{"id":854,"date":"2025-08-28T20:51:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T20:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:23:58","slug":"former-player-compares-carmelo-anthony-to-lakers-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/former-player-compares-carmelo-anthony-to-lakers-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Player Compares Carmelo Anthony To Lakers Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_464668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-464668\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-464668 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Philadelphia 76ers v Los Angeles Lakers\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1882\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1387525803-scaled-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-464668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carmelo Anthony\u2019s storied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/sports\/nba\/\">NBA<\/a> career earned him 10 All-Star appearances and a place on the 75th Anniversary Team as well as the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>It also brought him plenty of amazing comparisons.<\/p>\n<p>Raymond Felton talked with SiriusXM NBA Radio about Anthony and compared him to Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI would put him on the levels with someone like Kobe Bryant. I never played with Kobe, but just the level of IQ of knowing how to score, knowing how to play against the defense. I think Kobe and Melo are definitely up there as two of the best that I played against. There\u2019s a lot of guys I could throw out there that are great scorers, but the IQ of just knowing how to score against different defenders\u2014Melo\u2019s one of the best, if not the best,\u201d Felton said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Melo is one of the best, if not the best&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd0a\" class=\"wp-smiley lazyload\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f50a.png\"> Raymond Felton compares Carmelo Anthony&#8217;s scoring IQ to one of the all-time greats as he prepares to enter the Hall of Fame next weekend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/25HoopClass?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#25HoopClass<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RFeltonGBMS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RFeltonGBMS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/talkhoops?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@talkhoops<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adaniels33?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@adaniels33<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hoophall?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Hoophall<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YWs9VE2TcU\">pic.twitter.com\/YWs9VE2TcU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SiriusXM NBA Radio (@SiriusXMNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiriusXMNBA\/status\/1960801998611341586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Basketball IQ is one of the most important things that an NBA star can possess.<\/p>\n<p>With it, they are able to work around just about anyone and find ways to score, no matter how oppressive the defense is.<\/p>\n<p>During his career, Anthony was one of the most solid, reliable, and quietly confident stars in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Like Bryant, he had high intelligence on the court and scored on all kinds of defenders.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony\u2019s career average was 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 2.7 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Those numbers don\u2019t tell the whole story of his legacy, which lives on to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony may not have become a champion, but he is respected by everyone he played against and is rightfully being compared to some of the best players to ever take to the court.<\/p>\n<p>Felton knows how important basketball IQ is, which makes this compliment even more important.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/former-player-compares-carmelo-anthony-to-lakers-legend\/\">Former Player Compares Carmelo Anthony To Lakers Legend<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images) \u00a0 Carmelo Anthony\u2019s storied NBA career earned him 10 All-Star appearances and a place on the 75th Anniversary Team as well as the Hall of Fame. It also brought him&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/former-player-compares-carmelo-anthony-to-lakers-legend\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Former Player Compares Carmelo Anthony To Lakers Legend&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}