mean heck chuck, by the end of the year several guys can enter that conversation, we just don't know, and this is what I have been saying all along. this early in the game you could and should include a long list of players who can be in MVP talks after 8 games(3g made a list already), it is just too early...

I agree it's way way too early.

All guys are saying is he, Carmelo, will be on the short list at year's end if Knicks sustain their play:

The current list on NBA.com:

http://www.nba.com/mvp-ladder/2012-13/index.html

Current Rankings
Rank Status Player
1 -- LeBron James
2 Chris Paul
3 -- Carmelo Anthony
4 Kevin Durant
5 Zach Randolph
6 James Harden
7 Tony Parker
8 Kobe Bryant
9 Rajon Rondo
10 NR Brandon Jennings

Clearly NBA.com is working for the MSG propaganda machine....

Looks like NBA.com is sipping the kool aid too. It's totally understandable how the other guys are on that list, but Carmelo Anthony? After only 10 games?

How did they manage to snub Wilson Chandler and Timofey Mozgov? Oh, and Danilo Gallinari! He's the best shooter Mike dantoni has ever seen!

MSG propoganda machine is surely up to its old tricks again, Uptown.

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11/19/2012  11:34 PM
3G4G wrote:
JrZyHuStLa wrote:
3G4G wrote:
JrZyHuStLa wrote:
3G4G wrote:Jamal Crawford is literally having the best season of his career and is on a team with a 7-2 record what would it take for his name to enter MVP discussions?


For the record Jamal by the numbers...


20.7ppg/52%fg/44%fg(3pt)/92%ft


Does he get disqualified because he comes off the bench?

He's not the best player on their team. Not even the 2nd best.

Why would he get MVP consideration?


So what you're saying is Jamal could lead the league in scoring and still not get the award because CP3 and Blake are on his team although they may not be having their best season?

He won't lead the league in scoring, let's be a little realistic here. And he's going to cool off as well, we're talking about Jamal Crawford here.


So you couldn't answer the question because ultimately it exposes the premature creation of this thread after 4gms with posters now coming to the status quo conclusion....."best player on a good team is in on wins the MVP race".....DUH! Which means a player can win it regardless what the individual stats say


Like Mase said...."PLEASE TELL ME SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW"


We have a better team and Melo's impact isn't near what the 4gm created thread is made out to be. He's in the discussion much like Elton Brand was 6yrs ago when on the Clippers....


Whoopty Doo-Daa Zippity Ehhhh Big Deal


To be honest I could care less about Melo's individual accomplishments although they have been discussed at length.... in context of his overall value as a player to other greats.

There is too much focus on what Melo can accomplish individually even pitted or made to stand apart from other players on this team. Look Amar'e was in the running 2yrs ago himself and I'm not sure where we were recordwise when the talk surfaced..maybe mid November to mid December...(still relatively premature) but there was more volume.


Just win in the Post-Season let the awards sort themselves out where they may.

Its a Knicks message board. Stuff like Melo being MVP, Jr Smith being Sixth Man or the yr are going to be discussed. The only reason why any Melo thread gets as much attention as it does is due to the band of posters who treat anything postive about Melo as blasphemy.

There was a Jr Smith is the MVP of this team thread and you know what the difference in that thread is compared to this one. Nobody went out of there way to prove why Jr Smith is not more important then Melo or Kidd etcc. People instead used the thread to credit Smith for his quality early play. Same thing with the Felton thread.

SupremeCommander's quote was all this thread really needed (minus the dig at the end) you were a hater or lover.

this is getting a little ahead of ourselves...
but I certainly hope that happens. I wonder if any uk.com posters will tender the resignations on that day

But I guess putting Melo or the TS in his place is more important.

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11/19/2012  11:37 PM
Melo aint Wade (thats silly)
Melo aint Kobe and Kobe aint Wade
Melo aint Dirk

Durant has not proven much yet and is an awful passer but he is getting better and better. We can talk about him when he wins like the other guys.

Melo is an excellent player and needs to improve or continue to improve with his ball movement and forced shots

He has the talent to be at the top but until he earns it, he is where he is

MVP candidate? Who the hell cares - fans love talking about these things to fill time

Win pretty, Win ugly - who cares! Just win.

We are winning - lets hope it continues.

24 pages of this crap? Everyone needs a drink.

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11/20/2012  12:39 AM
Stop hating.
Let's go Knicks. That's amare
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11/20/2012  8:02 AM
JrZyHuStLa wrote:
Uptown wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
tkf wrote:
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ChuckBuck wrote:
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holfresh wrote:Wade is not the player he was two/three years ago...He has slowed with multiple injuries...No way he carries a team like that today...

you keep saying carrying a team and then you scream that carmelo needed help from last year.. really there is just one guy now that can just carry a team.. that is lebron.. everyone else needs a little help, but with help some guys will just take their teams further.. wade is one of them..

The help that Wade received were two of the alltime greats. You think if Melo had the same type of help that Wade had, he wouldn't have taken his teams further?

NO, HE WOULDN'T Have, they would have, I don't think any of those guys would take a back seat to melo.. my honest opinion.. so would melo have gone further on a team led by those guys.. yes, but that gets back to my point about building a team with a better franchise player, and if melo is on that team he can help... sure..

my question is, will most carmelo fans be fine with this.. because it seems that winning is not enough, but it has to be done with "carmelo leading us"... and sorry, but leading and carmelo just don't seem to fit...

Of course its they, Wade didn't take his teams anywhere without Shaq and Lebron. But with them, they won a 'chip.

And who are these Ghost Posters who feel winning is not enough? I dont see it. Most are very happy with the start the team has gotten off to. I dont see anyone on this board that is a Melo fan first, and Knick fan second. Actually, you got it twisted. I see some posters who in spite of W's over the Heat and Spurs were quick to put a magnifying glass over what Melo didn't do right out in those games.
I still see posters place unrealistic expectations on the backs of this team saying 'if we don't make it to the finals, then its been a disappointing year.' Yet, these same posters picked the Knicks to finish no higher than 3-4 in the conferenc. Go figure.

well i see it, they attribute the knicks start to carmelo and the "domino effect" which we have very little evidence of that.

It just seems as if it is so hard for some to say the knicks are playing well as a team, but no, every single thing from popcorn sales to someone shooting well is attributed to carmelo...

just go take a look, there is a thread on raymond felton.. no one gives a damn, it is empty... there is also a thread on "positive only" knick comments.. not really that busy, mostly some comical answers all in fun... but you post a carmelo MVP/ny knicks thread and you get more responses defending carmelo as a mvp candidate than defending the knicks and their recent play...

but back to the point.. wade is a champion.. end of story.. guys come to play with wade because they felt they could win.. why has none of the elite players run to play with carmelo? maybe we should start asking that.. maybe carmelo has just been very unlucky, or just not good as some think he is.. either way, it is what it is.. I don't think anyone can fairly argue him being better than wade, I don't care who came to play with whom..

Silliness

Of course this thread will get more responses because we have guys like you who act offended by someone starting this type of thread on Melo which causes debate. You come off as rooting against him more then rooting for him to accomplish what you would like him to as a player. The other threads most ppl are pretty much in agreement on and ppl are pretty much repeating the same things so of course the responses will be less. Plus they were started yesterday compared to a week ago.

Wade plays in Miami(great weather & night life), Carmelo played in Denver(Mountains). How many elite players ran over the play with Lebron in Cleveland or Bosh in Canada?

didn't shaq go to cleveland and according to you guys was the reason why wade won?

Lol At least do a google search before posting TKF.

Shaquille O'Neal (Age 33) averaged 20 and 9 for the Heat as a still dominant force in Miami.

Shaquille O'Neal (Age 37) was clearly approaching retirement by the day averaging 12 and 6 for Cleveland.


Shaq on the Heat had regular season numbers but he wasn't near the same dominant Shaq. Go look up Shaq's playoff numbers against the Pistons in the Finals as a Laker, then look up Shaq's playoffs numbers against the Pistons as a Heat.

In Shaq's second season as a Heat his missed over 20gms. This is the year they won it all. Go look up Shaq's Finals numbers this year then compare them to his career Finals averages.


Google Up!!!!

Don't go by numbers, go by watching the actual finals games which Riley switched Shaq to like the other side of the paint or something like that which forced Dallas to alter there whole game plan which they had trouble adapting to defensively and opened up Wade to be the unstoppable beast he was.

Reguardless the context of the convo was comparing Shaq that was traded to Mia to the Shaq that was traded to Cleveland since TKF stated that Shaq is an example of an elite player running to go play with Lebron. Chuck was demonstrating that Shaq wasn't elite anymore. Reguardless of even that Shaq didn't go running to play with Lebron, he didn't force the suns to trade him to Cleveland, Pheniox wanted to get rid of them and Cleveland org felt maybe he could make a difference for them in the playoffs.

I never said shaq was elite, point out where i said that.... he wasn't elite when he was with wade either... he wasn't the LA shaq in miami or cleveland.....

True or false, Shaquille O'Neal was the best center in the NBA in 2006?

True or false when the board was arguing who was the best center back in 2006,many were saying eddy curry... so the answer to your question is false..

I think most would even argue, yao ming, and duncan who was playing center, were better...


I just want to know in your heart of hearts are you trying to minimize the accomplishments of one of, if not the leagues best player that year, the finals mvp, a true 2 way player,in order to defend your position on carmelo anthony.. I ask that because so far, we have seen poster try to minimize lebron, kobe, ewing, all in an attempt to prop up carmelo... do you really see this as a logical argument.. In your heart.. forget what you feel about me, or any other poster...

LOL What?

Did you just mention Eddie Curry and Shaq in the same sentence?

Again, Google is your friend.

Eddie Curry (2006) 13.6 pts/gm, 6 reb/gm, 0.8 blk/gm on 56 FG%

vs

Shaquille O'Neal (2006) 20 pts/gm 9.2 reb/gm, 1.8 blk/gm on 60 FG%(led league in field goal percentage)


Would you care to retract your "False" statement? I'll give you another chance.

why not try reading, you are busting your pants at every attempt to try to "get one up on me"..dude I only mentioned it as it was mentioned on this board.. not saying that I agree at all.. i am just repeating the craziness that went on these forums... as it is today in this thread to some degree...

This argument is silly... wade is a two time champion, and finals mvp.... the same way you feel about curry being mentioned in the same sentence as shaq, is pretty much what is happening here mentioning melo in the same sentence as lebron, wade, dirk, ewing, kobe, etc......

Wade balled in 2006, no doubt. True or False, Wade needed help from near his prime Shaq and a prime Lebron to gain his 2 rings?

I'm pretty sure Melo can "enter the conversation" by the end of the year, no? I'm pretty sure that's all anyone's saying here.

how about lebron and shaq needing wades help, as shaq said he came to play on wade's team, and lebron said the same thing.. you see you can flip it..

As far as the bolded part, well isn't that what some of us have been saying.. it is way to premature to talk about MVP for carmelo... I mean heck chuck, by the end of the year several guys can enter that conversation, we just don't know, and this is what I have been saying all along. this early in the game you could and should include a long list of players who can be in MVP talks after 8 games(3g made a list already), it is just too early...

I agree it's way way too early.

All guys are saying is he, Carmelo, will be on the short list at year's end if Knicks sustain their play:

The current list on NBA.com:

http://www.nba.com/mvp-ladder/2012-13/index.html

Current Rankings
Rank Status Player
1 -- LeBron James
2 Chris Paul
3 -- Carmelo Anthony
4 Kevin Durant
5 Zach Randolph
6 James Harden
7 Tony Parker
8 Kobe Bryant
9 Rajon Rondo
10 NR Brandon Jennings

Clearly NBA.com is working for the MSG propaganda machine....

Looks like NBA.com is sipping the kool aid too. It's totally understandable how the other guys are on that list, but Carmelo Anthony? After only 10 games?

How did they manage to snub Wilson Chandler and Timofey Mozgov? Oh, and Danilo Gallinari! He's the best shooter Mike dantoni has ever seen!

MSG propoganda machine is surely up to its old tricks again, Uptown.

Jamal Crawford!!!! Where the Fuuuuuuuuhuckkkkk is Jamal??????????? I read on here somewhere where he's just as good, if not better than that stupid effing donkey's smiling azz Melo!!!

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11/20/2012  8:41 AM
Ahh Jamaal Crawford........... it makes me wonder what is cosmic doing. LoL, he hated JC snd his and1 crossovers that made the crowds awe.
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11/25/2012  4:21 PM
25 PPG, 7 RPG, and 46% FG with a solid effort on both ends of the floor on the 2nd best team in the East.

Yup, sounds like an MVP candidate to me.

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11/25/2012  4:54 PM
Melo is #2 as of right now per NBA.com


http://www.nba.com/mvp-ladder/2012-13/index.html

Current Rankings
Rank Status Player
1 -- LeBron James
2 Carmelo Anthony
3 Kevin Durant
4 Chris Paul
5 Kobe Bryant
6 Zach Randolph
7 Rajon Rondo
8 Tony Parker
9 NR O.J. Mayo
10 NR Jrue Holiday

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11/25/2012  7:01 PM
Once upon a time, Knick fans collectively celebrated when the best player on our favorite team *Ewing) played well and we won games. We rejoiced when he finally got some attention and was mentioned as an MVP candidate. For some reason, its seems as if some fans are growing more miserable at the thought of Melo garnering this type of attention.
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11/25/2012  8:06 PM    LAST EDITED: 11/25/2012  8:08 PM
knickscity wrote:Melo is #2 as of right now per NBA.com


http://www.nba.com/mvp-ladder/2012-13/index.html

Current Rankings
Rank Status Player
1 -- LeBron James
2 Carmelo Anthony
3 Kevin Durant
4 Chris Paul
5 Kobe Bryant
6 Zach Randolph
7 Rajon Rondo
8 Tony Parker
9 NR O.J. Mayo
10 NR Jrue Holiday

A couple names have already changed in a week and a half. Melo is still solid with positioning. Funny thing is we've lost more games since the thread was created after our fast start. If we lose tomorrow against the Nets then which of their player's creep in? What about a player from the Hawks? You could argue Duncan belongs in the discussion along with Marc Gasol

Holiday and Mayo were always in my original list of early 10s.

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11/25/2012  8:12 PM
3G4G wrote:
knickscity wrote:Melo is #2 as of right now per NBA.com


http://www.nba.com/mvp-ladder/2012-13/index.html

Current Rankings
Rank Status Player
1 -- LeBron James
2 Carmelo Anthony
3 Kevin Durant
4 Chris Paul
5 Kobe Bryant
6 Zach Randolph
7 Rajon Rondo
8 Tony Parker
9 NR O.J. Mayo
10 NR Jrue Holiday

A couple names have already changed in a week and a half. Melo is still solid with positioning. Funny thing is we've lost more games since the thread was created after our fast start. If we lose tomorrow against the Nets then which of their player's creep in? What about a player from the Hawks? You could argue Duncan belongs in the discussion along with Marc Gasol

Holiday and Mayo were always in my original list of early 10s.


How about you go to all those other teams threads and wonder about how about those guys???
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11/26/2012  1:25 AM
Melo. is presently playing ridiculously well and efficient. Just give the man credit. What is wrong with you haters? LoL!
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11/26/2012  4:09 AM
Here Bonn enjoy: .575 TS % for Melo.
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11/26/2012  6:31 AM    LAST EDITED: 11/26/2012  6:32 AM
yellowboy90 wrote:Here Bonn enjoy: .575 TS % for Melo.

His TS% is very good right now, although that bounces around a lot after every game this early in the season. If he keeps this up, I'll be very impressed. All of his non-scoring #s are average to below average.
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11/26/2012  8:24 AM    LAST EDITED: 11/26/2012  8:25 AM
Bonn1997 wrote:
yellowboy90 wrote:Here Bonn enjoy: .575 TS % for Melo.

His TS% is very good right now, although that bounces around a lot after every game this early in the season. If he keeps this up, I'll be very impressed. All of his non-scoring #s are average to below average.

Melo has been very good thus far. Just give him credit and stop nitpicking.

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11/26/2012  9:26 AM
It's not going to happen. The nitpicking will continue, along with the out and out hate.

Maybe Melo reads these threads and uses them for motivation.

Raymond Felton said it all: “Carmelo has just been a great leader, on the court, off the court, just sacrificing whatever for us to win. He’s been giving up his body, he’s been playing defense. Everybody knows he can score, but he’s been doing all the little things to help this team win.’’
Carmelo Anthony's MVP Season and the New York Knicks

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