New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has almost always been regarded as a bit of a selfish player.
The reasons for this are surface-level obvious: He takes a ton of shots—his 19.7 field-goal-attempts-per-game average is the 13th-highest all time and the seventh-highest of the three-point era, per Basketball-Reference.com.
And he uses a ton of possessions. He's recorded a usage rate (an estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while he was on the floor) of at least 28 percent in each of his 13 NBA seasons. Only three players—Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and Karl Malone—have done so more often.
But just because Anthony takes a lot of shots and has carried a "selfish" reputation doesn't mean he's not a smart and capable passer. We've seen over the years that, when he puts his mind to it, Anthony can deliver high-level passes the likes of which few forwards in the league not named LeBron James can make.
Send a double-team at him in the post and Anthony can whip a pass across the court to a shooter in the opposite corner; it's just not nece ...
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Don’t Look Now, but Carmelo Anthony Has Become NY Knicks’ Best Passer
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