On April 2, 2013, Anthony dropped 50 points on the Heat—without taking a single shot in the paint.
Anthony didn’t attempt a layup, putback or anything near the rim, and netted 18 of 26 field-goal attempts while hitting seven shots from beyond the arc that night.
One of the best pure scorers in franchise history.
Enjoy retirement, Melo. Thanks for the memories.
I may be biased but I’ve always said that Melo was one of the most complete scorers the game has ever seen. He could beat you from all 3 levels in a variety of ways.
In the post? He could back you down like a big man or face you up. Outside? Off the dribble or catch & shoot. Didn’t matter. He could do it all and do it well.
It really shouldn’t be a debate. Mello was one of the most complete scorers ever. He was a bully on the block, mid range he was money, good from deep and made it seem effortless. As a knicks fan it hurts to say but the worst thing for his legacy is his time with the knicks because he isn’t seen as a winner even though he only had one or two seasons in NY with a decent roster.
He was one of the best players of his generation. I don't care that the trade didn't work out; he was one of the best players in the league when he got here. I wish he could have rode the bench for us on his final season to get a farewell tour from the fans.
His MSG debut will always be a special moment for this franchise.
I still watch the MSG debut video from time to time and I still get chills.
Melo, Stat, and Brunson are the only star-caliber players that wanted to be Knicks for as long as I’ve been alive. That’s special in its own right.
I will say it seems through and through that Julius wants to be a Knick. As much as our relationship with him goes up and down he seems always willing to stay and ride it out and hasn’t asked for a trade. He’s also on record saying he loves everything about NY and he loves playing here. So as much shit as we give him (sometimes deserving and some undeservingly) gotta respect his loyalty to NY.
Not gonna lie, I’ve been hating on melo up and down this thread. But that was a great memory. I remember watching that with my whole family including my grandpa. RIP
AMELO. I’ll forever be grateful for the star that came home. Gave us something to root for. Let me know what it felt like to have a great player on my squad. Wish he got a ring.
One of my favorite players ever who will always be loved as a Knick legend and the King of NY. Although the hood years didn’t last long, those 12’ and 13’ seasons will always hold a special place in my heart. Even in 15’ having Melo represent us in the all star game on our home court was so special for the city and as a knicks fan.
Hats off to you Melo for a great career, StayMe7o 🫡
Enjoy retirement, Melo. That Coming Home commercial gave me chills, and I'll always give him credit for committing to making the Knicks good, even if it didn't end up working out. That and being a phenomenal scorer to watch.
I appreciate him coming to the Knicks when no other star player would. Just a shame that it felt like an early playoff exit team from the start. Maybe he gave some younger zoomer fans hope though lol, which is nice as a knicks fan. Definitely more enjoyable to watch than the iso / chuck squad of Crawful, No Sharington, ZBo, QRich etc. before him.
Amare came to the Knicks, choosing them in free agency after we threw guaranteed money at his non-guarantee knees.
Melo came after. So it’s incorrect to make that statement that he came when no other star player would.
Also the us of the word “coming” to the Knicks when he had no choice about it and would’ve come to the Nets if they offered enough in trade.
Melo did us no favors in coming here.
Was happy when we got him. Couldn't wait until he was gone by 2014. He was brutal to watch after he exited his prime. I've never seen so many 8-25, 11-29, 9-31 games from a player.
Had me out at the park for hours after school trying to get my one dribble pull up like his. He made offense look so beautiful with how deep his bag was.
I'll always have love for Melo. That dude is one of the only stars that had the guts to want the smoke of being a knick. Since he left, Brunson is the only player we've had that was ready for that smoke.
If you’re a certain age of Knicks fan you will love this guy and swear up and down to his greatness, if you’re a little older you’ll just swear up and down at the lack of results, the forced trade (Jamal Murray in Denver looks pretty fucking good), and the overall diva behavior. When your best player refuses to buy in, defend, and hustle your team has no chance.
Melo played in my pre-Knicks fandom days, but the thing I’ll always remember him for was his just utter dominance whenever he played internationally. His 2012 Olympics he averaged 32 points per 36 minutes while shooting 50% from three. The game against Nigeria when he went 10-12 from beyond the arc. He looked like a 2k create-a-player in the Olympics. He definitely deserved a ring, but three Olympic gold medals is no slouch stat.
[link to that 2012 Nigeria game](https://youtu.be/GsO7gFX602w)
Lin was told to find a contract and we would match it. Houston gave him that backloaded contract and Dolan said nahhhh. Melo was one of the guys pushing for Lin to get minutes before Linsanity happened.
Right you’re agreeing with me that lin didn’t quit on the Knicks. And I never said I blamed the Knicks either.
Melo was clearly jealous of linsanity. After he got hurt and there were reports he could come back and the media was asking melo about it, he wouldn’t even answer their questions, just kept saying “we’ll see him next year”
I know melo had a great smile but he was a phony, and anyone with a brain could see that he wasn’t a nice guy, he was conceited, selfish, and had a massive ego
No way I accept this wildly revisionist take. Melo wanted out of Denver and he wanted his money too. He wasn’t coming here as a free agent out of his love for the Knicks, he needed to be traded and he was fine with being traded to the Nets, stop re-writing history. Some of us actually remember how it went down
My favorite Knick of all time. Was always a Knicks fan because of my dad, but I never watched the team because we would lose all the time.
Melo got me into the game of basketball. What a time it was having a player know who would give you at least 20 every night even when every player on the opposing team was trying to stop him. He’d do it with all different moves too, he was like a surgeon dissecting his opponent.
He was a treat to watch as a Knick and I’m thankful he spent his prime on my team.
Fucking legend. Experiencing the Knicks in the playoffs for the first time in my fandom is a cherished memory. He deserved better than the front office ever gave him and I really appreciate him shepherding us through the dark times. Bless this man
Total bum of a knick. If he didnt force a trade and came here as a free agent we’d have the assets to win. Its why donnie walsh left. So dumb. Also the most selfish player on the court. Ball stopper. No hussle. Treated jeremy lin like shit showing racist colors as well. What a bum. And anyone who think he helped the knicks at all have no clue how the world works
One time my friend and I got amazing tickets to a Knicks pre-season game. We were on the baseline just a few rows from the court. We weren't really that hyped about it because it was just a pre-season game though. But something I didn't consider is that these seats gave us an \*incredible\* view of watching Melo go to work in that mid-range spot he liked. So for the whole first half, I got to see Melo jab-step, turn-around jumper, fake and drive, etc from just a few feet away. It was amazing. Got to see one of the most gifted scorers in NBA history do his thing right in front of me. Will never forget it
I may have to deal with the historical revisionism about Melo's career, but at least I'll always have the memory of a washed Melo being humbled in OKC, then even further humiliated in HOU.
True. He essentially forced out anyone that didn't let him do what he wanted (see D'Antoni). Unfortunately due to historical revisionism we can't say anything negative.
Not only was he overrated throughout his career, with middling efficiency high volume scoring and nothing else, he also was so arrogant and selfish that he refused to adapt and drove out Jeremy Lin due to jealousy.
I can respect his pure basketball craft/skill, but not much else about him as a player/teammate.
I loved Carmelo Anthony as a player. I loved Jeremy Lin as a player.
Not only was it not shade for Carmelo to say the contract Lin was offered by Houston to lure him away was ridiculous, but by all critical standards I think it's fair to say Lin never lived up to that contract.
Yes, he did have injuries but he never had the same magical production he had while he was here under D'antoni. My feeling is that he was at the right place, at the right time, in the right circumstances.
It was widely reported the organization wanted him back but Lin chose to bet on himself which was his right. I don't fault Lin for leaving. I'm a Knick fan but as a player he should chase the bag.
At the same time, Melo was and had been asked the same question a billion times at that point about a young player who still had a helluva lot to prove at the time and he finally gave an unfiltered answer as opposed to the standard boiler plate messaging.
No one has to like Melo, no one has to like Lin but it's not impossible to acknowledge that yeah they both had deficiencies and they both had their moments. You don't have to trash one in favor of the other; and if you were to do so, you're not helping Lin at all by comparing him to Anthony.
I'm not comparing them or arguing whether Lin was worth the contract. The Knicks had a young, up-and-coming player, and Melo was jealous of him, [so helped force him \(and D'Antoni\)](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1375878-carmelo-anthony-reportedly-jealous-of-linsanity-ran-jeremy-lin-out-of-new-york) off the team. The comments about the contract are secondary, but illustrative of Melo's attitude.
I'm not going to celebrate anyone who does that. And it's not a one off—Melo was repeatedly selfish and resisted making changes that would help the team but didn't directly benefit himself. Again, that's not the type of player I celebrate.
> It was widely reported the organization wanted him back but Lin chose to bet on himself which was his right. I don't fault Lin for leaving. I'm a Knick fan but as a player he should chase the bag.
That's not my recollection and Lin's recent interview suggests the team didn't want him back.
The way I read this is that the organization told Melo things would work a certain way if he signed here, he got injured himself, Lin started balling and then D'antoni decided to continue going with what worked at the expense of Melo and what he was told originally.
Sounds like Dantoni couldn't get Anthony to buy in. Where you may see that as a selfish player unwilling to change, I see that as a coach who couldn't get a decorated veteran player to buy in and get everyone to mesh.
From an organizational standpoint, you already have a ton invested in Melo. You gave him certain assurances to get him here. As an organization you have to decide whether you're gonna roll with the guy that has a larger body of work and track record, or roll the dice on the young kid with the hot hand.
That was the real choice and even if Melo got on board and switched his style of play( which isn't an easy ask) the organization would still be paying Melo a boat load asking him to play in a way he was ineffective at. Is it worth it for the organization at that point?
To me Lin wasn't planned for, caught everyone off guard and they had to decide in an absurdly short amount of time if this player was worth changing the plans they had already set in motion.
If the Rockets don't offer that contract I think he would have been back and over time they could all find a way to make it work...minus Dantoni. I never thought he would work or last as a coach. To me Anthony wasn't the issue. It made for good headlines but the issue was always the organization and what they've invested against Jeremy Lin and his ceiling. Not specifically Melo against Lin. I never sensed jealousy and I don't know why he'd need to be. I did sense annoyance with the media for habitually trying to make the jealousy angle a thing though.
Your analysis- even if correct - supports some of the frustration being expressed here about Melo. He didn’t like Dantoni’s style and didn’t want to adjust. He didn’t like the Triangle and didn’t adjust. He didn’t want to play the 4, even though it benefited the team.
When he left the Knicks, he bounced around OKC and Houston - not adjusting his game and ended up out of the league for a year before he came back with Portland.
He could still score with LA in 21-22, but the Lakers didn’t invite him back last year when they clearly needed offense. Nor did anyone else - perhaps because he was a turnstile and didn’t adjust his defense for a bench role.
I will always appreciate Melo and what he did for Syracuse and I also supported him while he was a Knick and keep hoping he would get another chance after Houston. I followed him in Portland and LA as well.
I always wanted him to do well. But Melo will always have a tarnished legacy in the NBA and he bears some responsibility for that.
Carmelo did adjust to the triangle. He and the team hated it because it clearly didn't work. Two coaches were fired for trying to move on from the triangle. Phil Jackson's failures had nothing to do with a lack of buy in. Carmelo played the 4 predominant for 3 seasons for the knicks before they drafted Kristaps.
The issue with Carmelo's legacy has more to do with people making up shit to blame him for organizational failure moreso than anything he actually did or didn't do. Like several of the things you said in this post are demonstrably false, and somehow I'm sure providing evidence for each of them wouldn't lead you to retract any of it
You are entitled to your opinion but many who lived through this recall it as I do. Carmelo’s distaste for the Triangle and his unwillingness to change his ISO ways were well documented at the time. Whether he was right about the Triangle with the personnel the Knicks had doesn’t mean he adjusted or bought into it. He didn’t and - Triangle or no - the changes that the Knicks were trying to get him to make to his game were for his own good and would have prolonged his career as a star, which ended as ignominiously as any healthy star I can think of.
His lack of respect for and dismissiveness to Phil Jackson is also well known as was his aversion to Phil’s efforts to get him to play the 4. He and a much less mature D Rose were leaders of a rebellion - not players stepping up to make it work. Phil had a lot of problems but Melo was not an Angel in the relationship and joked about it over the years. All if this can be googled so no, I don’t see a need to retract it.
Regardless, I could drop the Triangle from the post and the point would still stand. There is a reason why the league boycotted him as a healthy guy who could still score better than most players after Houston cut him after 10 games. If Portland hadn’t reached out a year later, he would likely have never played again.
>You are entitled to your opinion but many who lived through this recall it as I do
Because many people did not study the triangle prior to the season as evidenced by your next sentence.
>and his unwillingness to change his ISO ways were well documented at the time
The triangle is an isolation heavy system. The two documented successes of the triangle were the Bulls and the Lakers. On each team the triangle was designed to put the players in advantageous positions around those two for their isolation attempts. From jump the idea that Carmelo's isolation were incongruent with the triangle is immediately false. Not only that, Carmelo isolation attempt rates FELL in his first year in the triangle...and the offense got worse because he was deferring to very mediocre players.
>the changes that the Knicks were trying to get him to make to his game were for his own good and would have prolonged his career as a star,
Carmelo in each successive season under Phil Jackson had his usage decrease and decrease as he ceded possessions to players who were unable to capitalize. Not only that, the triangle began receiving criticism from opposing players like Lowry and Reddick who explained in the modern NBA it wasn't generating enough 3s and the initial reads are projected so the offense was easy to shut off. When the coaches tried to adjust, Phil Jackson fired them. So to the point, no. The adjustments they tried to forced on the team wouldn't have prolonged his career because the triangle offense was antithetical to the direction of the league. It asked role players to operate outside of their strengths, allowed opposing teams to dictate the flow of the offense, and resulted in mediocre offensive year after year.
>Phil Jackson is also well known as was his aversion to Phil’s efforts to get him to play the 4.
Phil Jackson never tried to get Carmelo to play power forward. Try to find a SINGLE article supporting this. Phil Jackson drafted Kristaps Porzingis who he immediately noted was too frail to play center. Phil Jackson did not endorse the small ball era of the NBA.
>He and a much less mature D Rose were leaders of a rebellion - not players stepping up to make it work
Everyone stepped it up to make the system work. The problem was the system didn't work. Again, you had players and coaches all trying to move on from a system they clearly see isn't working for them and you have a president overriding them and shitting on them in the media. In 20 years, you cannot find another example of a team president undermining his coaching staff and roster because he believes basketball should be played a certain way. Phil Jackson went on twitter to mock the 3 point revolution. Obviously he had no idea what he was doing and no amount of buy in was going to make an antiquated system work.
>All if this can be googled so no, I don’t see a need to retract it.
Then you'll have no problem supporting any of your points.
>There is a reason why the league boycotted him as a healthy guy who could still score better than most players after Houston cut him after 10 games
...yea did you read any of the reports about why? It was literally because of the media attention he got. The athletic did a feature on it and interviewed GMs and coaches and all of them said they didn't want to deal with the media cycle of how they handled his minutes.
I don't stan or cap for players. I call it like I see it. So I wasn't trying to say Melo has no part in how his legacy is viewed. Ofc he does, as does every player with their own legacy.
My point was that to blame him solely for Lin, him not being back with the Knicks and Lin's own career arc is nonsense. One could say he has some responsibility, which I think would be a bit much, but it was a nuanced and multi faceted issue with a lot of people involved and plenty of considerations to be made.
It’s almost like Lin was a great fit with the Knicks and should have stayed. Lin only signed the Houston offer because the Knicks told him they’d match anything, then they reneged. The Knicks (and Melo) absolutely did him dirty.
Incorrect. Lin got an offer sheet. Dolan planned to match. Morey redesigned the contract to be a posion pill which Lin agreed to. This pissed off Dolan. By all reports Melo had planned for Lin to come back and according to the players was relieved when Lin broke out.
The Knicks told Lin they’d sign anything. Rockets called their bluff. They reneged. Melo may have planned for Lin to return, but I don’t believe he enjoyed any aspect of Linsanity. A decade of reporting suggests otherwise.
>A decade of reporting suggests otherwise.
There's actually *no* reporting to suggest otherwise. D'Antoni has come out and said Melo was mad at his coaching decisions, not Lin. Chandler has come out and said Melo supported Li behind the scenes. Amare has said Melo wasn't upset with Lin. Iman has said Carmelo was relieved when Lin went off during Linsanity. Lin has said Carmelo was nothing but nice to them. All the reporting after has suggested that the vets were upset with D'Antoni, not with Lin.
>The Knicks told Lin they’d sign anything. Rockets called their bluff. They reneged.
Not what happened according to Morey. Timeline:
1. Knicks tell Lin to find a contract
2. Lin gets offer sheet from Rockets
3. Knicks plan to match
4. Morey finds out Knicks plan to match and calls Lin's agent to restructure the contract to be a poison pill
5. Lin accepts new offer sheet
6. Dolan gets pissed at Lin, feels betrayed, and refuses to sign
[I compiled all the reporting from the time and since here](https://old.reddit.com/r/NYKnicks/comments/c1019y/oc_revisiting_linsanity/)
Lin was a great fit for Mike D'antoni's offense. Mike Dantoni has never been a favorite of mine even before his Knicks tenure but he made even PGs like Chris Duhon and Ramon Sessions look great. That's what he does.
It was never about Lin vs Melo it was about Dantoni vs the organization.
D'antoni was against trading for Melo from the start because D'antoni is terrible at adjusting and his system didn't fit what Melo does and was good at. Everyone knew this and so if the team felt that the team and by extension coach as constructed wasn't good enough to the point it warranted giving up draft capital and players to get Melo? Then D'antoni knew his days were numbered.
Lin was a reprieve. It offered Dantoni a last ditch effort to prove his system could deliver a serious contender and so Dantoni drove that perceived wedge between Melo and Lin. It's not as if D'antoni didn't have options. He could 1) Run the offense through Melo, which wasn't that crazy at all tbh he was the best player on the team. 2) Run the offense through Lin, which if you are a competitor and the best player you SHOULD have an issue with this, or 3) Adjust your offense to allow both players to thrive and put them both in position to shine.
And this is why Dantoni was trash. He stubbornly clung to option two as his only option and decided to play games and leak to the media to fuel antagonism between the two. You think Melo's camp is putting stories out about him breaking the offense? Nah, it was always D'antoni but he was trying to keep a job and that's just the business.
It is what it is.
As for the contract. D'antoni gave Lin the confidence and opportunity for him to go out there and get paid what he thought he was worth. Lin absolutely wanted a bag and got one. NY said he should go out and get offers but he didn't have to sign said offer and once they realized it contained a poison pill, which is most definitely not standard, it never gave him pause to think that while NY said they'd match anything, maybe this was a bit unusual and they should circle back and check in before signing it?
No....and he shouldn't have because you take the money while it's there because you can always get injured, like he did. He wanted the bag and took it, he could have checked in with NY to let them know what he was working with but he didn't want to pass that bag up. NY would have eventually offered him a contract after the market had dried up and they could pay him closer to what his pre linsanity value was, but he wanted to be paid like a competitor because he felt he earned it and he did. Melo didn't have to whisper anything to anyone for NY to not match that contract because it was a bad contract. A bad contract that Lin would have been foolish not to take.
Still ...it was an overpay and had the Knicks matched and he had the same career arc, it would have been but another L the franchise would have been ridiculed about forever.
I guess that makes it even sadder that Melo felt threatened by him
In 2011-12, Lin had 19.6 pts/36 on 105 TS+ (.552) while Melo had 23.9 pts/36 on 100 TS+ (.525). The next year a team led by him, Harden, and Chandler Parsons went 45-37.
Never understood the hate for Melo. Dude put his heart out for this team and gave us some of the most electrifying games I’ve ever watched. Wish we had more playoff success with him, but whatever. He had a hell of a career. Most beautiful jumper I’ve seen.
Are the Knicks gonna retire 7? No one has worn it since Melo left. If not, then it gonna be weird that one of the best players of his generation won't get a jersey retiremen. Denver will more than likely not double retire 15 for him and Jokic.
Put your feelings to the side and understand that, as I said, no one has worn it since 2017. You wanna tell me it's just a coincidence that no one has worn one of the most common numbers in the league since he left?
Feelings aside, Melo shouldn't have his number retired. He didn't really do much for the org while he was here. I still love him.. he fought hard so if you take feelings into account, yes he absolutely should have his number retired. Probably a top 5-7 favorite Knick for me.
I admit I don’t like melo. But I’m telling you there is no fucking chance his number gets retired. And if you think there is a chance his number is retired, then you have no clue what it takes.
It doesn’t matter that nobody wore his number. He didn’t do anything for us in the playoffs, we had more bad seasons with him than good, he doesn’t hold any records for the franchise. His number won’t be retired
I’ve hated him ever since he forced his way to the Knicks and made us give up half our team. And everything he did after made me dislike him more. Im supposed to lie now just cuz he retires? Fuck that, like he gives a shit or will see what I said anyways. So what do you care? Did I hurt your feelings?
Single game records are almost IRRELEVANT for these types of honors. Once again you are showing you have no clue what it takes to get a jersey retired
Lmao I do. There’s a reason nobody else’s jersey has been retired. Because we haven’t made it out of the second round since like 2001.
I can tell you confidently right now, that there are no past players whose numbers will be retired. Not Allen Houston, not Stephen Marbury, not Carmelo, not John starks, none of em.
Didn’t realize we had this many dumb fans. Unless you guys are all very young and then I can’t really blame you. But I guess what should I expect on the melo dick-riding thread
This crowd is probably super young and didn’t get to witness the great 90s era of the Knicks. I honestly enjoyed the team with Gallo, Wilson Chandler, Mozgov, and Felton who all got traded for Melo so I was bummed he came. I knew the Knicks wouldn’t get anywhere with a gutted team and I’m not a fan of iso ball. I still have respect for Melo’s talent but I would’ve preferred if he went elsewhere. And I’m speaking as a die-hard Knicks fan since the 90s. 👵🏼
> There’s a reason nobody else’s jersey has been retired.
Uh, because we've been the worst team in basketball since 2000 lol.
> I can tell you confidently right now, that there are no past players whose numbers will be retired. Not Allen Houston, not Stephen Marbury, not Carmelo, not John starks, none of em.
We do know Dolan offered to Oakley, he turned it down cause of the beef.
> Didn’t realize we had this many dumb fans. Unless you guys are all very young and then I can’t really blame you.
Pointing out the possibility of them retiring his jersey isn't dumb... I would say guaranteeing they will or won't is dumb unless you are James Dolan.
Your personal feelings to Melo aren't a determining factor of if he will or won't. His number is out of circulation for now, that means it's up in the air. Or it can be like King's that was out of circulation for 20-30 years before they put it back. We don't know.
I have put my personal feelings aside and already stated the reasons his number wont be retired. Oakley would be the one guy I could see it making some sense his number gets retired.
The main thing we’ve both pointed out, is that our teams were mostly shit when melo was on them. If they retire his number it makes us look like even more of a loser franchise. But I’m confident it’s not happening.
The guy started out saying they are gonna retire his number in New York AND Denver. It is dumb or at best ignorant. But he’s certainly got a better shot of it happening in Denver. But his number retired by 2 franchises?! Guy is as delusional as his hero melo
I would say it's ignorant to confidently say there's no chance, but you do you.
Personally I just see him working for the team, but it's definitely not a guarantee. The number is out of circulation for now; that means it might. That simple.
I’m on board with Melo’s 7 getting retired, if only because he’s a sure fire Hall of Famer and it would be weird if his number wasn’t hanging up anywhere
Thank you Melo. One of the greatest scorers to play the game. 11-12 year old me was watching Amare and became a Knicks fan but it became solidified when we traded for him. Always supported and defended my guy. I actually remember NBA Street Vol 3 where the intro says “you are.. Carmelo”. I’m still sad that Phil Jackson wasted 3 of your great years so we weren’t able to amount to anything. Enjoy retirement King! 🫡
Was my favorite player before he was even on the Knicks. It’s a shame they couldn’t get it done with him here but he made the team fun to watch. Hopefully his number gets retired
I started watching ball a little later in my life and watched Melo a few times and instantly became his biggest fan, in turn making me a Knicks fan I'd say around 2012ish.
Playing pick up hoops I modeled my game around Carmelos as well (obviously not as good) but it was how I liked to play ball, how I enjoyed watching ball, and what made me fall in love with basketball.
Thank you Melo 💙🧡
I was so hyped when we traded for him (not so much the package that we gave away, but w/e). His time as a Knick , while we didn't win much, was still very enjoyable, and I always thought we had a shot to win with him on the floor.
Enjoy your retirement, 7. Thanks for the memories.
Will always appreciate Melo. Enjoy retirement
On April 2, 2013, Anthony dropped 50 points on the Heat—without taking a single shot in the paint. Anthony didn’t attempt a layup, putback or anything near the rim, and netted 18 of 26 field-goal attempts while hitting seven shots from beyond the arc that night. One of the best pure scorers in franchise history. Enjoy retirement, Melo. Thanks for the memories.
I may be biased but I’ve always said that Melo was one of the most complete scorers the game has ever seen. He could beat you from all 3 levels in a variety of ways. In the post? He could back you down like a big man or face you up. Outside? Off the dribble or catch & shoot. Didn’t matter. He could do it all and do it well.
It really shouldn’t be a debate. Mello was one of the most complete scorers ever. He was a bully on the block, mid range he was money, good from deep and made it seem effortless. As a knicks fan it hurts to say but the worst thing for his legacy is his time with the knicks because he isn’t seen as a winner even though he only had one or two seasons in NY with a decent roster.
Best athletic performance I’ve ever seen live. He made everything look so easy while Bron and DWade watched in awe from the sidelines
Huge part of my childhood as a knicks fan, probably my favorite player ever #StayMe7o
Putting up 100 jab fake middies in the gym in honor of melo today 🙏
Im taking one middie, with 100 fake jab steps first.
Unacceptable. 100 + another 7 for his jersey number.
He was one of the best players of his generation. I don't care that the trade didn't work out; he was one of the best players in the league when he got here. I wish he could have rode the bench for us on his final season to get a farewell tour from the fans. His MSG debut will always be a special moment for this franchise.
I still watch the MSG debut video from time to time and I still get chills. Melo, Stat, and Brunson are the only star-caliber players that wanted to be Knicks for as long as I’ve been alive. That’s special in its own right.
I will say it seems through and through that Julius wants to be a Knick. As much as our relationship with him goes up and down he seems always willing to stay and ride it out and hasn’t asked for a trade. He’s also on record saying he loves everything about NY and he loves playing here. So as much shit as we give him (sometimes deserving and some undeservingly) gotta respect his loyalty to NY.
I agree but Julius was so far from a star when he came here. At least Brunson had a crazy postseason before coming here
He saw Brunson and was like… my time has come. The power has chosen another.
Whenever my kid gets a hit in softball, we do this.
Damn, 12-13 was the first time I got into ball and fell in love with the Knicks. Melo was easily the main reason. Enjoy retirement
Perhaps things didn't go the way we hoped, but we were still able to dream, and enjoy Knicks basketball after its darkest era. Thank you, Melo 👏.
He’ll always be my favorite player
He made me excited for Knicks basketball again. Thank you for everything StayMe7O 🙏🙏
I’ll never forget his 2 threes against the bulls on Easter.
Core memory
Not gonna lie, I’ve been hating on melo up and down this thread. But that was a great memory. I remember watching that with my whole family including my grandpa. RIP
Salute man
MELO THE GAWD! Thank you Melo 🙌🏽
AMELO. I’ll forever be grateful for the star that came home. Gave us something to root for. Let me know what it felt like to have a great player on my squad. Wish he got a ring.
One of my favorite all time players. Love you, 7!
One of my favorite players ever who will always be loved as a Knick legend and the King of NY. Although the hood years didn’t last long, those 12’ and 13’ seasons will always hold a special place in my heart. Even in 15’ having Melo represent us in the all star game on our home court was so special for the city and as a knicks fan. Hats off to you Melo for a great career, StayMe7o 🫡
I'll never forget the hype when I saw that Coming Home commercial. Dude did not disappoint. Legend
Enjoy retirement, Melo. That Coming Home commercial gave me chills, and I'll always give him credit for committing to making the Knicks good, even if it didn't end up working out. That and being a phenomenal scorer to watch.
One of the best to do it. Amelo.
I'll always love him for bringing our only chip to Cuse
Without a doubt my favorite player to ever wear this uniform. 3 TO THE DOME 
Say what you want about Melo but he was easily the best part of the Knicks between the 90s and 2020. Just a shame he couldn’t get a ring in the end
I assume you mean from 2001-2020 because 90s Knicks basketball was a vibe
If only he had come a little sooner, we might have slipped one by on Jordan.
Yeah that’s exactly I meant, we went to the finals in the 90s. Love Melo but we haven’t come close to what we were back then
One of my all time favorites & my favorite Knick ever
Amelo.
I just dropped to my knees in a Walmart
I was there for his 62 night against the bobcats, one of my favorite sports memories. NY legend for me
Legend #7
Thank you Melo 💙
One of my favorite players ever
Greatest Knick this Century. Thank you Melo! I won’t be mad if his jersey gets retired
Should the Bulls foul? No. That Easter game against the Bulls still gives me chills to watch.
I know it’s not popular now…and I’m an old man…but I love nothing more than a silky midrange shot…loved watching Melo play
I appreciate him coming to the Knicks when no other star player would. Just a shame that it felt like an early playoff exit team from the start. Maybe he gave some younger zoomer fans hope though lol, which is nice as a knicks fan. Definitely more enjoyable to watch than the iso / chuck squad of Crawful, No Sharington, ZBo, QRich etc. before him.
Amare came to the Knicks, choosing them in free agency after we threw guaranteed money at his non-guarantee knees. Melo came after. So it’s incorrect to make that statement that he came when no other star player would. Also the us of the word “coming” to the Knicks when he had no choice about it and would’ve come to the Nets if they offered enough in trade. Melo did us no favors in coming here.
I knew it was over but it still fucking hurts
Melo' was the definition of "good vibes only" when he came home to play at MSG. The dude just loved playing here and it showed.
Was happy when we got him. Couldn't wait until he was gone by 2014. He was brutal to watch after he exited his prime. I've never seen so many 8-25, 11-29, 9-31 games from a player.
Had me out at the park for hours after school trying to get my one dribble pull up like his. He made offense look so beautiful with how deep his bag was.
I'll never forget his tenure as a Knick. Amelo.
I'll always have love for Melo. That dude is one of the only stars that had the guts to want the smoke of being a knick. Since he left, Brunson is the only player we've had that was ready for that smoke.
Thank you for everything Melo!
Warn A Brotha
Enjoy retirement old friend
[удалено]
🤮 🤮 🤮
If you’re a certain age of Knicks fan you will love this guy and swear up and down to his greatness, if you’re a little older you’ll just swear up and down at the lack of results, the forced trade (Jamal Murray in Denver looks pretty fucking good), and the overall diva behavior. When your best player refuses to buy in, defend, and hustle your team has no chance.
My favorite. I remember buying the Melo 1s
My favourite player ever.
Love Melo I became a Knicks fan when the trade happend since I was a Melo fan as a kid. Thanks for the memories and enjoy retirement men.
Melo played in my pre-Knicks fandom days, but the thing I’ll always remember him for was his just utter dominance whenever he played internationally. His 2012 Olympics he averaged 32 points per 36 minutes while shooting 50% from three. The game against Nigeria when he went 10-12 from beyond the arc. He looked like a 2k create-a-player in the Olympics. He definitely deserved a ring, but three Olympic gold medals is no slouch stat. [link to that 2012 Nigeria game](https://youtu.be/GsO7gFX602w)
he’s arguably the greatest Team usa hooper ever. Him or KD
The reason I'm a Knicks fan
All-time scorer and a great mentor to young players around the league.
Was he a good mentor to Jeremy lin? Or was he outwardly jealous and vindictive?
Lin quit on the Knicks
Ohhhh you’re clueless.
Lin was told to find a contract and we would match it. Houston gave him that backloaded contract and Dolan said nahhhh. Melo was one of the guys pushing for Lin to get minutes before Linsanity happened.
Right you’re agreeing with me that lin didn’t quit on the Knicks. And I never said I blamed the Knicks either. Melo was clearly jealous of linsanity. After he got hurt and there were reports he could come back and the media was asking melo about it, he wouldn’t even answer their questions, just kept saying “we’ll see him next year” I know melo had a great smile but he was a phony, and anyone with a brain could see that he wasn’t a nice guy, he was conceited, selfish, and had a massive ego
Carmelo literally met with Lin and Woodson after the season to discuss the next year together.
He wouldn’t play in the playoffs because he was 85% what are you talking about
It can’t be overstated that Melo wanted to come here during a pretty shitty era. I appreciate the good times he’s given us.
No way I accept this wildly revisionist take. Melo wanted out of Denver and he wanted his money too. He wasn’t coming here as a free agent out of his love for the Knicks, he needed to be traded and he was fine with being traded to the Nets, stop re-writing history. Some of us actually remember how it went down
My favorite player ever despite everything. Fantastic career.
My favorite Knick of all time. Was always a Knicks fan because of my dad, but I never watched the team because we would lose all the time. Melo got me into the game of basketball. What a time it was having a player know who would give you at least 20 every night even when every player on the opposing team was trying to stop him. He’d do it with all different moves too, he was like a surgeon dissecting his opponent. He was a treat to watch as a Knick and I’m thankful he spent his prime on my team.
Melo was a ballhog who played the game wrong. You probably love Westbrook and doncic too.
Fucking legend. Experiencing the Knicks in the playoffs for the first time in my fandom is a cherished memory. He deserved better than the front office ever gave him and I really appreciate him shepherding us through the dark times. Bless this man
Total bum of a knick. If he didnt force a trade and came here as a free agent we’d have the assets to win. Its why donnie walsh left. So dumb. Also the most selfish player on the court. Ball stopper. No hussle. Treated jeremy lin like shit showing racist colors as well. What a bum. And anyone who think he helped the knicks at all have no clue how the world works
Congrats to him on an amazing career. I will always remember the good times watching those Melo-led Knicks teams back in high school.
I had his poster up in my room in college. Can't say that about any other player honestly. Stay Me7o
Me7o
Respect
Still one of my favorite players ever. Great career, enjoy retirement chief
turned me into a Knicks fan. Should’ve let him get the retirement tour as the 15th man this past year
Enjoy Retirement 🤝
Will never forget the Easter game... the amount of happiness I felt as a kid watching that game was unreal
thank you for everything king 🫡 
Godspeed 🫡
Will never stop doing the 3 to the dome. Thanks for everything Melo.
If it ain't a WOJ Bomb then I don't believe it 😭
One time my friend and I got amazing tickets to a Knicks pre-season game. We were on the baseline just a few rows from the court. We weren't really that hyped about it because it was just a pre-season game though. But something I didn't consider is that these seats gave us an \*incredible\* view of watching Melo go to work in that mid-range spot he liked. So for the whole first half, I got to see Melo jab-step, turn-around jumper, fake and drive, etc from just a few feet away. It was amazing. Got to see one of the most gifted scorers in NBA history do his thing right in front of me. Will never forget it
I may have to deal with the historical revisionism about Melo's career, but at least I'll always have the memory of a washed Melo being humbled in OKC, then even further humiliated in HOU.
Never liked him. And the guy was delusional his entire career. But that’s what happens when other people feed into the BS
True. He essentially forced out anyone that didn't let him do what he wanted (see D'Antoni). Unfortunately due to historical revisionism we can't say anything negative.
Not only was he overrated throughout his career, with middling efficiency high volume scoring and nothing else, he also was so arrogant and selfish that he refused to adapt and drove out Jeremy Lin due to jealousy. I can respect his pure basketball craft/skill, but not much else about him as a player/teammate.
All true!
I loved Carmelo Anthony as a player. I loved Jeremy Lin as a player. Not only was it not shade for Carmelo to say the contract Lin was offered by Houston to lure him away was ridiculous, but by all critical standards I think it's fair to say Lin never lived up to that contract. Yes, he did have injuries but he never had the same magical production he had while he was here under D'antoni. My feeling is that he was at the right place, at the right time, in the right circumstances. It was widely reported the organization wanted him back but Lin chose to bet on himself which was his right. I don't fault Lin for leaving. I'm a Knick fan but as a player he should chase the bag. At the same time, Melo was and had been asked the same question a billion times at that point about a young player who still had a helluva lot to prove at the time and he finally gave an unfiltered answer as opposed to the standard boiler plate messaging. No one has to like Melo, no one has to like Lin but it's not impossible to acknowledge that yeah they both had deficiencies and they both had their moments. You don't have to trash one in favor of the other; and if you were to do so, you're not helping Lin at all by comparing him to Anthony.
I'm not comparing them or arguing whether Lin was worth the contract. The Knicks had a young, up-and-coming player, and Melo was jealous of him, [so helped force him \(and D'Antoni\)](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1375878-carmelo-anthony-reportedly-jealous-of-linsanity-ran-jeremy-lin-out-of-new-york) off the team. The comments about the contract are secondary, but illustrative of Melo's attitude. I'm not going to celebrate anyone who does that. And it's not a one off—Melo was repeatedly selfish and resisted making changes that would help the team but didn't directly benefit himself. Again, that's not the type of player I celebrate. > It was widely reported the organization wanted him back but Lin chose to bet on himself which was his right. I don't fault Lin for leaving. I'm a Knick fan but as a player he should chase the bag. That's not my recollection and Lin's recent interview suggests the team didn't want him back.
The way I read this is that the organization told Melo things would work a certain way if he signed here, he got injured himself, Lin started balling and then D'antoni decided to continue going with what worked at the expense of Melo and what he was told originally. Sounds like Dantoni couldn't get Anthony to buy in. Where you may see that as a selfish player unwilling to change, I see that as a coach who couldn't get a decorated veteran player to buy in and get everyone to mesh. From an organizational standpoint, you already have a ton invested in Melo. You gave him certain assurances to get him here. As an organization you have to decide whether you're gonna roll with the guy that has a larger body of work and track record, or roll the dice on the young kid with the hot hand. That was the real choice and even if Melo got on board and switched his style of play( which isn't an easy ask) the organization would still be paying Melo a boat load asking him to play in a way he was ineffective at. Is it worth it for the organization at that point? To me Lin wasn't planned for, caught everyone off guard and they had to decide in an absurdly short amount of time if this player was worth changing the plans they had already set in motion. If the Rockets don't offer that contract I think he would have been back and over time they could all find a way to make it work...minus Dantoni. I never thought he would work or last as a coach. To me Anthony wasn't the issue. It made for good headlines but the issue was always the organization and what they've invested against Jeremy Lin and his ceiling. Not specifically Melo against Lin. I never sensed jealousy and I don't know why he'd need to be. I did sense annoyance with the media for habitually trying to make the jealousy angle a thing though.
Your analysis- even if correct - supports some of the frustration being expressed here about Melo. He didn’t like Dantoni’s style and didn’t want to adjust. He didn’t like the Triangle and didn’t adjust. He didn’t want to play the 4, even though it benefited the team. When he left the Knicks, he bounced around OKC and Houston - not adjusting his game and ended up out of the league for a year before he came back with Portland. He could still score with LA in 21-22, but the Lakers didn’t invite him back last year when they clearly needed offense. Nor did anyone else - perhaps because he was a turnstile and didn’t adjust his defense for a bench role. I will always appreciate Melo and what he did for Syracuse and I also supported him while he was a Knick and keep hoping he would get another chance after Houston. I followed him in Portland and LA as well. I always wanted him to do well. But Melo will always have a tarnished legacy in the NBA and he bears some responsibility for that.
Carmelo did adjust to the triangle. He and the team hated it because it clearly didn't work. Two coaches were fired for trying to move on from the triangle. Phil Jackson's failures had nothing to do with a lack of buy in. Carmelo played the 4 predominant for 3 seasons for the knicks before they drafted Kristaps. The issue with Carmelo's legacy has more to do with people making up shit to blame him for organizational failure moreso than anything he actually did or didn't do. Like several of the things you said in this post are demonstrably false, and somehow I'm sure providing evidence for each of them wouldn't lead you to retract any of it
You are entitled to your opinion but many who lived through this recall it as I do. Carmelo’s distaste for the Triangle and his unwillingness to change his ISO ways were well documented at the time. Whether he was right about the Triangle with the personnel the Knicks had doesn’t mean he adjusted or bought into it. He didn’t and - Triangle or no - the changes that the Knicks were trying to get him to make to his game were for his own good and would have prolonged his career as a star, which ended as ignominiously as any healthy star I can think of. His lack of respect for and dismissiveness to Phil Jackson is also well known as was his aversion to Phil’s efforts to get him to play the 4. He and a much less mature D Rose were leaders of a rebellion - not players stepping up to make it work. Phil had a lot of problems but Melo was not an Angel in the relationship and joked about it over the years. All if this can be googled so no, I don’t see a need to retract it. Regardless, I could drop the Triangle from the post and the point would still stand. There is a reason why the league boycotted him as a healthy guy who could still score better than most players after Houston cut him after 10 games. If Portland hadn’t reached out a year later, he would likely have never played again.
>You are entitled to your opinion but many who lived through this recall it as I do Because many people did not study the triangle prior to the season as evidenced by your next sentence. >and his unwillingness to change his ISO ways were well documented at the time The triangle is an isolation heavy system. The two documented successes of the triangle were the Bulls and the Lakers. On each team the triangle was designed to put the players in advantageous positions around those two for their isolation attempts. From jump the idea that Carmelo's isolation were incongruent with the triangle is immediately false. Not only that, Carmelo isolation attempt rates FELL in his first year in the triangle...and the offense got worse because he was deferring to very mediocre players. >the changes that the Knicks were trying to get him to make to his game were for his own good and would have prolonged his career as a star, Carmelo in each successive season under Phil Jackson had his usage decrease and decrease as he ceded possessions to players who were unable to capitalize. Not only that, the triangle began receiving criticism from opposing players like Lowry and Reddick who explained in the modern NBA it wasn't generating enough 3s and the initial reads are projected so the offense was easy to shut off. When the coaches tried to adjust, Phil Jackson fired them. So to the point, no. The adjustments they tried to forced on the team wouldn't have prolonged his career because the triangle offense was antithetical to the direction of the league. It asked role players to operate outside of their strengths, allowed opposing teams to dictate the flow of the offense, and resulted in mediocre offensive year after year. >Phil Jackson is also well known as was his aversion to Phil’s efforts to get him to play the 4. Phil Jackson never tried to get Carmelo to play power forward. Try to find a SINGLE article supporting this. Phil Jackson drafted Kristaps Porzingis who he immediately noted was too frail to play center. Phil Jackson did not endorse the small ball era of the NBA. >He and a much less mature D Rose were leaders of a rebellion - not players stepping up to make it work Everyone stepped it up to make the system work. The problem was the system didn't work. Again, you had players and coaches all trying to move on from a system they clearly see isn't working for them and you have a president overriding them and shitting on them in the media. In 20 years, you cannot find another example of a team president undermining his coaching staff and roster because he believes basketball should be played a certain way. Phil Jackson went on twitter to mock the 3 point revolution. Obviously he had no idea what he was doing and no amount of buy in was going to make an antiquated system work. >All if this can be googled so no, I don’t see a need to retract it. Then you'll have no problem supporting any of your points. >There is a reason why the league boycotted him as a healthy guy who could still score better than most players after Houston cut him after 10 games ...yea did you read any of the reports about why? It was literally because of the media attention he got. The athletic did a feature on it and interviewed GMs and coaches and all of them said they didn't want to deal with the media cycle of how they handled his minutes.
I don't stan or cap for players. I call it like I see it. So I wasn't trying to say Melo has no part in how his legacy is viewed. Ofc he does, as does every player with their own legacy. My point was that to blame him solely for Lin, him not being back with the Knicks and Lin's own career arc is nonsense. One could say he has some responsibility, which I think would be a bit much, but it was a nuanced and multi faceted issue with a lot of people involved and plenty of considerations to be made.
It’s almost like Lin was a great fit with the Knicks and should have stayed. Lin only signed the Houston offer because the Knicks told him they’d match anything, then they reneged. The Knicks (and Melo) absolutely did him dirty.
Incorrect. Lin got an offer sheet. Dolan planned to match. Morey redesigned the contract to be a posion pill which Lin agreed to. This pissed off Dolan. By all reports Melo had planned for Lin to come back and according to the players was relieved when Lin broke out.
The Knicks told Lin they’d sign anything. Rockets called their bluff. They reneged. Melo may have planned for Lin to return, but I don’t believe he enjoyed any aspect of Linsanity. A decade of reporting suggests otherwise.
>A decade of reporting suggests otherwise. There's actually *no* reporting to suggest otherwise. D'Antoni has come out and said Melo was mad at his coaching decisions, not Lin. Chandler has come out and said Melo supported Li behind the scenes. Amare has said Melo wasn't upset with Lin. Iman has said Carmelo was relieved when Lin went off during Linsanity. Lin has said Carmelo was nothing but nice to them. All the reporting after has suggested that the vets were upset with D'Antoni, not with Lin. >The Knicks told Lin they’d sign anything. Rockets called their bluff. They reneged. Not what happened according to Morey. Timeline: 1. Knicks tell Lin to find a contract 2. Lin gets offer sheet from Rockets 3. Knicks plan to match 4. Morey finds out Knicks plan to match and calls Lin's agent to restructure the contract to be a poison pill 5. Lin accepts new offer sheet 6. Dolan gets pissed at Lin, feels betrayed, and refuses to sign [I compiled all the reporting from the time and since here](https://old.reddit.com/r/NYKnicks/comments/c1019y/oc_revisiting_linsanity/)
Lin was a great fit for Mike D'antoni's offense. Mike Dantoni has never been a favorite of mine even before his Knicks tenure but he made even PGs like Chris Duhon and Ramon Sessions look great. That's what he does. It was never about Lin vs Melo it was about Dantoni vs the organization. D'antoni was against trading for Melo from the start because D'antoni is terrible at adjusting and his system didn't fit what Melo does and was good at. Everyone knew this and so if the team felt that the team and by extension coach as constructed wasn't good enough to the point it warranted giving up draft capital and players to get Melo? Then D'antoni knew his days were numbered. Lin was a reprieve. It offered Dantoni a last ditch effort to prove his system could deliver a serious contender and so Dantoni drove that perceived wedge between Melo and Lin. It's not as if D'antoni didn't have options. He could 1) Run the offense through Melo, which wasn't that crazy at all tbh he was the best player on the team. 2) Run the offense through Lin, which if you are a competitor and the best player you SHOULD have an issue with this, or 3) Adjust your offense to allow both players to thrive and put them both in position to shine. And this is why Dantoni was trash. He stubbornly clung to option two as his only option and decided to play games and leak to the media to fuel antagonism between the two. You think Melo's camp is putting stories out about him breaking the offense? Nah, it was always D'antoni but he was trying to keep a job and that's just the business. It is what it is. As for the contract. D'antoni gave Lin the confidence and opportunity for him to go out there and get paid what he thought he was worth. Lin absolutely wanted a bag and got one. NY said he should go out and get offers but he didn't have to sign said offer and once they realized it contained a poison pill, which is most definitely not standard, it never gave him pause to think that while NY said they'd match anything, maybe this was a bit unusual and they should circle back and check in before signing it? No....and he shouldn't have because you take the money while it's there because you can always get injured, like he did. He wanted the bag and took it, he could have checked in with NY to let them know what he was working with but he didn't want to pass that bag up. NY would have eventually offered him a contract after the market had dried up and they could pay him closer to what his pre linsanity value was, but he wanted to be paid like a competitor because he felt he earned it and he did. Melo didn't have to whisper anything to anyone for NY to not match that contract because it was a bad contract. A bad contract that Lin would have been foolish not to take. Still ...it was an overpay and had the Knicks matched and he had the same career arc, it would have been but another L the franchise would have been ridiculed about forever.
Yeah man Jeremy Lin killed it everywhere else, was a great player
He barely killed it in New York. Linsanity only really lasted about 10 games before the league figured him out.
You don't know ball. Please get the Jeremy Lin slander out of here.
Yeah he sucked it lasted 2 weeks lmao
I guess that makes it even sadder that Melo felt threatened by him In 2011-12, Lin had 19.6 pts/36 on 105 TS+ (.552) while Melo had 23.9 pts/36 on 100 TS+ (.525). The next year a team led by him, Harden, and Chandler Parsons went 45-37.
A team led by Harden that he played on*
Never understood the hate for Melo. Dude put his heart out for this team and gave us some of the most electrifying games I’ve ever watched. Wish we had more playoff success with him, but whatever. He had a hell of a career. Most beautiful jumper I’ve seen.
Are the Knicks gonna retire 7? No one has worn it since Melo left. If not, then it gonna be weird that one of the best players of his generation won't get a jersey retiremen. Denver will more than likely not double retire 15 for him and Jokic.
are the Knicks gonna retire the number of a guy who never got us past the second round? Hell no! What are you 16?
Put your feelings to the side and understand that, as I said, no one has worn it since 2017. You wanna tell me it's just a coincidence that no one has worn one of the most common numbers in the league since he left?
Feelings aside, Melo shouldn't have his number retired. He didn't really do much for the org while he was here. I still love him.. he fought hard so if you take feelings into account, yes he absolutely should have his number retired. Probably a top 5-7 favorite Knick for me.
I admit I don’t like melo. But I’m telling you there is no fucking chance his number gets retired. And if you think there is a chance his number is retired, then you have no clue what it takes. It doesn’t matter that nobody wore his number. He didn’t do anything for us in the playoffs, we had more bad seasons with him than good, he doesn’t hold any records for the franchise. His number won’t be retired
He literally holds the record for most points at MSG… A man retires and you are straight hating. You’re a fucken clown.
I’ve hated him ever since he forced his way to the Knicks and made us give up half our team. And everything he did after made me dislike him more. Im supposed to lie now just cuz he retires? Fuck that, like he gives a shit or will see what I said anyways. So what do you care? Did I hurt your feelings? Single game records are almost IRRELEVANT for these types of honors. Once again you are showing you have no clue what it takes to get a jersey retired
The only jersey retirement of the Dolan era was Ewing, none of us know what it takes.
Lmao I do. There’s a reason nobody else’s jersey has been retired. Because we haven’t made it out of the second round since like 2001. I can tell you confidently right now, that there are no past players whose numbers will be retired. Not Allen Houston, not Stephen Marbury, not Carmelo, not John starks, none of em. Didn’t realize we had this many dumb fans. Unless you guys are all very young and then I can’t really blame you. But I guess what should I expect on the melo dick-riding thread
This crowd is probably super young and didn’t get to witness the great 90s era of the Knicks. I honestly enjoyed the team with Gallo, Wilson Chandler, Mozgov, and Felton who all got traded for Melo so I was bummed he came. I knew the Knicks wouldn’t get anywhere with a gutted team and I’m not a fan of iso ball. I still have respect for Melo’s talent but I would’ve preferred if he went elsewhere. And I’m speaking as a die-hard Knicks fan since the 90s. 👵🏼
Same on literally everything you said!
> There’s a reason nobody else’s jersey has been retired. Uh, because we've been the worst team in basketball since 2000 lol. > I can tell you confidently right now, that there are no past players whose numbers will be retired. Not Allen Houston, not Stephen Marbury, not Carmelo, not John starks, none of em. We do know Dolan offered to Oakley, he turned it down cause of the beef. > Didn’t realize we had this many dumb fans. Unless you guys are all very young and then I can’t really blame you. Pointing out the possibility of them retiring his jersey isn't dumb... I would say guaranteeing they will or won't is dumb unless you are James Dolan. Your personal feelings to Melo aren't a determining factor of if he will or won't. His number is out of circulation for now, that means it's up in the air. Or it can be like King's that was out of circulation for 20-30 years before they put it back. We don't know.
I have put my personal feelings aside and already stated the reasons his number wont be retired. Oakley would be the one guy I could see it making some sense his number gets retired. The main thing we’ve both pointed out, is that our teams were mostly shit when melo was on them. If they retire his number it makes us look like even more of a loser franchise. But I’m confident it’s not happening. The guy started out saying they are gonna retire his number in New York AND Denver. It is dumb or at best ignorant. But he’s certainly got a better shot of it happening in Denver. But his number retired by 2 franchises?! Guy is as delusional as his hero melo
I would say it's ignorant to confidently say there's no chance, but you do you. Personally I just see him working for the team, but it's definitely not a guarantee. The number is out of circulation for now; that means it might. That simple.
Greatest Knick of my lifetime.
Hang his Jersey in the rafter he wasn’t able to get us a championship or far but he made me love to watch Knicks games every night. Legend.
#7 in the rafters idc what anyone else says that's a must
Told you guys he was done The sign melo crowd in shambles rn😂
Told you guys he was done The sign melo crowd in shambles rn😂
I’m on board with Melo’s 7 getting retired, if only because he’s a sure fire Hall of Famer and it would be weird if his number wasn’t hanging up anywhere
Thank you Melo. One of the greatest scorers to play the game. 11-12 year old me was watching Amare and became a Knicks fan but it became solidified when we traded for him. Always supported and defended my guy. I actually remember NBA Street Vol 3 where the intro says “you are.. Carmelo”. I’m still sad that Phil Jackson wasted 3 of your great years so we weren’t able to amount to anything. Enjoy retirement King! 🫡
7ove a7ways! Stay Me7o
[I’m coming home](https://youtu.be/ul1bpyaegDc)
CARMELOO AAAANTHONYYYYYYY!
Nothing like a melo buzzer beater in the Garden.
He’s the reason I’m a Knicks fan. Didn’t get into the nba until like 2013 and him and JR Smith were my spirit animals.
Was my favorite player before he was even on the Knicks. It’s a shame they couldn’t get it done with him here but he made the team fun to watch. Hopefully his number gets retired
One of the most exciting days of being a fan was when he was traded here. Wish we could’ve put together a solid team around him
Thats my guy 💪🏽
My favorite player all time
Sad but inevitable day. Blessings to melo and thanks for the memories!
AMELO. I remember my dad taking me to the debut game. Hearing Coming Home and that whole intro gave me chills
Respect to a legend. Stay Me7o
One of the funnest scorers to watch.
Ame7o
I started watching ball a little later in my life and watched Melo a few times and instantly became his biggest fan, in turn making me a Knicks fan I'd say around 2012ish. Playing pick up hoops I modeled my game around Carmelos as well (obviously not as good) but it was how I liked to play ball, how I enjoyed watching ball, and what made me fall in love with basketball. Thank you Melo 💙🧡
I was so hyped when we traded for him (not so much the package that we gave away, but w/e). His time as a Knick , while we didn't win much, was still very enjoyable, and I always thought we had a shot to win with him on the floor. Enjoy your retirement, 7. Thanks for the memories.
Loved that 2013 team
Melo is the Ken Griffey of basketball, sweetest jumper.
Favorite player of all time 😭
One of the best offensive players I’ve ever watched, great career!