Our Saturday match-up features Team USA’s Carmelo Anthony and France’s Tony Parker, who both have high profile girl friend's. Anthony is a member of the amazing 2003 Draft class, along with fellow USA Basketball players LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. Parker was the steal of the 2001 Draft, when the Spurs took him with the twenty-eighth overall pick. Would you rather start an NBA franchise with Carmelo or Tony?
The Case for Carmelo
After one championship season at Syracuse, Carmelo bolted for the NBA and landed with the Denver Nuggets . He hasn’t had the success in the NBA that he experienced at the NCAA level, but his play has remained superb. He’s remained durable in his three seasons and he enjoyed a career-high in points last year with 26.5 points a night. He’s improved both his at ude and shooting in his short career, and that shows he’s dedicated to the game of basketball.
The Case against Carmelo
Carmelo has always taken a backseat to fellow 2003 draftee LeBron James, and with the recent championship that Dwyane Wade enjoyed, he’s also fallen behind Wade in the list of best players from their class. He’s been in some hot water during his short career, and that may hurt his value as a potential franchise cornerstone.
The Case for Parker
Tony Parker was an unknown when he was taken late in the first round of the 2001 rookie draft. The Spurs soon realized they had found a diamond in the rough when Parker emerged as a regular contributor on the Spurs championship teams of recent years. Last season he improved his scoring average to 18.9 points per game, while shooting an astounding 54.8 percent from the field. Remember he’s a point guard!
The Case against Parker
While he is an amazing talent and one of the most dynamic players in the game, he’s not a traditional point guard. He’s never averaged more than 6.1 assists per game, and he’s always good for a few turnovers a night. He also recently broken his finger, and is expected to miss four to six weeks. I’m not trying to discredit his play, but he may be the type of player that just fits perfectly into San Antonio’s system.
The choice is yours – Who would you rather start an NBA franchise with?
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i dunno why they keep on comparing him to wade or lebron, his nearly on there level if he improves his defense and passing, but the only thing thats expected of him is to score only for this nuggets team.
his playin in the west, so its harder to advance, now if the nuggets is in the east it be a different story.
Carmelo always strikes me as being MUCH more concerned with being perceived as "hard" or "street" than winning. Since he's not, he just makes himself ridiculous.
Both are improving each year, but I'd rather have a wingman that can shoot and slash like Carmelo
Supply and demand. Wingmen who can score literally drop off of trees in this league. Top PGs are much more rare.
Anthony... come on, Tony's a great player and an allstar, but Anthony is a sure-fire HOF.
Sure-fire? He's played 3 seasons and averaged a shade under 23 points. I think I'll wait another 10 before I make my assessment.
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yeah... i was gonna say... with him playing his prime (a few years from now) in the lebron-wade-howard etc era, it's gonna be hard for him to gain the accolades generally needed to ensure HOF status. Not to mention I don't believe his style of play is indusive to becoming a truly elite scorer unless he maybe nails the 3 with a bit more consistency. he's also a bit too quick on the trigger with the long 2.
cant compare carmelo to parker
It's ridiculous to say Anthony is HOF bound, but I'd definitely take him over Parker at this point. He's a better player, is franchise-level in potential, and is maybe the clutchest player in the league.
Anthony has a great jumper and is unguardable in the post. Hes one of the best scorers Ive ever seen, and will definitely be in the hall, injuries willing.
As much as I love Parker as the Spurs point guard, I would accept Carmelo in a Spurs uniform in a second if a trade was possible. Carmelo produces alot more match up problems than Parker does to his opponents. Not to mention, Carmelo probably is alot more consistent in his shooting than Parker.
Who cares if Carmelo receives bad headlines from the media. As long as Carmelo brings wins- People will be willing to forgive his bad habits. Who in here will try to lie about Carmelo's character being issue if he was in a Spurs uniform?
Last edited by BERSERK; 09-24-2006 at 09:35 PM.
Carmelo right now is kind of like Grant Hill back in the day, right now id take him easily over parker
Anthony. Come on.
Anthony vs. Ginobili is a little tougher, but Tony Parker? No contest.
Anthony=superstar, Parker=all star. It's not a hard decision.
I take Anthony over Parker but I take Parker over Ginobili, we aren't anymore in june 2005.
I take even more Parker over Ginobili when you see that the question is in this thread : "Would you rather start an NBA franchise with..".
Parker over Ginobili is a no brainer to start a franchise.
If you are an NBA GM and you are even debating Carmelo vs. Parker, you probably won't be a GM for long.
Boy was he a superstar against those 12 noname Greeks on WC.
'Melo.
This summer's FIBA WC's really made a Carmelo Anthony fan out of me
Parker did not win the '03 and '05 championships, Ginobili did. When Parker was trying overcome his shooting deficiencies, Ginobili was OWNING the Lakers and Pistons.
If someone was deciding to start an NBA franchise, they should take Manu over Parker any day. MANU, at least, can play point guard. Parker can't even be a guard because he'll be overmatched with every guard with every other team.
So wrong but so funny
carmelo.
is this a ing joke? Is the next NBA GM contest, Beno vs. AI?
I am even more surprised at the results Carmelo 82%, Parker 18%
I'm guessing a lot of ppl still hate Melo
I don`t get this? Why are you surprised and why do you think a lot of people still hate Carmelo?I am even more surprised at the results Carmelo 82%, Parker 18%
I'm guessing a lot of ppl still hate Melo
melo or chauncy
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