He considers himself a superstar, but shouldn't a superstar be able to put the team on his back and at least get them the 8th seed in east? Seems to me like he's overrated himself.
This whole business about who is a superstar and who isn't and that you need x number of superstars to win a title is complete BS. But what if a superstar was determined by the endorsement deals and the frequency you see them in commercials, then I would consider this to be the superstar list: Kobe, Lebron, Durant, CP3, and Blake Griffin
Superstars (otherwise known as franchise players) -Players who put up numbers and make their teams better. (Tim Duncan, younger Dwight Howard/Steve Nash, LeBron James, Kevin Durant) Stars Players who can put up big numbers but end up becoming a ball stopper(because their team lack offensive weapons or "insert glaring weakness in game here") with their teams having decent to good records but can't seem to do enough to make it far in the playoffs. (Examples: Carmelo Anthony, James Harden, Kevin Love, Tracy McGrady) My definitions Regardless the reputation Melo has around the league is that he's a more offensive player who likes to shoot (and is damn good at scoring). He's definitely at the very least an average defender. Unless Phil Jackson can lure some other free agents to NY or can draft another great player... I don't see NY being very relevant for the next few years. At least Melo has a full 5 years to get paid like a franchise player right? This late into anyone's career, I'd think it would be difficult to take a pay cut so I don't blame Melo for resigning in NY based on salary alone.
CP3 and Blake don't have many endorsement deals, you just see them being in LA, Melo has more than either of them (hell Stoudemire was more) because their market is bigger.
He forced his way to a losing team, and forced them to give up talent to trade for him rather than just sign with them. Tells you a lot about why he is "underrated."
anytime you have some multimillionaire whining about some injustice put upon him (being underrated), it makes most folks snippy.... lol as for him being underrated.... WIN SOMETHING, B****! If you can't even put your team on your back to get the 8 seed in a watered down Eastern conference... how good are you?
With 20/20 hindsight, he never had any intention of joining Houston, but played it up as much as he could. Plus he threw Morey on the trail and that ended up costing us Kyle Lowry. I wouldn't consider the 2nd part Melo's fault, but the 1st part plays the same mindset he gave in the OP.
And Nash isn't underrated. He's pretty properly rated. He's on the same level as Harden defensively. Carmelo isn't underrated in any sense of the word. He's consistently talked about as one of the best scorers in the world. He's also a good rebounder. He's also bad at creating for teammates and well below average at defending, but those things don't really get talked about in the national media. If anything, he's slightly overrated.
I love the swipe at the writers. They haven't done much he says. Really mature. Melo hasn't done much in terms of winning. Both Harden and Howard have been to the Finals. He had a chance to contend in Chicago and Houston. He chose living in a boss city over team success.
Tmac chose winning over the big city lights in the thick of his prime. The comparison isn't fair. Mcgrady's knees gave out on him.
Nash is overrated. He did not deserve 2 MVPs (he actually did not deserve 1 MVP). It is a sham that he has more MVP awards than Hakeem, or Robinson.
Which markets do you not see Blake Griffin's Kia commercials or Chris Paul's State Farm commercials? I will admit, I usually only hang out in LA, Vegas, NY, and SF, but they are on like clockwork in all of those markets during basketball season. Doc Rivers even said that he see's too many commercials with those guys and not enough playoff games.
