“Carmelo Anthony can’t win” is a tired and false narrative in the NBA. Not only does it ignore Melo’s 2003 national title with the Syracuse Orange(men), but it forgets that he also has three Olympic gold medals, and made the playoffs in each of his first 10 NBA seasons.
Melo was the star of a New York Knicks team that won 54 games just a few years ago. He led the Denver Nuggets to the Western Conference finals once.
And despite all of that, he’s being chase out of town as a “loser.