It's a couple minutes until tip-off for game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, and Carmelo Anthony just turned 25, my age in a couple of months. Although I'm pulling for the Lakers, Melo is one of my favorite players partially because he's a Maryland dude like myself, and the other reason besides his ability to get to the paint, draw fouls, shoot threes, and kill you with the mid-range game, is because he's also gritty and is willing to stand up for his teammates, unfortunat...