Carmelo Anthony invites Jeremy Lin on his podcast: “Jeremy Lin, I’m giving you my invite to come sit on the couch. Let’s have a conversation, let’s clear the air on a lot of bullshit that’s out there please… Come speak the truth.”
This just feels like social pressure. Ya sit around me and my friends and express hiw you feel.
Melo trying to whitewash history for sure
I remember Lin’s first game, after a few of his assists, he made a nice bounce pass for another assist. I was like no way Melo is going to like this actual basketball where people pass and move the ball. We were better while Melo was out.
Melo wanted a pg to just dribble it past half court and get it to him immediately where he could iso. That was his idea of ball and he also did not like sharing the spotlight.
I still don’t think that raises to “whitewashing” history. Two things can be true at the same time (and IMO are true): 1. Carmelo was more of a jerk to Lin than he should have been, and 2. Carmelo was not some monster who made Lin’s life miserable, which does seem to be the narrative a lot of Reddit thinks is true.
I understand why Melo would want Lin on his show to clear up a bunch of BS. Melo gets way too much hate from fans for everything, but especially Lin. I’ve even seen people imply Melo and Lin didn’t get along because Melo hates Asians. The “history” a lot of people think is true is pretty clearly nonsense, so I don’t think Melo’s in the wrong for wanting to clear that up. To be clear, that doesn’t mean Melo wasn’t a jerk to Lin and somewhat jealous of Linsanity…he almost certainly was. But Melo almost certainly didn’t do half the stuff and wasn’t half as mean as a ton of redditors think he was.
The way people think of Carmelo and Lin is how it actually was when Lin had to play with Kobe.
I’ve seen vid clips of Lin commenting about his time on the Lakers and how caustic it his relationship ended up with Kobe, but I’ve yet to see him comment much about his relationship with Melo. Has he talked at length about it?
I’d actually like to see Lin go on the show and both of them actually have a candid conversation about what went down during Linsanity
He said Melo was supportive, before the Linsanity games, Melo actually told the coaching staff to give Lin a chance.
Now don’t know how much that changed after Linsanity took over New York, but we heard nothing ill about Melo from Lin.
Lin did speak poorly about his experience with McHale, Harden and Kobe. He did resolve the differences with McHale and Harden, but not Kobe.
Fortunately for Lin, Kobe cleared the air
I’m the biggest of big Kobe fans; idc what Kobe said to clear the air, he was awful to Lin and a terrible teammate to him and a lot of the guys in that era and Byron Scott was such a shitty coach to just condone it the way he did.
I thought it was an edgy joke about Kobe Bryant dying in a helicopter crash.
I’ll never get how some Kobe fans just easily dismiss that situation. There’s a line between using tough love as a way to motivate your teammates and being a straight asshole to someone.
Kobe came in with a more grounded approach iirc
Savage
I think i remember Melo making a comment about the contract Houston offered Jeremy like calling it ridiculous or something. Whether he was right or wrong, it’s probably not great to comment on another player’s offers during negotiations.
He called the poison pill structure of the Houston contract offer ridiculous, the part that prevented the Knicks from matching it without going into the Luxury Tax. But yeah, if you’re gonna make that comment, you have to be clear about the phrasing of it or avoid saying it at all
The few comments I somewhat remember Lin saying about Carmelo were neutral at worst. Def heard teammates from that Knicks era basically say a lot of those reports were overblown. Lin didn’t have the “pedigree” and I think everyone on that team was just as surprised as we all were during Linsanity and prob were cautiously optimistic that it could be anything more than a heater.
Reddit makes it seem like Melo racially abused Lin and bullied him the way Shaq bullied his teammates.
Melo was the one that pushed Mike D’Antoni to give Lin minutes and to start him in the first place.
EDIT: I swear Reddit’s narrative on Lin/Melo is one of the weirdest phenomena I’ve seen, almost feels like a psyop. And I bet half of you guys spewing it was barely even alive during that era. I was in high school during that time and followed the Knicks on everything those years like a religion since I had nothing better to do, and I never read any stories that implied the two had this much animosity between them. The only thing was the “ridiculous” contract quote Melo made, and that was directed towards the poison pill contract that Houston gave Lin in RFA. There’s a reason that type of contract has been banned now.
And the way some of you guys try to make it have some racist undertones to it is fucking weird.
And I say this all as an Asian American and both Melo and Lin fan. Hell, if I remember my high school tried to have Lin come in as a graduation guest speaker.
I am not even saying it was racial. I’m saying Melo was not down to share the ball or the spotlight at that point of his career.
Melo was the one that *pushed* Mike D’Antoni to give Lin minutes and to start him in the first place.
I don’t think this is true, do you have a source on this?
He’s been doing that with his time in Denver too. Acting like he didn’t ask for a trade out of the top seeded team in the west, knowing he won’t get his jersey retired because we have another #15 that’s won us a championship.
Let’s come together and help clear my reputation because everyone knows I couldn’t handle you being successful on MY team
Yeah a 3 on 1 with 2 yes men, I think J Lin is too smart to do it. Melo looks mad corny “come to my safe space while we bombard you with speaking points directly from Melo”
Mentally getting jumped in th hood. Jeremy don’t do it. 😂
He don’t mean that
100%. Love Melo but this def feels a bit like a setup to corner Lin on his own podcast.
nah when you invite a dude you got beef with its obviously because you wanna give him hugs and kisses
These guys arent cornering Lin lol he could easily have a media career with how well spoken he is. He wouldnt stumble on words or say something stupid based on what I’ve seen. Harvard taught him well i suppose.
Is there really much correlation anymore between being well spoken and media success? The highest rated NBA program regularly devolves into Shaq bickering with Charles Barkley…
Not many American arenas in general that are dominated by intellectualism right now.
but when a guy is bangin’ you
Shaq is barely literate but the others on inside the NBA are definitely well spoken. They just say dumb things. Being well spoken and being correct or smart are two completely different things.
he’s gonna beat lin right in the middle of the ring! during a podcast! with a steel chair BAAHH GOD
Nah he will just hog the mic and not let Lin respond to anything. Just talking over him the whole time. Would be pretty hilarious
Damn boutta be one of those crazy flat earther podcasts where the dude just talks over the expert
Set up for what? Feel like Melo just wants to clear up some of the narratives that Melo hated/was jealous of Lin
Live on Melo’s show……
“Hey Jeremy, I never gave you a hard time right? Right? I didnt get the team to ostracize you a bit right? Please tell everyone the truth.
Even when we gave you a hard time, that was just locker room joking around and you didnt take it personal right?”
Im sure even Melo knows Lin isn’t the type to just play along and lie if he ever comes on. Its probably a smaller issue than people think, or at least Melo’s involvement in it is smaller than people think
It’s one of those things that during the time, the media amplified the drama. They did everything to paint Melo as some locker room cancer who couldn’t win. In comparison, I think the drama between Lin and Kobe was a bigger deal.
He was absolutely jealous. He single-handedly broke up that Knicks team and made A-Stat pick him over Jeremy Lin. The bench players hated this because Jeremy made the bench players so much better because let’s face it, everybody was tired of Melo chucking up shots.
Melo forced Houston to offer Lin the poison pill contract that the Knicks couldn’t match?
And the Knicks had their best season the next year after Lin left so it couldn’t have broken up the locker room that much.
Knicks chose not to give Lin an offer and told him to go find a deal which they would match. They tried to lowball Lin.
the poison pill contract was designed to fuck up the knicks cap situation if they matched, here’s an article from the time, they were prepared to match.
Which was smart Lin ultimately wasn’t that good of a player
to make Lin say things he doesn’t really believe about what happened e: shit y’all asked for an explanation of the other comment, don’t come at me
Why are you guys infantilizing a 37 year old man and acting like he can’t speak for himself?
He’s being a little melodramatic honestly
Nice
That’s putting it charitably.
Melo was super talented and a lot of fun to watch when he was cooking. But the dude was just not a winner in any capacity, and was the biggest bitch.
He absolutely does. 99% of this is fan/media nonsense. Melo advocated for him to get the minutes that sparked Linsanity, took the fewest shots since his rookie season to let Lin keep the keys to the offense, and was in the locker room offering him advice on the business/sponsorship side of things. There’s never been a beef.
Tbh it’s been infuriating as a fan of both guys. The amount of uninformed bullshit I’ve had to read on here about it, going on 14 years now.
There’s no air to clear, we all know what is was😂.
“I’m giving you a platform to speak truth to power”
There was an arrogant and selfish player who made Lin’s life miserable, but it wasn’t Melo. It was Kobe. Lin has repeatedly defended Melo and said he even mentored Lin a little bit. And in the same interview where Lin went out of his way to defend Melo he talked in detail about how the only player who was ever truly awful to him was Kobe. But people love Kobe and hate Melo, so they don’t care about the truth despite it coming directly FROM Lin.
People can change. It’s been a long time and Carmelo was starting to become more humble by the end of his career.
They do. No way in hell would melo share this room with other guys. It would be just him talking alone.
Now he lets other people sit and listen to him talk. 😂
have you heard melo talk recently? he still is totally devoid of self awareness and any semblance of humility. He’s still the same loser he ever was.
Except Lin has said before there was no animosity between him and Melo. And Lin has stated before Melo was very supportive of him, especially to Mike D about Lin playing. And Melo was furious that the Knicks didn’t match Lin’s contract.
The only Basketball player Lin has said was awful to work and deal with was Kobe. But everyone seems to want to ignore that fact. And bash Melo. When Melo and Lin have zero issues or beef. You can Google this yourself and see. There’s multiple quotes by Lin praising Melo and going to bat for Melo. BEFORE Melo invited him on the podcast.
Yep, Lin even spoke about Harden and Kevin McHale, and said they had a lot of rough patches. He spoke about Melo in positivity.
Yeah i mean melo had his moments of ego and jealousy but that’s normal for a superstar. McHale did far more damage to lin’s career but no one talks about it
Yea and taking Lin out from guarding Dame in that last possession. Wtf
Carmelo Anthony did state to the media at the time that he wanted Lin to return to the Knicks, but famously referred to the Rockets’ offer as a “ridiculous contract”. This phrasing fueled long-standing rumors and media narratives that Anthony was jealous of the spotlight Lin captured during the “Linsanity” craze. However, Melo clarified that he was referring to how the contract was specifically structured by Houston to penalize New York
I don’t think melo was “furious”
to his defense the “ridiculous contract” also was informally termed the “poison pill contract”.
People will read this an continue to paint Melo as the bad guy here. Do i think these guys were best of friends, probably not, but Lin has never said Melo was outright antagonistic to him and actually said he was helpful.
Its just the internet as usual trying to paint Melo as an aggressive and mean guy and Lin as the helpless and friendless asian dude who cant fit in.
I mean, just look at this thread of a bunch of randoms who if you didnt know any better were in the lockerrooms with them. Its pathetic atp and exactly the reason why Melo wants him on the show to clear the air.
To me itnseems that Melo was a good locker room guy andna good teammate when it came to his personality but his playatyle just tends to slow teams down with too much isolation ball. But its notbing to do with his character.
Yep, and the fact that Lin has made that 100% clear, and yet 90% of the comments on these threads completely ignore it is why I understand why Melo wants Lin on his show. Most of these comments either don’t know Lin has talked about this or are ignoring it because it doesn’t fit their Melo hate. Maybe having Lin sit down with Melo would make it harder for all these people to ignore that Lin has repeatedly defended Melo in the press.
Yea, Melo is betting Lin will be too good of a guy to tell the truth and he can “see I told you there was never an issue” this away. Anyone who was around remembers the reporting along with Amare and D’antoni both saying the same things about how Melo acted when he came back from that injury.
Lin has already said this though lol. Melo and Lin genuinely have no beef. Only guy who’s been spoken out about by Lin is Kobe.
Edit: also the Kenyon Martin stuff, forgot about that media cycle story.
Yep, and that’s why I think Melo wanting Lin on his show is totally reasonable. I’m sure Melo was somewhat of a jerk to Lin. We saw it on the court. But the narrative has expanded to the point where tons of fans assume Melo made his life utterly miserable and, in some posts I’ve seen, that Melo just hates Asian people. Like you mentioned…Lin addressed all that and clearly stated it wasn’t true, but just read through all the comments on this thread. Either most of these people don’t know that Lin has already cleared the air or they don’t care because it doesn’t fit their Melo narrative. Having Lin on his show might at least get a few of these people to pay attention because Lin explicitly stating he and Melo are totally fine didn’t seem to make much impact.
If he wants to clear the air, he should also invite Stat and MDA.
Yeah, isn’t this shit already known and confirmed by players? Hasn’t even Lin said some things about it already?
Lin said they have no beef. I hope that’s what you’re referring to because a lot of people in this thread are just blatantly ignoring that. If you or anyone else are not referring to that then that means you’re just running on vibes and taking other comments from armchair redditors as fact.
you hated on him because he was stealing your spotlight. whats to discuss?
This guy said Jokic took his number in Denver to steal his legacy. He’s delusional.
Edit* people saying I’m “blatantly lying” because I slightly misremembered the quote. I’m sorry, it was Denver who gave Jokic the number 15 (same number he wore in Europe), a late second round pick, in order to purposefully erase his legacy. It wss all a calculated move by the front office lol. Happy now?
“It was a petty maneuver,” Anthony told co-host The Kid Mero. “It wasn’t like, ‘Oh, we got numbers to choose from.’ It was like, ‘Here, you got 15.’”
He added: “Y’all put Jokic in the middle of that. He don’t know what the f— going on. He could’ve been like, ‘I wanna wear 15.’ He could’ve been like, … ‘Oh, that’s Melo’s number.’ You know what I mean? … I don’t know. He could’ve worn it because he wanted to pay homage. But what I believe is that they gave him 15 to try to erase what I did.
“Now, it’s like they want you to play that game: When you think of 15 in Denver now, to this generation, you thinking Joker.”
Carmelo is one of the most selfish basketball players I have ever watched.
And his glasses look stupid too
Him and Cam Newton feel like the same person in two different sports to me, idk what it is about them
It’s the obsession with how they’re perceived. I hadn’t considered this comp but I really like it. Both excellent players but people who are desperate to appear as this sort of suave man’s man with legacies they pathologically need to inflate.
This is a phenomenal comparison
I just realized I haven’t seen Melo’s eyes in probably 5 years lol
“Hey P they said I have to come off the bench”
Jokic was probably like “Caramelo, do I eat those?”
People just upvote blatant lies. Melo said the NUGGETS were trying to diminish his legacy by giving Jokic that number, he never said that’s what Jokic was after
To be fair that’s just as stupid
Exactly. Jokic wore 15 prior to playing in Denver and was a second round pick. I doubt the Nuggets knew this random guy would be the franchise GOAT. Not only that but he wasn’t even the first Nugget to wear 15 after Melo; it was Anthony Randolph, another random player
Their giving 15 to random players honestly feels less like “fuck Melo” and more like “we didn’t even consider Melo,” which is in some respects even more insulting.
One is so clearly worse, what are you talking about?
It’s really not. He was far & away their best franchise player other than Alex English. Giving his number away to a 2nd round pick is disrespectful & minimizes what he did for Denver
Somebody already pointed out that Jokic wasn’t even the next guy to wear the number.
Bro it’s always these 2 week old accounts too. I swear the sole purpose is to spread misinformation.
“Two different type of players. No comparisons only respect,” Anthony continued. “Put his number up there. It should never be a comparison. We don’t even have the same play style. I had my time and era, he had his.”
He never said that. What the fuck is this blatant lie lmao. He was talking about the Nuggets org, not Jokic himself
Leaves on bad terms
“Why don’t they appreciate me?”
There’s no proof of that, just unfounded gossip. Lin has said they never had an issue, Melo says the same.
Outside of a singular quote from ESPN magazine article with an anonymous source written after Lin signed with Houston, there’s nothing supporting what people claim Melo did to Lin. Melo had a couple offseason dinners with Lin trying to get him to resign, he never hated him lol.
Don’t bother, this sub hates Melo
They need to make the black guy a villain, always, its believable that way.
When Lin has publicly stated many times that the NBA players and NBA in general treated him well. He stated the most racism he faced as a player was when he played ball in Ivey League college and fans and players were insulting his race constantly.
But of course that doesnt fit the narrative around here.
Easier to punch down than to punch up i guess.
I’m neutral towards Melo but the way this sub talks about out him is insane at times. I get why Melo wants to JLin to appear on his podcast to clear up the whole thing.
And this sub of course doesnt want lin to go on the podcast because he’ll say things that go against the hivemind narrative here
Lin getting playing time at the start of Linsanity was even Melos idea. The stats don’t support the narrative either. Melo was not a ball hog when Lin was playing on the Knicks and took significantly fewer shots. It’s all just crap. People will just believe whatever they want and even rewrite the narratives around when he left, NOBODY was going to beat that insane contract the Rockets offered him that was designed to fuck the Knicks over with a poison pill that would trigger the luxury tax, it had nothing to do with getting forced out, like I don’t know how anybody could believe that.
I remember hearing some clips of his podcast where he was giggling and said “Linsanity” in a douchey way. Even now. He may need Jeremy but Jeremy doesn’t need him.
TBH, I really love the extremely dignified/analytical approach Lin has taken towards social media outside of this weird podcast dudebro culture that’s been happening too. He has his space and he’s doing amazing work. I really hope he declines the invite and stays doing what he’s doing.
Also, you don’t go to someone else’s turf on their terms to “clear the air” or whatever. That’s just them cornering you into helping THEIR image. Lin has nothing to gain from this.
I wasn’t aware of JLins high quality Insta posts until recently but they’re so refreshing. Miss him on my 19 World Champs squad 🥲
Is there a non instagram location that I could watch these?
he has videos on youtube shorts : https://www.youtube.com/@jeremylin/shorts
I would love to see Lin partner with a channel like Thinking Basketball to do longer form analysis. Not that I don’t love Ben Taylor’s stuff but the more the merrier imo
Agreed 100
Melo respectfully STFU nothing to hash out. You were being a bad teammate and a loser.
Jeremy Lin already said there are no issues between them and Melo has always been nice to his face.
Its Melo’s other teammates that are saying Melo was a selfish player and didn’t like his spotlight being taken. Idk why Melo wants to invite Jeremy Lin on. He should invite Amare who said Melo had issues
https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york-knicks/post/_/id/64270/amare-stoudemire-i-wasnt-talking-about-carmelo-anthony
Amare cleared it over decade ago.
What specifically did he do that was being a bad teammate to Lin? Like even just one specific example please.
Bro stop posting lies for clout. What specifically did Melo do to Lin? Lin was offered a contract by the Knicks but left for more money in Houston and he sucked everywhere he played. What did Melo do to hurt Lin??
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Pretty sure he was passed out lol
thats crazy, to be wrong about a play for decades lol. he was knocked the fk out on that play and no one realized
No one’s buying this prick’s bs lol
“Come speak my truth in a setting that suits me”
Melo was fun to watch but he really prioritized his bag over any team
What BS? What are you talking about?
Do it privately then. Doing it publicly just means you’re trying to look like the good guy. You aren’t.
Volume scorer. That’s all he is. Mr. FirstRoundExit
He’s saying to clear the air for fans, not to resolve a beef that doesn’t exist between them.
This site is full of the worst kind of people that love to expect the worst in other people.
What would he need to clear out privately if the whole point Melo has is that he never was jealous or backstabbed Lin?
No, you’re misunderstanding me. Invite him privately. Inviting him publicly is theater. If you want him on reach out to him privately. If he declines then respect that. He’s now made a situation where if Lin doesn’t go on he looks like he’s ducking Melo. That’s not right especially since Melo is the one that was fucked up.
He was answering a quick question during the podcast, who would Melo want on that hasn’t been on yet. Y’all talking like this was some underhanded ploy lol, Lin wasn’t even the first name he said.
Volume scorer aka “chucker”.
I know there have been rumors that Melo was jealous of the attention Lin was getting and that Melo wanted him gone.
But has Lin ever said anything bad about Melo?
good point. Jeremy has talked about his conflict with Kobe before so i don’t see why he wouldn’t talk about any issues he had with Melo.
This has been the only factual and proper discussion about this in the entire thread holy
It’s because Melo and Lin actually liked each other and their conflict had more to do with D’Antoni, who was on the hot seat and never liked Melo’s game to begin with.
There was a fantastic in-depth article in ESPN The Magazine about it: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/8509424/new-york-knicks-star-carmelo-anthony-master-getting-way-espn-magazine
Nobody here will read it because it’s more than a sentence, but it shows why Melo’s not wrong that much of the public discourse is misinformed (even if he’s far from perfect)
I think Amar’e has said there was a little jealousy there but I don’t think Lin has ever said anything.
I mean, if Amar’e said it, it sounds like Melo should have him on the pod to “clear the air” instead of trying to drag Lin into it. He should just leave Lin alone if Lin never said anything.
He did have Amar’e on the podcast. But that’s still not the same as clearing the air publicly with Lin.
Amare said teammates were jealous then clarified it wasn’t Melo.
Amare said shortly after he was not talking about Melo.
Lin is a class act. I don’t think he’s publicly said anything bad about anyone.
He certainly has said bad stuff about Kobe. Not in an unfair hater kind of way, but in a balanced like, being so confident and driven can also make you a bad teammate who could be disrespectful to others kind of way, but also giving consideration to Kobe’s perspective. It wasn’t bashing but it was like, your idol isn’t the perfect teammate or player you imagined him to be.
People like to act like Kobe’s mentality is 100% respectable but irl most people would hate Kobe if they had to actually speak to him.
The way Kobe acted definitely did not make the most of his teammates potential in the way for example LeBron has. The facilitating and encouraging can build confidence in people, yet Kobe’s attitude will only work on certain people, and it’s all so environment based that Kobe could’ve destroyed certain players’ confidence who could’ve been far better had they been encouraged at first before the toughen up approach.
He didn’t say bad stuff about Kobe. He was saying “talk to me like a man” not like some random dude
He’s just standing up for himself
And that Kobe was disrespectful to someone else as a man, who didn’t do much to build trust or camaraderie with his teammates is bad - it’s not horrific and it’s not unfair, but it’s also not like Lin hasn’t been willing to speak out about the bad side of loved players before if his has the experience to speak on it. He did it in a fair and respectful way, but he’s also not just blowing smoke up people’s asses.
And honestly that makes me like Lin more.
Lin has never said a bad word about Melo and specifically said there is no problem. Reddit makes stuff up for clout
The Melo “jealous” was just a product of the New York tabloid culture of the 2010s. There has never been a valid report that Melo and Lin had any beef with
Prediction: Melo, McGrady, and Carter will become such tiresome media personalities that we’ll miss the comperative humility of the 2008 Celtics.
I like VC the dude and player, but as a media personality, he’s dry, which is kinda ironic considering he’s was considered the human highlight reel during his playing days.
Agreed. He’s clearly heard all of McGrady’s bullshit a thousands time since they’re cousins. But if he could be more like Kenny Smith it would help. But tbh I don’t think that’s him.
Julius Erving was also a boring media personality in comparison with his on-court performance.
I like when him and tmac joke around, their dynamic as cousins is fun to watch and their analysis is decent. I don’t care for Carmelo tho, ironically Jeremy Lin would be an upgrade to replace him lol
In 2018 offseason VC was playing in a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe. After his Saturday round finished he’s signing stuff, taking photos, and saying hi to fans and I yell out “Vince, go Kings!” His head whipped around and he looked at me like I insulted in his mother and said plainly “I don’t play for them anymore.” Then walked directly into the club house ignoring other fans on his way in. My bad VC! I didn’t realize Basketball Hell was that triggering.
McGrady has been dreadful since his ESPN days with Rachel Nichols
Yeah I was shocked to see him get another prominent media gig. He’s never had much personality or impressive insight
Carmelo Anthony is a loser
Knowing how gracious Jeremy is, I wouldn’t doubt it if he actually came on the pod.
Ya I think he’s cool enough that it would actually work out well having him as a guest. Especially with the way he responded to Kenyon Martin a while back
I think most people on here are opposed to this because it gives them one less reason to hate Melo and it removes the excuse of why Lins career didn’t go the way this sub thinks it should’ve. Lin is pretty vocal about his experience in the league, if Melo took him through hell then he’d have said something.
Lin would’ve been the GOAT if not for evil Melo according to this sub lol
BRO, like can people open their eyes about who Jeremy lin was as a player? I love linsanity just as much as anyone here but let’s be real
It’s embarrassing how people still blame Melo like Lin was going to be a superstar or something. He had a good couple of weeks against bad teams and then the Heat destroyed him.
All it takes is a couple weeks of film and it’s over
Hot take in Knicks fandom but Melo has always been a selfish loser, and we should thank god that the franchise recovered relatively quickly after his time here
Melo set yall back a solid decade imo. One of the most selfish superstars I can remember
Absolutely not
Picking up Billups team option just to amnesty him right after
Not saving the amnesty for an always injured Amare
Not going through with the Kyle Lowry for Iman + 1 first trade when Ujiri already agreed to it
Wasting a first on Andrea Barnani
Trading Iman and Jr for Lou and Lance
I could continue with how many moves the front office did that made zero sense but it doesn’t matter because yall gonna blame Melo regardless
IIT: People proving Melo’s point
Any thread about Lin on this subreddit will turn into a circlejerk. People here are obsessed with him
Lmaooo Melo the most hated in the league ever man. Look at these comments.
It’s just nerds on Reddit. Players and people irl love him
lol Reddit swears Lin would’ve been Steph if it wasn’t for Melo
They’re infantilizing him because he’s Asian
Meanwhile the knicks got better with felton over him
The amount of people in these comments who have never actually heard Melo’s thoughts and opinions on these matters and are just spitting out the same old tired narratives are exactly why he is inviting Jeremy Lin in this fashion.
If any of yall actually watched/listened to 7pm in Brooklyn, yall would hear Melo talk about how not only he is aware of these false narratives (almost as if he dealt with them his entire playing career), but he also addresses them in such a mature and levelheaded way on top of giving insight that no one but Melo himself could give. He holds himself accountable when he fucked up and will not speak on things about someone else unless they’ve spoke about it in private before “airing it out” on his show.
The fact that to this day people still call him selfish and whatever else is crazy. He’s actually had a graceful post retirement. I would seriously recommend giving his podcast an actual listen, the platform he has created on that show is impactful and insightful and the best part is it isn’t just about basketball. It’s not some washed up unc trying to sit there and scream at you about how much better he was than everyone thought. His hole shtick is giving people their flowers. Not just ball players, people from other sports and media like comedians and rappers. Go watch before yall sit here and act like he has any hate or malice for anyone…
Nope the piece of shit loser melo is trying to embarrass the precious beautiful humble lin
Threads like this make the biases people have here abundantly clear 😂
This sub loves their narratives. The way they react to some people sometimes..i dont know man.
Fuck Melo.
Son, this subreddit treats Melo like he’s Hitler😭 Why does there have to be an ulterior motive behind a simple invite lmao
Don’t forget that Melo basically laughed at the idea of the Rockets picking up Lin.
Because they gave him a contract so ridiculus that it’s banned now.
Yea because that poison pill contract gave him money comparable to what Kevin Durant was getting at the time.
‘I would like to make money off our history.’
Linn don’t take the bait.
the recent Novak clip from this is a good watch (tldr Pop waives Novak from the Spurs but only bc he strong-armed a commitment from Dantoni that the Knicks would give him a guaranteed deal and playing time)
but even there Melo’s saying Novak (a G League player then) is the type of sharpshooter they needed to become the type of team they needed to be. claims there’s only a few of that archetype in the league, so when the front office came to him saying Novak was available, Melo signs off on it.
but Novak explains he’s a G league player on a nonguaranteed training camp deal. its bizarre hearing Melo talk about signing off on grabbing a G League sharpshooter as some kind of team elevating move. get that its a player-led podcast so its more about the story, but makes me wonder how accurate the retelling of this would be
He went on to lead the league in 3 pt shooting %.
His agent must have finally gotten through to him that his history with Lin is bad for his post-NBA career monetization opportunities.
Bringing Lin on the podcast only benefits Melo. Lin has nothing to gain from this.
We already know, Melo.
Only one to gain here is Melo
Melo was one of my favorite players when he came into the league but man the more you hear this guy talk, the more of a douche he becomes
For the melo haters, did you actually watch the linsanity run in full? Because melo was consistently cheering him on enthusiastically on the court and from the bench when he was hurt. This always gets conveniently ignored to push a weak narrative.
I absolutely wanted them to bring Lin back!However, the Knicks screwed up by not offering lin a deal outright. Instead they told him to get an offer from another team for them to match.
The poison pill contract at the time wasn’t common, and the salary cap hadn’t risen like it has in the last several years. So a third year at $15 mil did look crazy for a guy who went on a heater for a few weeks.
Edit: typo
This is trash. We don’t need a platform to iron things out so you can get views. Pick up the phone
nothing this sub has a hate-boner for more is Melo
Cue all the comments from tweens who weren’t alive to watch Melo play hating on him for imagined slights agaisnt bums
The revisionism about who these players were/are is insane to me
“come speak the truth” from carmelo anthony is sending me. melo you ARE the bullshit that’s out there
the audacity to invite jeremy lin to YOUR podcast to clear YOUR name is such a melo move. bro didn’t call him privately, didn’t text, put out a public podcast invite like it’s a subpoena. jeremy lin has to find out on the internet that he’s been summoned
jeremy lin sitting at home in 2026 finally living in peace and carmelo hits him with a couch invite. man cannot catch a break
“let’s clear the air” said the guy who allegedly froze him out in new york. the air you created melo. YOUR air.
jeremy lin if you’re reading this you do not have to go. you owe that couch nothing.
I rlly don’t think it’s that deep guys ppl squash beef in real life all the time. I think this is more likely genuine than posturing, but hey that’s just my opinion.
Melo might be the biggest discrepancy between on court fan perception and actual personality.
People talk about Melo like he’s early career Kobe level of hubris/fake. I’ve never listened to Melo and thought he was anything other than genuine and down to earth relatively speaking of course.
Its weird to me how Melos personality is discussed in this forum.
Love this response, especially to see the spurs flair considering the 05 and 07 playoff series. Im a huge melo fan and i think half of this subreddit is just stupid.
It’s going to look like when Zelensky visited the White House the first time.
Lin has had no problem being vocal regarding some of the poor treatment he’s experienced and bad energy from teammates and opposing players. Even someone of Kobe’s stature. He’s never held back when talking about Kobe’s disrespectful behavior.
He has never had something bad to say about Carmelo. It’s all fabricated projection by the media and fans who just love to put melo down for any stupid thing.
I mean how about clear the air with a private phone call first..
whelps looks like I better avoid this thread…
What’s the beef between these two?
There never was. During “Linsanity,” a lot of tabloids tried to create a story about Melo being jealous and sabotaging Lin’s career. Just look at the comments here for an example of what people believed.
Lol fuck Melo.. that guy has never had a good/honest/self-aware take
Jeremy Lin was able to secure multiple contracts and carve out a decent career and I think that’s commendable. However, I hate how some of our fans exaggerate who he was as a player. Some of us talk about Melo/Lin as if it were equivalent to Draymond calling KD a bitch and telling him that he wasn’t needed. I’m more upset at Melo for refusing to wait til FA to join and us having to gut a solid young core to trade for him instead, than anything that might’ve occured during the Lin era.
The white boys on reddit genuinely have a hate boner for Melo, sheesh.
Love melo but he also tried to convince everyone he was in the right by forcing his way out of Denver and dissembling a solid core of young talent on the Knicks, instead of just waiting for free agency which was 4 months away.