Melo was an elite scorer. Cut the hate

Hell nah rookie Melo was money

eat shit

melo was elite

You’re getting negative replies, which I understand where they are coming from but

Melo was an amazing scorer, but obviously less “elite” of a player than LeBron or Durant, who are just top tier. And Doncic has passing in his bag

Any others who make it in if it’s “started the season as a teen”?

Good question, I’m not gonna look it up but I hope someone else does lol

You may have to get used to it

well, if he came out this yr he’d still qualify right? He’d still be 19, turning 20: (born December 21, 2006)

So that counts?

I don’t think the number of players who got this record changes that much even if teens were allowed to enter the NBA straight out of high school. Also, most hyped prospects are still teenagers after finishing a year of college and entering the NBA.

yeah, I mean regularly. It wasn’t a thing until Kevin Garnett. Are these even NBA stats?

“The NBA was created on August 3, 1949, with the merger of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (NBL). ”

i think it’s because paolo technically didn’t score 20 ppg.

he’s like 3 total points off

He started his career as a 19 year old though. Does this mean you have to be 19 for the whole rookie season?

It’s obviously gonna continue.

The “trend” of GOAT tier players isnt stopping.

I’d bet money that Wemby is gonna be put in Jordan convos within a couple of seasons. Could happen sooner. And it’s normal.

I personally don’t watch basketball to see guys dribble a ball. I watch basketball like any other sport. Whos gonna win? Who wants it more? Comparing the most special talents is part of it.

Ain’t nothing deranged about it.

You don’t have to be a stan to see that SGA is historically efficient, an insane midrange shooter, a good passer who never turns the ball over, and is a good defender. There’s only one other guy that immediately comes to mind

Ehhh…..I suspect Lebron will fade into the 5-10 range over the next 10-15 years. He’ll be viewed as Pete Rose is: compiler.

But if you don’t think the young children will be chasing you around and showing you AI generated comparisons of Player X vs Lebron, you’re insane. :) And to be clear…..I’m actually laughing with you…..not at you. You’ll have to run out all your arguments about Lebron and how he’s clearly better than Player X…….and they never even watched Lebron’s career. Just like Millennials didn’t really get to fully watch Jordan’s career.

Lebron’s a nice player. I’m glad his fans will be on another sub next year. Probably Warriors. Or maybe just retired.

he was much more efficient

You know this isn’t true right? Carmelo had a better fg%, 3p%, ft%, efg%, ts%, pretty much any scoring efficiency stat that you could name, carmelo was better.

I still think LeBron should have won, we just cant be out boldly citing demonstably false claims.

Lebron in his rookie year was not much more efficient than melo lol?

Melo was actually more efficient (TS% 51 to 49), and came out about even or ahead in almost all advanced metrics.

Who drove more winning their rookie year is actually an interesting convo, the 2003 nuggets and Cavs each won 17 games.

The nuggets won more games than the Cavs the following season but that probably had as much to do with the Andre miller signing as the Melo draft.

I didnt forget to mention anything bro I didnt say anything about lebron. No need for you to come to his defense 😂

Same for Luka…he turned 20 mid-way through his rookie year. This list seems inconsistent, unless maybe Luka already had 65 games played by his birthday, and that is being used as the scale.

Ahh that makes sense

Luka turned 20 in February, so he shouldn’t count either if that’s the case

Luka also turned 20 midway through the season