Melo thinking we gave a 2nd rounder #15 to try to “erase” what he did is insane thinking. No one had a clue Jokic would be even close to this good.
Colorado_designer
Damn this really says a lot about where Melo’s head is at with the franchise…don’t think we’re seeing him courtside anytime soon lol
LamboJoeRecs
Hearing Melo talk about his Denver, and overall, career is wild, borderline delusional. Couple of good games in the Garden really has him gassed up that he’s an all timer. I used to be the biggest Melo fan but his perception vs the reality are quite different.
TheRedMarin
If Melo would have been half as good as he thought he was we would have ended up retiring his number. It was a sad era for nuggets during melo. Had such a great team on paper and would always get destroyed by the spurs in playoffs. Jokic will go down as the best nugget ever and melo is just a guy who won a college championship in NY.
slippythehogmanjenky
Melo doesn’t realize how much respect he’s giving our FO by pretending they knew what Jokic would become ahead of time.
FanOk6089
Wonder who had #15 after Melo ran away to NY?
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sassysixinches
why is a former knick getting upset at a nugget for wearing a number. i dont get it
needforreid
The idea that Jokic, who was drafted during a quesarito commercial and was fifth in line on the Nuggets’ center depth chart when he came into the league, was given 15 to “erase” melo’s denver legacy is an absolute asinine and narcissistic take. Melo should know better
I’ll admit I’m a Melo apologist and I wish we had him in house during our finals run to bury the hatchet. Unfortunately you see shit like this and I’m like…. Dammit Melo let it go!
SongYoungbae
Yall just realizing Melo is duslusonal? Dude got shook by Jeremy Lin being more popular than him
NoCoFoCo31
1. I love Mero
2. He’s already more than erased your legacy, Carmen.
3. It wasn’t done for petty reasons because the Nuggs and no one else had any clue how good Jokic was gonna be. If they did, he’d have been drafted #1 overall.
mcrajf
15 is an old school Euro number for centers. Plus he was wearing 15 when he was playing in Serbia and for national team. That was 2 years before he was even drafted.
tron7
It’s not uncommon for players to wear jersey numbers of greats before it gets retired. [Aaron Williams wore Mutombo’s 55 a few months after he left Denver. Three players, including Calvin Natt, wore David Thompson’s 33 after he left. Nine different players wore Fat’s #12 before it was retired.](https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/numbers.html)
mahaalo0
He’s partially right at the end. “What’s meant to be is, is meant to be..”
I think there’s a poetic justice from the basketball gods that had the road wind this way. I feel for Melo because at the end of the day, he left for greener pastures that he never found.
BoneyardBill
Nah not gunna watch this
Shenanigans80h
Stuff like this just doesn’t do a whole lot to rehabilitate Melo’s image in Denver as a selfish douche. Jokic wore the number in Europe, we probably didn’t feel the need to “protect” the number from a draft and stash guy in the second round, so here we are. Not everything is about you Melo.
smee303
I always liked Melo when he was here, but also felt he was one of those people who are always on the verge of being the biggest dick at any time unless you had something for them.
UndisclosedLocation5
The only reason Jok uses 15 is because 69 is banned as a jersey number
JemorilletheExile
See I think Melo forcing his way off the team just to go to a big market was a “petty maneuver”
ImGonnaChubbBradley
Lurk won’t like this
SpeC_992
Still don’t get why Melo considers himself a Nuggets all-time great. Sure, he had a very good stretch here, and many people still like him, but like he never really accomplished anything worthwhile. And now he’s pissed that Jok’s got #15? That turned out to be great in the end, didn’t it
HuskerScorpion
And fans in here wanna defend this clown 🤡
CheeseSuplex
Clearly he’s not spending any time thinking about this and is not bothered by it /s
chingy1337
For those wondering why a lot of us still dislike Melo, there ya go. What an absolutely dumbass comment.
LilHercules
Ill-Ad-9199
This Melo interview sounds crazy until you hear the interview with Jokic’s parents admitting that they deliberately hooked up in 1994 to conceive a child to steal Melo’s legacy.
wij2
I used to think, just retire the number for both, but fuck that now, Jokic has given more to this franchise than other player, Carmelo forced his way out, but thinks he’s some kind of Nuggets hero. I hope they never acknowledge Carmelo’s 15.
And Jokic wearing 15 to pay homage…? please.
cmrn631
Never change Melo. I never want to see Jokic share his number with Melo once it’s hanging in the rafters
mark0998
And people that wanted somehow that #15 be retired also for Melo along with Jokic…delusional really
ChewieSkittles53
imagine melos suprise when the random second round pick who coincidentally uses his number turns out a better player than him
Spiritual-Chameleon
Not that anyone else will ever wear #15 again in a Nuggets uniform, but you know who wouldn’t give a flying fuck if the number wasn’t retired.
porkadachop
Mac30123456
“I don’t think about that sh*t no more”
My guy clearly you do, or you wouldn’t be bringing it up lmao
Ingrownpimple
Jokic being drafted as a second round pick in order to not make things too obvious is a known fact. Another popular belief is that all of this started in Mega where Jokic was given 15 and slowly but surely groomed to erase Melo’s legacy. However, people who are really in the known strongly believe that Jokic’s brothers gaslighted him throughout his childhood, making him believe that his favorite number is in fact 15. This was all obviously paid by US government and it’s currently classified as “Melo Legacy Project.” Trust me.
alecmac22
Am I the only one who thinks this is extremely laughable? Like melo, if you wanted the nuggs to worship you, then dont force way out when you are in your prime.
T0NEZZY
I dislike Melo more and more with each passing day. If he was just humble and hit up ownership and apologized, his jersey would at least be hanging inside the Ball arena, aka the Pepsi center.
I became a nuggets fan when I was 9 years old, his rookie season in 2003.
I remember vividly going with my older brothers to Burlington coat factory to buy LeBron James jerseys. I saw a jersey that read “Anthony” on the back and never looked back. This was earlier 2000’s, when it was cool to wear a players jersey regardless of the team you rooted for. I was a Laker fan before, but i wanted the Melo Jersey because my first name is “Anthony” and as a kid, this was kind of cool to me. Hey same name, my name.
I’ve been a nuggets fan since. I’ve been to playoff games vs the Lakers at the staples center with nuggets engraved in my hair.
The way he left denver was horseshit. He literally picked New York because his ex wife La LA was from NY.
Dude has been a hater ever since he left.
He never worked as hard as his peers. That’s why he has no rings while Wade and Lebron, & chris bosh have multiple ones. Shit i think even kendrick perkins has one.
Just look at that nba olympic team documentary, the one with Kobe “The Redeem Team” i think melo even says he didn’t wake up early for practice then.
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Melo thinking we gave a 2nd rounder #15 to try to “erase” what he did is insane thinking. No one had a clue Jokic would be even close to this good.
Damn this really says a lot about where Melo’s head is at with the franchise…don’t think we’re seeing him courtside anytime soon lol
Hearing Melo talk about his Denver, and overall, career is wild, borderline delusional. Couple of good games in the Garden really has him gassed up that he’s an all timer. I used to be the biggest Melo fan but his perception vs the reality are quite different.
If Melo would have been half as good as he thought he was we would have ended up retiring his number. It was a sad era for nuggets during melo. Had such a great team on paper and would always get destroyed by the spurs in playoffs. Jokic will go down as the best nugget ever and melo is just a guy who won a college championship in NY.
Melo doesn’t realize how much respect he’s giving our FO by pretending they knew what Jokic would become ahead of time.
Wonder who had #15 after Melo ran away to NY?
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why is a former knick getting upset at a nugget for wearing a number. i dont get it
The idea that Jokic, who was drafted during a quesarito commercial and was fifth in line on the Nuggets’ center depth chart when he came into the league, was given 15 to “erase” melo’s denver legacy is an absolute asinine and narcissistic take. Melo should know better
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Who else gets irrationally angry watching this?
https://fadeawayworld.net/nikola-jokic-explains-why-he-wears-no-15-i-was-chubby-i-was-big-and-15-was-the-biggest-jersey
I’ll admit I’m a Melo apologist and I wish we had him in house during our finals run to bury the hatchet. Unfortunately you see shit like this and I’m like…. Dammit Melo let it go!
Yall just realizing Melo is duslusonal? Dude got shook by Jeremy Lin being more popular than him
1. I love Mero
2. He’s already more than erased your legacy, Carmen.
3. It wasn’t done for petty reasons because the Nuggs and no one else had any clue how good Jokic was gonna be. If they did, he’d have been drafted #1 overall.
15 is an old school Euro number for centers. Plus he was wearing 15 when he was playing in Serbia and for national team. That was 2 years before he was even drafted.
It’s not uncommon for players to wear jersey numbers of greats before it gets retired. [Aaron Williams wore Mutombo’s 55 a few months after he left Denver. Three players, including Calvin Natt, wore David Thompson’s 33 after he left. Nine different players wore Fat’s #12 before it was retired.](https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/numbers.html)
He’s partially right at the end. “What’s meant to be is, is meant to be..”
I think there’s a poetic justice from the basketball gods that had the road wind this way. I feel for Melo because at the end of the day, he left for greener pastures that he never found.
Nah not gunna watch this
Stuff like this just doesn’t do a whole lot to rehabilitate Melo’s image in Denver as a selfish douche. Jokic wore the number in Europe, we probably didn’t feel the need to “protect” the number from a draft and stash guy in the second round, so here we are. Not everything is about you Melo.
I always liked Melo when he was here, but also felt he was one of those people who are always on the verge of being the biggest dick at any time unless you had something for them.
The only reason Jok uses 15 is because 69 is banned as a jersey number
See I think Melo forcing his way off the team just to go to a big market was a “petty maneuver”
Lurk won’t like this
Still don’t get why Melo considers himself a Nuggets all-time great. Sure, he had a very good stretch here, and many people still like him, but like he never really accomplished anything worthwhile. And now he’s pissed that Jok’s got #15? That turned out to be great in the end, didn’t it
And fans in here wanna defend this clown 🤡
Clearly he’s not spending any time thinking about this and is not bothered by it /s
For those wondering why a lot of us still dislike Melo, there ya go. What an absolutely dumbass comment.
This Melo interview sounds crazy until you hear the interview with Jokic’s parents admitting that they deliberately hooked up in 1994 to conceive a child to steal Melo’s legacy.
I used to think, just retire the number for both, but fuck that now, Jokic has given more to this franchise than other player, Carmelo forced his way out, but thinks he’s some kind of Nuggets hero. I hope they never acknowledge Carmelo’s 15.
And Jokic wearing 15 to pay homage…? please.
Never change Melo. I never want to see Jokic share his number with Melo once it’s hanging in the rafters
And people that wanted somehow that #15 be retired also for Melo along with Jokic…delusional really
imagine melos suprise when the random second round pick who coincidentally uses his number turns out a better player than him
Not that anyone else will ever wear #15 again in a Nuggets uniform, but you know who wouldn’t give a flying fuck if the number wasn’t retired.
“I don’t think about that sh*t no more”
My guy clearly you do, or you wouldn’t be bringing it up lmao
Jokic being drafted as a second round pick in order to not make things too obvious is a known fact. Another popular belief is that all of this started in Mega where Jokic was given 15 and slowly but surely groomed to erase Melo’s legacy. However, people who are really in the known strongly believe that Jokic’s brothers gaslighted him throughout his childhood, making him believe that his favorite number is in fact 15. This was all obviously paid by US government and it’s currently classified as “Melo Legacy Project.” Trust me.
Am I the only one who thinks this is extremely laughable? Like melo, if you wanted the nuggs to worship you, then dont force way out when you are in your prime.
I dislike Melo more and more with each passing day. If he was just humble and hit up ownership and apologized, his jersey would at least be hanging inside the Ball arena, aka the Pepsi center.
I became a nuggets fan when I was 9 years old, his rookie season in 2003.
I remember vividly going with my older brothers to Burlington coat factory to buy LeBron James jerseys. I saw a jersey that read “Anthony” on the back and never looked back. This was earlier 2000’s, when it was cool to wear a players jersey regardless of the team you rooted for. I was a Laker fan before, but i wanted the Melo Jersey because my first name is “Anthony” and as a kid, this was kind of cool to me. Hey same name, my name.
I’ve been a nuggets fan since. I’ve been to playoff games vs the Lakers at the staples center with nuggets engraved in my hair.
The way he left denver was horseshit. He literally picked New York because his ex wife La LA was from NY.
Dude has been a hater ever since he left.
He never worked as hard as his peers. That’s why he has no rings while Wade and Lebron, & chris bosh have multiple ones. Shit i think even kendrick perkins has one.
Just look at that nba olympic team documentary, the one with Kobe “The Redeem Team” i think melo even says he didn’t wake up early for practice then.