?You Didn?t Care About the Denver Fans?: Protesting Carmelo Anthony?s Nuggets Honor, Fans Fire Back at NBA Veteran for Jersey Retirement Preach

Carmelo Anthony is one of the NBA?s most elite shooters of all time. Currently ranked 9th on the ?All Time Scorers list?, the retired NBA veteran had one of the most recognizable shooting forms and probably one of the most efficient too. However, despite his scoring prowess and multiple individual achievements, he was not able to win an NBA championship.

In recent news, NBA fans fired back at the retired NBA legend for a recent social media post of his.

Fans Fire Back at retired NBA veteran Carmelo Anthony

During his time with the New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony became an instant crowd favorite. He always showed up to the NBA games with supreme focus and a goal to win at any cost. During his seven seasons with the Knicks, ‘Melo’ revived the ?lost? fanbase of the NBA team and made New York basketball exciting again. Despite never winning an NBA championship for them, he fulfilled the desires of the Knicks fans, who yearned for an NBA superstar after years of mediocre performances from their team.

Carmelo, who is a Brooklyn native, still means a lot to the New York fans and always receives a warm welcome whenever he visits the Madison Square Garden in New York. In a recent ?X? post, Carmelo Anthony posed in a picture promoting a ?@KITH x @nyknicks? 2023 collaboration. Many fans speculated that this is the retired NBA veteran?s attempt to get his jersey retired by the New York Knicks.

However, a heated debate on social media ensued regarding the retirement of his number 15 Nuggets jersey (now worn by Jokic) and Melo’s loyalty towards the Denver Nuggets.

Some Knicks fans loved the gesture.

However, many NBA fans believe that Carmelo Anthony never cared for the Denver Nuggets organization since he left Denver in 2010 to go join the New York Knicks.?

Carmelo Anthony?s Nuggets Honor Debate

Despite never having won an NBA championship, Carmelo Anthony won the hearts of the fans of every franchise he played in. As a rookie, he led the under-performing Denver Nuggets to consistent playoff runs every year that he was a part of the squad. He also single-handedly took the Nuggets to the Western Conference finals in 2009.

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Before Carmelo Anthony got drafted by the Denver Nuggets in 2003, they had not been to the NBA playoffs for 7 years in a row. He gave the Denver fans a new sense of pride for which he will always be loved and respected by the Denver fans.

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