What happen to carmelo Anthony

[juju151111]

Melo isn't fat, chubby or overweight. Somebody post that link of Melo doing intense workouts.

he is in shape in terms of conditioning, but his added weight slows him down and hurts his defense even more.

[lilojmayo]

one thing happened to melo and thats was AI

Melo is still the shyt tho just watch team usa him and kobe going to lead us to gold

[juju151111]

You're right about one thing. Melo has put on a little weight and it's definetly noticeable, but to say that "all he does now is stay and take midrange shots" is not true. He still does all of what you mentioned in your 1st post {minus game winning shots} you probably just don't see it as much. With Melo, I see improvements in his game every year, except it's only one-sided. The real problem with Melo isn't his offense, but rather his defense and while players in his class like LeBron & Wade have evolved their all around game, Melo hasn't done so and I think that's what you're really noticing about him.




You can put some blame on the coach for that one. George Karl definetly gives his players way too much freedom. Infact, Melo isn't the only player who's put on some weight, guys like Andre Miller and Nene in the past have always shown up overweight to camp. To bad Karl isn't like Pat Riley, who actually disciplines his players into shape.

U seriously telling me Melo is still this explosive off his first step? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08weL3dRA8U I agree with everything else u said tho.His 3 point shot has gotten better and rebounding, but he could of improve thse things without putting on weight.

[Richie2k6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U7XmuKmT5c

Plenty of explosiveness and athleticism there.

[KRAYZIE]

U seriously telling me Melo is still this explosive off his first step? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08weL3dRA8U I agree with everything else u said tho.His 3 point shot has gotten better and rebounding, but he could of improve thse things without putting on weight.

Who cares if he isn't as explosive as he was back then with off his 1st step, especially when has that sweet, sweet, jab step.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U7XmuKmT5c

Plenty of explosiveness and athleticism there.

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[lilojmayo]

Who cares if he isn't as explosive as he was back then with off his 1st step, especially when has that sweet, sweet, jab step.


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melo is still the same player its Allen Iverson thats the Cancer holding Melo Back b4 Iverson showed up in 06 Melo was averaging 30ppg let me repeat that melo was average 30ppg since then he is only average 24ppg you tell me whats the problem

[GOBB]

Yoiu guys are too hard on Melo. Dude is a top 10 player imo. Sure there are parts about his game that need to improve. But tell me Lebron doesnt need improvement or D.Wade (whom I'm a big fan of). Whose defense is better. D.Wade or Melo? To me both stink, Wade has the potential to be a better defender but so does Melo. And while Bron improved his jumper I'm not a fan of his midrange game/shot. Melo/Wade are better to me in that area. I often use Wade/Bron when talkin Melo since they are from the same class. But Melo gets a raw deal. Dude is one of the games most explosive scorers. Remove AI from Denver and he easily avg 30ppg+. This big dog crap I dont like because Big Dog couldnt score like Carmelo can. And Carmelo is still young believe it or not.

24yrs old.

[miles berg]

Carmelo isnt gaining weight, he's growing up. His face is filling out. Like GOBB said, he is just now 24 years old, he was a kid when he was introduced to the nation at Syracuse. A kid.

Not every kid looks like a 35 year old man like LeBron and Oden. Carmelo looked like a kid when he was a kid, he is just growing up and his face is filling out.

The guy isnt fat.

[Mateo]

He doesn't care about anything other than his own points total, and never will.

[KRAYZIE]

melo is still the same player its Allen Iverson thats the Cancer holding Melo Back b4 Iverson showed up in 06 Melo was averaging 30ppg let me repeat that melo was average 30ppg since then he is only average 24ppg you tell me whats the problem

The problem is that since Iverson arrived, he has improved in his fg%, rebounding, steals, & 3-pt%. So what if he's not scoring 30 ppg, it's not all about scoring, I'm glad that he is showing some improvements in the other aspects of his game and not just on points.

[*LeBron*23*]

What happened to him is he's gotten better, stronger, and better at defense.

[Mateo]

What happened to him is he's gotten better, stronger, and better at defense.

That's the biggest crock of **** I've ever heard.

[Xiao Yao You]

while players in his class like LeBron & Wade

He's not even close to being in their class. That's the main problem right there. The guy is seriously overrated. He's a great scorer. He's not one of the great players.

[KRAYZIE]

He's not even close to being in their class. That's the main problem right there. The guy is seriously overrated. He's a great scorer. He's not one of the great players.

I was talking about his draft class, you know guys like LeBron and Wade were in it.

[tsforthrees]

i have said this a million times, the addition of allen iverson has made carmelo anthony a mid range spot up shooter. before ai was here melo was the man, dominating in every game, getting to the hole, shooting mid range shots, dunkin on people, now he has to hang out on the perimeter while he watches ai control the ball. its a horrible situation and sheds melo in a bad light. its a shame that melo is wasting away his prime years watching the offense work through someone else. some people are just melo haters. i am a critic of melo, but to say he is overweight, doesn't care, is overrated, none of those are true. we have such a horrible atmosphere on our team. if he had the team to himself, like he did his first three and a half years, we would be fine, and he would be getting looked at in different ways then he is now.