Carmelo Anthony = Charles Barkley???
After the 1992 Olympic Games Charles Barkley had his best season as a professional basketball player winning the 1993 NBA MVP award and leading his team to the NBA Finals and putting up ridiculous(Melo's voice) numbers in the process. Being around proven winners Jordan, Bird, Magic and other Dream Team members, Barkley was on a mission from Opening Night til his season ended.
Carmelo Anthony is seeing a similar type of situation. Kobe Bryant who Carmelo is great friends with sees something in Melo no one else does the fact that Carmelo can be an NBA Champion and MVP if put in the right situation. LeBron James and Kevin Durant often argued as the 2 best players not only in the NBA but in the world are coming off of a NBA Finals battle that has to put some type of fire inside of Melo's heart. On top of that, he's being called everything he is not and looked at as a cancer to any NBA Franchise and not a guy who can lead a team to a title.
All things Charles Barkley went through
Barkley average 25.6 points, 12.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists on 52% shooting and lead the Phoenix Suns to a 62-20 record
If Carmelo can average 25.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists on 50% shooting and lead the Knicks to a 55-27 record and a top 2 seed in the East and LeBron or Durant dont get gassed by the media all year, I can see Melo winning NBA MVP similar to how Derrick Rose came out of now where and won it after averaging 25-7-4
If the Knicks then get past the East and the Miami Heat they will likely face the Thunder, Lakers, Clippers or Spurs in the Finals whom I think we can defeat if we're firing on all cylinders.
Regardless this scenario looks so similar, Barkley whom people claimed was not in Jordan's realm let along world showed the world he is a force to be reckoned with and still not quite in Jordan's realm but not as far as people say he was. This is Carmelo's chance to prove he is up there with LeBron and Durant as a top player in the world and not just the NBA.
Anyone watching closely sees a new guy, a new player someone who is playing hard every possession and I'm looking forward to seeing this theory come to fruition.