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Message: [QUOTE="visitor123, post: 5040584, member: 1735"] It just seems like you're trying to gaslight people about what happened. It wasn't 'media created'. I watched the games. I watched Melo not celebrating the victories. I watched Melo on the sidelines looking miserable. I watched Melo get upset that the post-game media focused on Lin in the locker room. I watched Melo's interviews after the games. It was obvious he was jealous about the attention Lin got. No amount of podcast appearances and re-writing history changes those things I saw directly. I'm not going to go as far as to say Melo ran Lin out of town, but the idea that Melo was universally liked by all his teammates is false. Let's not forget how his career ended. He started becoming a locker room issue because he couldn't accept his bench role in Houston. He basically took that year off and when he finally realized he wasn't a go-to player anymore he signed with Portland who was desperate due to injury issues. He was able to rehab his image in Portland and then the Lakers but his stints in OKC and Houston tainted his legacy a great deal. Carmelo was a fantastic scorer who didn't necessarily make his teammates better and didn't have much team success in the NBA. His talent was certainly all-time but his actual career fell a lot shorter than the Top 50ish player credit he usually gets. And this isn't me speaking as a UConn fan or Carmelo hater, I just think a lot of other players had more impactful careers. [/QUOTE]

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