His parents didn't name Carmelo, Carmelo named his parents.
When opposition teams come to MSG they are each handed an ice pack, in order to lessen the pain when Carmelo eventualy burns them.
The reason the Knicks have "already" lost 10 games is because Carmelo wants to make the NBA look believable, as going 33 and 0 would upset the balance in this world. The extra losses are there so that when he decides to stop letting others have a chance he can always fall back on those 10 losses saying: "I'm not god, after all we did lose those 10 games didn't we?"