Remember a couple of days ago when I said that most players over 30 give themselves a clock of how long they’ll be able to play? Dwight Howard did it (even though he’s not 30) and now lo and behold, here comes Carmelo Anthony giving himself a estimate. And I’ll be honest, this is actually feasible! They rarely are but I agree with this one.
“Without a doubt. Without a doubt,” Anthony said after the Knicks’ final training camp practice on Saturday.
“Come on, you’re counting me out already?” he asked a reporter with a laugh.
“I wasn’t a guy who would run straight to surgery for anything. But I think now, [taking] care of this really put me in position to perform at a high level for the next four or five years,” he said.
“If I was a guy who kind of played above the rim and played at a fast pace and just running and jumping — that was my game, very athletic — then I’d probably be sitting here singing a different tune,” Anthony said. “But the way that I play, the way that I know how to pace myself, the way I know how to pick my spots out on the basketball court, I’m not a guy who’s playing above the rim every play so it works in my favor.”
That last paragraph is basically why I agree. Melo is above the rim, the only time he’s physical is when he’s down in the post and that’s occasional. Most of the time he’s taking jumpshots and that will get him through for another five years certainly.
