Carmelo Anthony did that in a regular season game against a bad Minnesota team. In the 1987 playoffs, Sleepy Floyd scored 29 points in the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers, overcoming a 14 point deficit. Far, far more impressive. And, no, that did not make him a superstar.
To qualify as a superstar, in my view, you need to have been in the MVP discussion in recent seasons, and most importantly the current season. That narrows down the superstar field to: Kobe Bryant Kevin Garnett LeBron James Chris Paul Tim Duncan Dwyane Wade Dwight Howard Has Carmelo ever finished even top 10 in MVP voting? He's a nice player, but he hasn't reached that level yet.
niether are superstars yet. superstars are players that lead there teams far in the playoffs and come up big consistantly when thier team needs them to when it matters, right now there just all stars. thats just my opinion on what a superstar is....
So not to distract from the moron bashing, but did anyone actually hear the interview that can recap what he talked about?
Carmelo's reputation is actually getting to the point where he is underrated. Overrated in my mind are the old overpaid stars, primarily the ones that were in Trade talks for Tracy this year. Also the primary scorers that actually hurt their team by doing little else and playing bad defense. Overrated: Allen Iverson Shawn Marion Baron Davis Vince Carter Tracy McGrady Rudy Gay Steve Nash (see how PHX beat LA without him? he's a sieve on D) Antawn Jamison Jason Terry Jason Kidd Carlos Boozer David West The entire Knicks offense
and now, I present Mr. "Eat The Head" with the 2 biggest awards of the interwebs: the first one is the most notorious "idk what I'm talking about but I will keep arguin till I die despite the fact that everyone proved me wrong and made fun of me". and the second one is "the biggest derailment of a thread in history".. excellent work bro, I wish there was an "infra-rookie" status
Vince Carter definitely doesn't belong on that list. Can you even give a legitimate reason why you listed him with those other players? Steve Nash and Carlos Boozer definitely don't belong there also.
I only caught the tail end of it, turned it on right when Shane was talking about how much better of an athlete Ron Artest is, but how he himself applies a more analytical approach to defense. -Rome asked Shane about when guys don't really respect his game and say stuff like "oh I just had a bad night" when they get shut down by him. Shane says he loves that because when guys say that and don't give him a lot of credit it helps him stay under the radar. He said he loves that people still view him as slow, and unathletic. He wants to remain like Woody Harrelson's character in "White Men Can't Jump" -Rome was talking about Shane doesn't play the whole NBA politics "pat each other on the ass" game, he's a blue-collar type, goes to the gym to earn his paycheck and then go home. Shane talked about how that doesn't earn him a lot of friends in the league, but he really doesn't care. He said he has his "guys" he talks to, but he's not really that involved otherwise. - Rome asked him who are his "guys" and he mentioned all his Dukie teammates, Dunleavy, Boozer, Duhon, Dahntay Jones, and a few guys he played with on team USA, Brad Miller, Kirk Hinrich, Lebron, Melo. -Rome brought up the NY Times article about Shane being a non-stats all star, and asked him if he thought it was a good validation for his career. Shane replied that he didn't see it as that, but he really like the article, said its good to get a pat on the back. -Rome praised the Rockets and their moneyball approach, saying Morey must know what that extra stat is that helps him find these guys who can go out and help you win games.
