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Why did LeBron go the NBA right after highschool but Melo didn't? (alien.top)
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Why did LeBron go to the NBA right after highschool but Carmelo did one year of college? Was Carmelo not good enough to go straight out of highschool?

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[–] Professional-Ant8445@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It was extremely obvious watching Carmelo Anthony that year at Syracuse that he had no business being in college and was already not only NBA ready, but would be the best player on many NBA teams, as a 19 year old freshman.

I don't remember him getting that much hype in highschool (I remember Sebastian Telfair getting more buzz than Melo), so would say Melo put in a lot of work or just improved a lot as a player between his last year in highschool and his training camp with Syracuse.