Carmelo Anthony Learns the NBA Thinks He Is Overrated and It Hurts

September 27th, 2010 by Daniel Suhr Leave a reply »
Carmelo Anthony, NBA star and three-time All-Star (2007, 2008, and 2010), is learning the hard way that the rest of the NBA thinks he's overrated.

His situation is simple: He doesn't want to play in Denver anymore and his contract expires in one year. The Denver Nuggets don't want to simply let his contract expire and let him leave the team without receiving something in return, so they seek to trade Anthony.  

Unfortunately, an acceptable trade hasn't materialized and that's significant. The truth is that no good team is seeking to trade for Anthony and his expiring contract, nor are any "bubble" teams trying to add him to bolster their teams and try to break through to the next level.  

Based on this, it's easy to conclude that no NBA executive thinks that a team with Carmelo Anthony as the best player can win a championship, and that's telling. In fact, his former division rival Carlos Boozer, now with the Chicago Bulls, said he didn't want his team to trade Joakim Noah for Carmelo Anthony in either a one-for-one or Noah-plus-others trade.  

It's important to read between the lines of not only what does happen i ...

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