Carmelo Anthony started getting love from basketball fans everywhere after he led USA past Nigeria last Thursday in their dominating, 83-point victory. Anthony would break an Olympic-record for most points in a game, scoring 37 in 14 minutes off the bench — including ten three-pointers.
However, Anthony has gone through a lot this past season. After LeBron James finally won a championship, the newest person to make fun of is Melo, who is deemed selfish and a player that can’t win a ring. And now there are memes everywhere about him.
But the New York Knicks star says he isn’t selfish. Everything all started because of Jeremy Lin and the crazy of “Linsanity.”
“Let’s be frank about it,” he said. “When it comes to the Knicks, we’re talking about one particular point in time. We’re talking about the whole ‘Linsanity’ thing. That’s when it started. That’s when it started to escalate as far as people saying I was selfish.
“Lin came and we started winning games and then we started losing games, and they could only point to one thing, which is me, the leader of the team. They’re not going to point to Amar’e. They’re not going to point to (guard) Iman Shumpert. They’re going to point to me. I accept that. It doesn’t bother me.”
I’m kinda in on what he’s saying. I really don’t think he’s entirely selfish, though he is at times. He isn’t a great big star, but I would see he’s more like a rich man’s Danny Granger. Everything works out perfectly if you make the plays for him that you need. If you don’t, he struggles. That’s just how it is for some of these guys.
Do you believe what Anthony is saying?
Photo Credit: Associated Press
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August 04, 2012
