SI asked 137 NBA players who they would choose first if starting a team from scratch.

True, and they left out Brian Cook, too. This is an outrage.

 

No Jeremy Lin? Pfft, philistines.

 

cant believe none of them gave kevin any love

 

Melo can be very effective off the ball as was proven on Team USA. Surrounded by players he knows are better than him, Melo will cut, catch-and-shoot and slash to get open. He chooses not to on an NBA team because he won't adjust his mentality. He won't trust "inferior" teammates to create for him on a regular basis, maybe because of pride. If he won't sacrifice his game for a creative PG, that puts him squarely where his haters have been saying: He's not a winner.

 

Aside from his playing style, to me, he proved that his highest priority was not winning the minute he demanded to leave Denver to go to New York. Denver had a good team. He could have contended with them much better than with New York. Or he at least could have demanded to go to a better winning environment.