New York Knicks: An honest and logical perspective on Carmelo Anthony’s past and future
By Randy Porga
For the New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony being straightforward and less cryptic towards the media would produce less rumors, but here is a realistic perspective on his future.
The New York Knicks have not done well by Carmelo Anthony. Many skeptics or tired fans may disagree and blame the team’s failures on Carmelo’s play style, or even that he is just not good enough to carry the team.
This is the furthest thing from the truth, and the real truth is a winning team was never built to last around the star player alone.
Skeptics are simply just that: skeptics. What’s more is it is always easier to go for the low-hanging fruit rather than searching for the real root of the issue.
Present day, this actually seems to be the best chance Anthony has to finally lead a Knicks team to some level of success. At the very least, he can leave the Knicks in better condition than when he arrived.
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As a Knicks fan, it’s entirely understandable for why Carmelo feels he has overdone his stay; he does not want his legacy to be a losing one. Championship during his career or not, three consecutive losing seasons makes it hard to remember the three consecutive winning seasons that began his time in New York.
But the Knicks simply never followed through in giving Anthony a chance to have a consistent winning team.
Sure there were a few “notable” names thrown around over the years. But to say it is anything close to what Chris Paul has dealt with over the years before leaving Los Angeles is remarkably off-base, since he always had better chances and more help than Melo did in the Big Apple.
Let’s look at what Carmelo Anthony has had to work with year-to-year since joining the Knicks in 2010.