How Carmelo Anthony Failed To Win a Championship With The New York Knicks

When the New York Knicks traded for Carmelo Anthony in 2011, fans believed Melo would bring a championship to the city, and revitalize Knicks basketball. What instead took place was an up and down roller-coaster filled with misery, drama, and losing. How did someone of Melo’s talent level leave New York with such little winning, and what could the Knicks have done better in building a contender? This is how the New York Knicks squandered talent, and failed to win a championship with Carmelo Anthony.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:48 - Melo Requests a Trade
04:27 - Melo’s First Season as a Knick
06:28 - 2011 Offseason
07:09 - 2011-12 Season
10:16 - 2012 Playoffs
10:53 - 2012 Offseason
11:51 - 2012-13 Season
14:09 - 2013 Playoffs
17:41 - 2013 Offseason
18:33 - 2013-14 Season
19:04 - Phil Jackson Hired
20:00 - 2014 Offseason
21:20 - 2014-15 Season
22:11 - 2015 Offseason
23:10 - 2015-16 Season
24:54 - 2016 Offseason
26:11 - 2016-17 Season
27:38 - Carmelo Gets Traded
28:08 - Conclusion

[mikeg]

Linn getting a ring b4 Melo just makes me smile

[R]

“This is how the New York Knicks squandered talent”

A tale as old as time

[Ianoxen]

Melo is the epitome of a player who is given every chance to score or do whatever he wants and does so without considering the repercussions (sacrificing teamwork, nondevelopment of young talent, real defense, etc.) then blames everyone except himself for not winning.

[antwan]

The weird part about Carmelo leaving the Nuggets is they actually got better that same year.

[averageguy]

Jeremy Lin's 10 games were the highlights of that decade.

[Entername-mdev]

Three things went wrong for Melo’s time with the Knicks.

1. He forced the Nuggets to trade him at the deadline so the Knicks had to give up a bunch of assets to get him when he could’ve signed with New York in the offseason and play with all those assets they had surrendered to Denver

2. He couldn’t get along with Jeremy Lin. If he had a smaller ego, I genuinely believe they could’ve became a competitive team for a couple seasons

3. He signed a giant contract with the Knicks which handicapped the Knicks’ spending power

[pkamvp]

Honestly, he should've signed with them in the off-season instead of having them gut their roster to trade for him. They still probably wouldn't have beat the Heat, but they would've been more competitive.

[metalmonster]

As a Heat fan, I'll always remember laughing so hard when the Knicks won 1 game against us in the playoffs and then they showered the floor with confetti. LOL

[KingxJiji]

Melo only cared about scoring. The team was nice back then but melo needed to do more. Defense was never there

[TheLilmuzzy]

I was dreading this day, finally he uploads the one that hits home

[DyZaster.]

Not sure who said it, but I remember reading how Melo would be all cheery and positive even if the team lost as long as he made 30pts and the be down and gloomy even if they won but he made less than 20pts...
So not surprised to hear that he may have had a hand on Lin getting traded...
Just look at how he was in OKC, he laughed at the suggestion of him coming off the bench...

[QDibieYT]

Melo kind of ruined it himself by not signing in the off-season then getting rid of Jeremy Lin

[hlo]

Narr... Carmelo Anthony was very much part of the problem. He wanted talents around him, but he also wants to be numero uno and refuse to share any limelight with any other players. And Melo unwilling to play the triangle offense system, he is part of the reason why the triangle system failed with his off timing and off positioning in the system.

[newyardleysinclair]

His only achievements are personal. Says everything about his playing style and his character

[obijuanjabroni]

I really hated the trade for Carmelo Anthony from Denver. Management and partly the fans (Who chanted "We want Melo") were too impatient with what we had. I really liked the lineup of Gallinari, Wilson Chandler and Raymond Felton. We gave up way too much just to have an early first round exit from the playoffs that year. Knicks could have gotten him for nothing if they waited.

[thatfunmaker]

Your videos are honestly some the best I’ve seen in a while and they are super informative and helpful for new fans that are just getting into basketball and best of all you include context and just straight facts with no bullshit You are one of my new favorite YouTubers

[peraltaman]

2 me this is melo's history. He had 2 chances with the nuggets n knicks where he was building a team around him but his ego didnt allow anyone else to take the shine but him

[Atzilo]

I really appreciate these videos.
And I´m glad that 2011 happened and I don´t have to watch "How Dirk Nowitzki failed to win a championship in Dallas".

[eksentrysyti]

Melo wouldn't win for the simple fact that the only thing he brought to the table was inefficient offense. He jacked up a ton of shot attempts and has a career eFG of 48.5%, which is almost Westbrickian (46.8%). Compare that to Lebron (54.5%), KD (54.6%), Kawhi (54.7%) or Steph (58.1%) and it's clear to see how Carmelo hurts his team for individual stats (this is the list of championship winning players). Then add his disinterest in the defensive side and you see a recipe for disaster. He's a stat padder the same way Westbrook is, a lot of numbers in a particular category at the expense of team wins.

[KDSRirelandboy]

This was literally Carmelo imploding. He wanted his money, he wanted his minutes, he wanted his OWN team, but then he also wanted his team to do well too.
Sorry big fella, you can't have it all.