Carmelo Anthony lies sprawled out motionless on the floor as both teams continue to play over his lifeless corpse
The visual of Melo lying on the floor as they still continue to play will never get old
Especially when he comes back into view as the camera pans right
I knew it was coming and it was still funnier than I imagined lmao all that was missing was a chalk outline
It’s like an NPC glitch in 2K 😂
Yep
It’s like a Studio C Scott Sterling sketch
Would love to see RDC’s take on it
The way he was splayed out makes it so funny. Only way it could have been funnier was if he was Yamcha’ed.
Visual metaphor of his career
Up there with unconscious Rocky while the announcer says YEAHHHHH
Love JR Smith for driving right by Anthony instead of holding for a timeout for his teammate
This is so funny in the context of 2018 game 1 being the main thing he remembered for
JR is the gift that keeps on giving
This is so true both through highlights and lowlights. Because outside of these hilarious lowlights, he’s predominantly remembered for his crazy dunk reel and bullshit, fading away 3 pointers.
if you were OOTL on the NBA and went to youtube to watch his highlight reels, which are dunks and acrobatic finishes only a few in the league could do, and contested jumpers only few in the league could hit at a respectable clip, you would think he was an NBA superstar lol
his mid game handshake with Jason Terry is one of my favorite sports moments of all time
Which is kind of disappointing to me as a Knicks fan because he was incredible when he was feeling it
And then motioning to him on the floor
both teams playing like he’s just part of the floor paint
I absolutely believe everyone in Denver’s bench thought Melo was just faking it. Probably tired of him
Wait, was he not? That’s the only way i ever remember this.
I always thought he was faking it as well but recently read that he was actually knocked unconscious lol
I can’t see any way he could fake this to the extent that he doesn’t flinch or do anything to protect himself as giants are running all around his head
I wasn’t in agreement with you until you said “giants” and then it made more sense lol
That somehow makes it even funnier 😂
I can’t even see any head contact on the play.
when he is falling you can see a very real grimace come across his face. doubt he is faking since he wouldnt have even known the call at that point
I see the grimace, I just can’t see the contact, I had always wondered what kind of injury he suffered here, I had guessed twisted knee or something
fair enough. to me it looks.like Durants elbow probably comes down on melos head and possibly temple while melo is driving and beginning to fall
Yeah, this is very much just a result of hitting at just the right angle to make a seemingly harmless play into something more.
contact is simply weird sometimes.
Don’t soccer players make faces during their dives all the time?
Don’t they roll around screaming and faking the pain?
probably. your point?
when he is falling a very real grimace doubt he is faking [Soccer players] probably feign looks of pain frequently
when he is falling
a very real grimace
doubt he is faking
[Soccer players] probably feign looks of pain frequently
See if you can connect those dots.
I dont know why were still speculating over facial expressions considering its a known fact he was knocked out
His head and neck smack into KD’s hip bone/abdomen
Very odd how he raises his arms above his face, then extends them over his head and holds his wrist. I’ve seen a lot of sports knockouts of varying degrees, but never seen anyone do that.
Maybe he was a rattled, but entirely knocked out? I’m still highly skeptical.
Nah he compressed his neck on the bump earlier and collapsed. According to his own words, he blacked out and didn’t remember much
Melos lying bruh lol
You could say Melo is Hitler reincarnated and people would believe you on this sub bruh.
You could do a lot of things in this life bruh.
Yeah, what actually happened?
I remember this being hilarious but I don’t remember if it actually wasn’t funny
The announcers mentioned it looked like he tweaked his neck on the drive and that’s probably what happened, sometimes you just gotta lay on the floor lmao
KD’s hip bone caught him in the temple. Instant KO.
There’s no way he’s KO’d lol. He could’ve been dazed and even concussed, but was not knocked out.
He shoves his head right into KD’s stomach, giving himself a stinger. He’s almost certainly unconscious for a short period.
You can see some pixels in the third or fourth replay that kinda look like he’s grimacing pretty bad as he goes down.
You think he’d just lie there motionless with players running around his head?
I remember at the time an espn article said he had a stinger, but never dove into it
r/NBA try to not to turn every mention of Melo into a hit piece challenge: impossible
It was the way he splayed out. Seemed intentional to get into and remain in that position.
What a stupid thing to say
“What is he doing?!” Announcer really thought he was taking a nap or something😭
It’s the “outta of his cotton picking mind” announcer
RIP Brian Davis. He was tiers above our current dude Chris.
Brian Davis is alive.
We will always remember him.
Some days I think I can still hear him. 😭
THANK YOU! TIERS!!!!
Alright partner.
I think he was genuinely asking for an answer…
Isnt that offensive 3 seconds?
Lmao I think it was so unprecedented that no one, even the refs, had any idea what to do.
“He was wearing his earmuffs”
“Well, just leave him there”
Foul….no, two fouls!
It does make me wonder where the bar is before a ref would just stop play.
Like if there was a very serious and obvious bone break, and the player is screaming in agony, but the ball is still live and no one’s stopping play. Would the refs just stop the game? I presume so, but where is that line between where they let the game go on versus not?
It’s here. It’s right here. Possum equals no call. Bone breaking injury. Call.
Dude fell unconscious on the court, exhibited concussion symptoms, and they still let him check back in. One thing I definitely don’t miss about the old NBA.
We still have players coming back from concussion protocol way too early
Also clowned him for being unconscious.
I still remember Doc Rivers shouting and motioning a clearly concussed Glen Davis to stand up and run. And out of all the people who helped him, it was referee Joey Crawford. Concussion protocol is much more enforced now, but players still come back way too early. But it was much more fucked up back then
good point
Those Nuggets unis were nice along with their powder blue ones.
back when we had an identity and didn’t larp as Pacers and Jazz
What would the Nuggets have if they didn’t tell us they were 5,280 feet above sea level at all times.
As someone who moved to Denver. This is incredibly accurate
why can’t they use that cool dwarf dude as their mascot again? Instead they give every player on their roster 5,280 as their jersey number
truly the worst jerseys in team history
Не могу да се сетим ниједне ствари која Нагетсима иде у прилог као франшизи.
funniest part of the clip is JR being more mad at the travel call than his unconscious teammate and and asking the refs to reverse the call on account of the comatose Melo
the fact that everyone just played around him like he was a floor graphic is what gets me every time
the video guy panning back when JRs moving the ball back up the court and melo still lying there is one of the funniest things
lol yeah the camera work makes it so much better. just casually pans back like nothing happened
Peak basketball
Couldn’t score 5v4 damn.
Tbf this is about as good as Melo played defense anyway
Not fair, this was his Nuggets days. He played like a little defense.
That reminds me of the time Mark Jackson, on an ESPN broadcast, said that Carmelo’s former coaches gave him permission to not play defense, and George Karl, who coached Melo with the Nuggets, responded with this:
I heard @ MarkJackson13 is taking shots at my defensive coaching during tonight’s broadcast. Remind me, how many all-star teams did you coach, Mark? How many DPOYs? How many Finals appearances? How many of my teams became dynasties right after I left?
A knocked senseless Melo was a better defender than when he was actually trying. I don’t think he was actually just acting though, looks like genuine concussion symptoms, and I thought so then too.
Bro i haven’t laughed this hard in a while. I’ve never seen this before😭😭😂
I tore my ACL and dislocated my knee cap playing a pick up game at LA fitness right under the free throw line and I don’t even think I had a chance to pop my knee cap back into place before they were chucking shots over top of me
Did it hurt a lot when your kneecap went to a different part of your body and u had to manually move it back
I don’t remember too much pain from when it happened , I was definitely in some shock , but I just I was sitting down on the court with my knees at my chest almost and straightened my leg out and it popped back in place . The pain later and the following day was 10⁄10 though
This wasn’t nearly as memed as it should’ve been
I remember when AD did this against the Wolves for about 4 possessions. Wolves couldn’t score because he was laying right under the basket and they were scared to step on him.
AD eventually got up and started to play as though nothing happened. Seemed like the Lakers went on a run during this stretch. I am not sure how it wasn’t defensive three seconds but he completely shut down anyone from going in the paint.
Man, I need to see a clip of this.
Could be this: https://youtu.be/EvfT_kwbqhE
There’s something funny about 3 Lakers helping DLo up while AD is on the other side of the court alone
you’re all making jokes, but Melo literally died in this video
Caption bruh 🤣
Good thing Chet wasn’t playing back then or Carmelo would be all the way dead.
All time video.
Can’t help but laugh every time I see it. He genuinely looks dead on the court and nobody seems to give a fuck.
JR Smith looks annoyed that Melo was in his way lol just a goated video
There was a meme I came across years ago that I can’t find. It was basically a crayon drawing of this, it had melo on the ground with x for eyes and Karl is yelling for a timeout. Jr smith is shooting and saying “sorry coach, contract year”
lol he has like 6 doctors from both teams fully surrounding him and the announcers are still like “I don’t know, he could be faking it”
I’ll never understand why the refs didn’t instantly stop the game here. Player safety is paramount and you’ve got a guy laying sprawled out motionless on the court ffs. Even if you think he’s faking it, you don’t take that chance.
This is the perfect visual metaphor for Melo’s entire pro career
Ay P, they playing over me
I was at this game. 😂
I love how when he gets the whistle Jr is like “wtf man? This asshole is blocking the lane”
The best part was Charles Barkley saying they played better 4v5
Oh my fucking god this is hilarious how have I never seen this
S-tier offseason content
The odd thing about the NBA is how refs don’t call plays dead when a player is down injured most of the time.
How the Undertaker used to sell falls back in the day.
This shit is TOO funny
Damn, this is the closest Melo has ever come to resembling the average redditor!
All he needed to do was complain about Melo
What happened to him here?
still the funniest basketball moment to me. Melo on the ground, JR forcing a lay up and him pointing at Melo like wtf are you doing, KD dapping up his teammamte and looking at Melo another time
No offensive 3 seconds?
Lollllll I will never ever forget seeing this live. I hated Melo. Then he became a Blazer and increased his humility. Now I love him!
Wtf. Did he have a concussion?
Both teams be like: if he dies he dies
Need an oral history about this. Has anybody talked about this publicly?
Melo and JR talked about it.
honestly don’t think his teammates enjoyed playing with him
Lmfao
Anyways…
Not the point, but seeing KD with a shooting sleeve looks weird
I, for one, love the offseason content on this sub lmao
Steven Adams shoulda dragged him by the feet off the floor lmao. This was hilarious and thank you for sharing
Paraguayan Melo
People think I’m wrong for this, but I still think he was just being a diva.
Hella funny!
Dude is and always has been a bum. There’s a reason why none of his teams made it far
Stay Melo
It was a good start but the floor couldn’t finish the job
As someone who is old and often tired, game recognize game. Bro just needed a little rest.
Y’ever wonder why nobody called a timeout?
JR thought they were winning
It’s weird seeing Melo on the Nuggets while KD was on the Thunder. Idk just doesn’t look right
A modern KD would have sized his corpse up and told him to D up.
Absolute cinema.
I’ve been watching the World Cup too.
Yes, more hate fuel please.
Dude was a drama queen from day one. Absolutely horrible teammate, black hole on offense, and a traffic cone on defense on his best days. Carmelo Anthony had zero concept on how to be a winner at team basketball at the NBA level. Having Lebron and Kobe carry his ass in the olympics is all he is really known for.
Easily the most overrated “star” from the last generation. Dude made Matthew Dellavedova look lile Malcolm X.
When 100 million isn’t generational wealth why would you give effort?
He was unconscious man
example 1A why Carmelo was a bitch
for getting concussed?
Example 1a why you’re an idiot