Remember the good old days where players picked the team that had the best chance of winning rings? Well Carmelo Anthony is part of the new breed of player where rings aren’t everything. It’s the world we live in now. Even though it was clear that Houston and Chicago was the better option. He went for New York. Yes it’s his hometown, yes Phil Jackson is there. But come on!
And according to the New York Post, Dwight Howard actually tried to get him to move over to Houston! Why Carmelo?! Why?!
“All that stuff was intriguing, all that stuff I took a real good look at,’’ Anthony said at the Knicks morning shootaround at Toyota Center. “The weather, the tax situation, things that come along with being here in Houston. I took a deep look at it.’’
“We had some great dialogue back and forth,’’ Anthony said of his discussions with Howard. “I talked to him. We talked about some things. Ultimately it came down to what I really felt and really wanted at that moment. We had some contact and conversations. He tried. He tried extremely hard. It didn’t have anything to do with Dwight or James [Harden]. It came down to my own personal decision.’’
“Of course I know they’re playing very well,’’ Anthony said. “[But] it’s not something I say to myself: ‘I regret doing this, regret doing that.’ I can’t do that. It’s not my nature as a person. I would never sit down and ask myself: ‘What if?’ ’’
What if indeed. I’ll be honest, I genuinely thought that Houston would be worse than last year. But they’ve impressed me. Even though James Harden isn’t racking up the best stats. Their record clearly shows that they’re legitimate.
Carmelo. You screwed up my brother.
