Carmelo Anthony inducted into Hall of Fame

Carmelo Anthony: ‘Like now I’m ready to go to the season. They like ‘Noooooooo!’ There’s a clip of me laughing running back down the court like ‘Yo, my bad, my bad.’ And I had to catch myself. And this is where, like, the ego comes into play, because I’m like—you want me to take away everything that I built my career off of, my game? This is why people know me. This is why people would want me on the team—to bring this right here. Especially with this team. This is what is missing. You missing a post-up guy. You missing somebody who can draw double-teams. You missing somebody who can score four or five different levels along with James Harden and Chris Paul and Clint Capela. Like, it was a hell of a situation. So, for me to come back and practice that week, and they put something on the board that says ‘mid-range shots’—they break it down. Or shots per game. Certain amount of threes, say 40 threes. If we had 90 possessions in the game, 30 to 40 threes, free-throws… Mid-range? 12 or less out of 90 possessions. And I’m sitting there like, ‘What?’ -via YouTube / March 30, 2025