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Where would prime Carmelo Anthony rank today (alien.top)
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Definitely better than Melo (in no particular order)

  1. Nikola Jokic

  2. Giannis Antetekounmpo

  3. Stephen Curry

  4. Damian Lillard

  5. Luka Doncic

  6. LeBron James

  7. Anthony Davis

  8. Kevin Durant

  9. Jayson Tatum

  10. Jimmy Butler

  11. Joel Embiid

  12. Shai Gilgeous Alexander

  13. Devin Booker

Definitely better than Melo when healthy

  1. Kawhi Leonard

  2. Zion Williamson

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[–] k-seph_from_deficit@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

When Carmelo led the league in scoring in 2012-13 (28.5), 9 players had more than 20 points, 4 more than 25 and obviously 0 more than 30.

The next 3 after Carmela on the list were multiple time FMVPs each. (Kobe, Lebron and KD)

The top 7 of the 8 after Carmelo who scored 20+ that year all either MVPs or FMVPs (Kobe, Lebron, KD, Harden, Curry, Westbrook, Wade).

In the last season, 43 people scored more than 20 points, 13 more than 25 and 6 more than 30.

Basically close to 5 times the number of 20+ scorers, 2.6 times more than 25 compared to Carmelo’s peak.

Wherever you rank Carmelo, that context is important to keep in mind. Carmelo was a consistent 25+ ppg scorer in an era where the only other guys who did that were Lebron, KD and Kobe level guys.

Carmelo is nowhere close to as good as them overall but as a pure versatile scorer, even they rank Carmelo as among the very best.