Making It In Mile High City: Where You Lose Your Melo and Get Your Groove

I have been against the Knicks move to get Carmelo Anthony. People touted it as a superstar player joining another superstar to create a duo that can soon rival the Heatles. But that is saying that Carmelo Anthony is even close to playing like LeBron James or Dwyane Wade, which would be a huge exaggeration. Losing Anthony may have been one of the best things for the Nuggets. Anthony is a limited player, but a high scoring one. So they lost a prime scorer, but they gained many pieces that can help a rebuilding franchise. It has helped so much that the Nuggets have actually been one of the hottest teams in the NBA. They lost their star, but found a constellation, if you pardon my astronomical pun. The Knicks are in a freefall, because they lost all of their depth, getting a primarily one-dimensional player. The winner in this scenario: the Nuggets, who've just struck gold, pun entirely intended.