Melo gets discredited as if he's some kind of Cancer.. when in reality
-He came into the L and turned a 17-65 Nuggets team into a 43-39 team in the West in his Rookie Year.
-He's only missed the playoffs 2 times in his career so far
Also Since this Lebron post is up... Melo actually had to face 8 50+ Win teams in his playoff career... 4 of those team literally advanced to the Finals & 3/4 won the championship that exact year..
BTW Melo even found a way to win One game against the same exact Spurs team that swept LBJ that year
Here are the stats vs the Spurs that year also
LBJ = 22, 7, 7 on 35/20/69 Shooting
Melo = 27, 8, 1 on 48/50/80 Shooting
So while Melo clearly isn't Lebron for people to say he's overrated & somehow isn't a true Superstar is crazy. The best player he's had on his squad has been a NON PRIME A.I or Billups and played in a conference where you
LITERALLY HAD TO HAVE 50 WINS to make it into the playoffs. Yet somehow people want to act as if Melo is some kind of perennial loser and don't give him any of the benefit that they give Lebron for having "Weak Teams"