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What is the REAL reason Melo has been blackballed from the NBA
He snitched on someone / Did someone dirty
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He's a great locker room guy but frequently clashes with coaches /management
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He did something really really REALLY bad that we will never find out about
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He simply cant play anymore and there is no conspiracy / blackball in place
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 12:10 pm    Post subject: What is the REAL reason Melo has been blackballed from the NBA?

Is there more to this story than just "Melo cant play anymore" ?

What did he really do to get blackballed from the NBA ( if anything?)
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 1:42 pm    Post subject:

It's the same thing as Dwight IMO - teams are skeptical that his play is good enough to outweigh the baggage he comes with.

The reason Dwight is still getting chances is because rebounding/defense don't mess up the flow of the offense whereas Melo can only score and he needs the ball A LOT to do that. And even when he does it's rarely efficient.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 3:21 pm    Post subject:

Because he has a superstar ego but not the ability anymore. Low efficiency chucker.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 4:11 pm    Post subject:

Nightmare to coach + brings very little on the court = waste of a roster spot.

He hasn't been blackballed. He's been jettisoned like a broken anchor.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:57 am    Post subject:

He's not been signed for reasons other than those polled.

He's a scorer with both a lousy eputation for coachability and a history of being a distraction. He's slowed. He doesn't rebound or defend well. There's not much need anymore for a one-dimensional mid-range scorer at career's end, especially for a guy who never showed much interest in deferring to others.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:10 am    Post subject:

He's a former lead guitarist who is being asked to play rhythm sections (and no more lead solos).
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:21 pm    Post subject:

I was wondering if Team USA should have picked him up. That’s where he had his greatest success and even they don’t want him anymore.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 1:19 am    Post subject:

because he is g a r b a g e
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:06 am    Post subject:

Because:
- primadona
- Old, fat
- Can't shoot from 3
- Perenial Loser
- Looks humble but has a huge ego, fed by "sure Hall of Fame" comments over the years
- A cancer when shooting less than 20 times per game
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 8:51 am    Post subject:

The same reasons why nobody wanted to sign AI in his final years. People forget that playing pro sports is a privilege not a right, and if you cause too much headaches for a team, they will go to another direction. With every new draft class coming in, why would you keep an old washed up player on their last legs on your roster?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:08 am    Post subject:

KD and Kyrie rumored to pushing Nets to sign him.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2851569-carmelo-anthony-rumors-kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-pushing-for-nets-deal
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:35 am    Post subject:

lakersken80 wrote:
The same reasons why nobody wanted to sign AI in his final years. People forget that playing pro sports is a privilege not a right, and if you cause too much headaches for a team, they will go to another direction. With every new draft class coming in, why would you keep an old washed up player on their last legs on your roster?


Even AI got a few contracts (Memphis, back to PHI) and he left the team, sulking. AI, being a PG, was far more washed up than Melo at age 34.

I compare Melo to World B Free. Two ball hogs who wanted to shoot 30x per games, until their legs gave away.

Craig Hodges DID get blackballed by the league, becauses he was trying to make politics (he calls it relifion and human rights, but I do not) and less dedicating efforts to the benefit of his team.

I do not consider Melo HoF material. But I believe he will be one day, since Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin are there. The only thing they have to show is NCAA & FIBA track record, which is fair enough, otherwise no international players would have been inducted.

A thought should be given on a "Who deservers better to be in the HoD: Melo or Dwight Howard?"

Funny as it may seem, DH's teams actually were competitive when he was healthy (or half). In Orlando he carried them to the finals. Despite his antics, he ended up playing with a lot of good players, and somehow Melo had some magnetic field around him.

Does DW have any leadership? No. But is Melo a leader? I only saw pointless "heroball" over and over in NY...

DW, despite loving candy, is still a great athlete, while Melo looked fat before his thirties. DW can't throw a ball in from 10 feet away. In today's game not being able to shoot a three equates to that. 18 ft 2-pointers is a low % dunk, or a discounted 3.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 4:32 am    Post subject:

^^^^

Carmelo was more of an icon than a great player. I have never entirely understood this, but it was true all the way back when he was playing in Denver. His image connects with a fair number of people, and they don't seem to notice that his game never measured up to his fame. The images of Carmelo playing with Westbrook and George in OKC seemed to detox some of those folks.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 4:53 am    Post subject:

There's no conspiracy. He's washed.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 11:58 am    Post subject:

Jesus 16 votes. 100% washed up.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:44 pm    Post subject:

How the narrative would of been different if it was Melo-Bron-Wade, instead of Bosh-Bron-Wade.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 10:49 pm    Post subject:

Melo needs to retire and maintain whatever's left of his dignity. There's no aspect of the game that can bring value to any NBA team these days.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 1:13 am    Post subject:

He sucks
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 5:22 am    Post subject:

Sounds like Dwight
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 9:30 pm    Post subject:

LOL, I guess only one Polling option was needed...
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:57 am    Post subject:

The exact reasons Phil Jackson said so in 2015 yet at the time was heavily criticized by the media and thought to be an idiot for saying that about a HOF player.

He holds onto the ball too long. He does not have the game like Kobe or MJ where he can dominate from the midrange because he does not have the same passing skills they did. He is more like a better Glen Robinson, but you do not have those sort of players right now in the league, as the #1 options. He is a player that would have been able to be effective if he switched his mindset into a catch and shoot guy exclusively, but even then, there are guys who are better than him at that, who then also play defense.

You could see the writing on the wall when Phil wanted to trade him from NY in 2015sh. Melo should be happy, he made incredible money for doing very little in the NBA in terms of winning. He was a perennial loser. People talk about Dwight being bad. Dwight took a team to the Finals as the man, and won games in the Finals. Dwight made a WCF run with Harden in Houston (I believe). After injuries Dwight that is. Dwight was never the same player physically after those injuries late in his Orlando career. At least when healthy his teams did great with him on defense, and were clearly better with him as the man during his prime in Orlando.

Melo consistently put up 30 points or so on bad teams. Only maybe 2 years was he on a team that you could say, those 30 points mean something. Teams have figured this out, and since he is no longer capable of being even that 30 points a night scorer, bad teams don't even want him to be their star, since he is not capable of being that.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:49 am    Post subject:

wolfpaclaker wrote:
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Melo consistently put up 30 points or so on bad teams. ...t.


I'd say he shot 30 times.
He never averaged more than 28.9 a game.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:21 am    Post subject:

at this point he is basically a stretch 4... but he hasnt shot decently in forever plus he plays no defense and would be a locker room distraction. A better question is why would any team want to sign him
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:24 pm    Post subject:

Thanks to whoever gave the OP a pity vote. Of course, this assumes that the pity vote didn't come from the OP.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:01 am    Post subject:

Age has a way of weeding out players when skills degrade, when speed and quickness erode. I doubt he's been blackballed among club owners. He's over the hill speed-wise and outdated skill-wise. He shoots the three without distinction for his position, that's a career killer unless you pass well. He's not been an adapter ever and his rep as a generous player - moving the ball along to the open man - is pretty weak. Who needs all that.
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