With his first NBA scoring title close enough to taste, New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony is on the verge of raising his star profile to new heights.
Unfortunately, finishing the 2012-13 season with a scoring crown still won't be enough to elevate Anthony to the NBA's highest level of NBA superstars.
That's not a knock on Anthony, though. He's been undeniably brilliant this season and deserves a mountain of credit for refining his three-point shot and showing inspired toughness in the paint. For all that, Melo still doesn't measure up to LeBron James or Kevin Durant.
The comparisons between Anthony and the league's two best players are layered and complicated. Contexts and systems always matter, so trying to isolate individual strengths and weaknesses isn't as simple as looking at points per game or field-goal percentage.
But to boil things down in as simple a way as possible, here's why Anthony isn't on the same plane as James or Durant:
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