Nikola Jokic & The Nuggets STOLE Melo’s Legacy
Yo you see what Melo said about yic about the number 15 and I feel like y’all wanted to get into it yeah how you feel about that he felt like they purposely did that absolutely to take his like history away they purposely gave 15 to a second
Round pick I think so man they could have easily if if he wanted 15 like just say if nicoa wanted 15 I know Sparky mhm Sparky wouldn’t have done that if somebody didn’t tell him to mhm but so his resume is big enough to keep the number 15 from nobody else wearing it but not this soon though what I’m saying it’s it’s not not this soon
They didn’t have to retire like this one I went to them right I tried to get number four MH when I soon as I no actually [ __ ] Jersey when I went to to the Nets I was trying to get four it wasn’t retired but out of respect for
Someone they told me I couldn’t get it I don’t know who the [ __ ] it was was but out of respect for him I was the number one pick in the [ __ ] draft okay that makes sense so therefore if Nico wanted 15 if that was a just out of respect they got to
Retired but just out of respect now would let you pick another one I know I don’t know if been in the playoffs forever who well I mean no I mean his res I mean that man resum in Denver come on man I understand we didn’t comp
Compared to the Knicks no no no no his resume as a Nick is way better um huh yeah as a Nick is way better who Melo just as a yeah he’s he collected more individual stats as a nick uh I think it was six time Allstar uh six time Allstar versus four
Two gold medals with the Knicks jersey versus one his scoring title was a Nick three yeah that’s just the years that the the Olympics [ __ ] cuz that’s how the years no I’m just saying but I’m just so three all NBAs both um both City but his scoring title six Allstars is over there
So I mean but at the fact that they have like Matumbo and fat Leever jersey retired they should but the the idea of they’re giving it to a second round pick just they didn’t know Y is is going to be this not not so therefore shouldn’t even been able to
Shouldn’t even been able to that’s all it shouldn’t even been a should even been on the table for for that to out not saying I got of retire but out of respect no you can’t get that out you want 15 hold on hold on hold on we got we got to
We got to ask how many times was it rejected how many times did somebody come in and ask for that number too and then it was like nah nah it probably didn’t I I I I would personally ask Sparky this yeah you got to ask cuz I
Know listen though Sparky was our equip Sparky been there since the 80s like great equipment manager Sparky like took care of spark full playoff share took care so yeah that’s a big for man to head to get we made the playoffs every year M yeah so was cleaning up but that’s what
I’m saying that’s Spar then that’s Sparky’s decision no it’s not he wouldn’t I’m telling you he wouldn’t have done it because everybody who’s there who’s there that’s that came melo’s who who who’s there from melo’s era so Anthony Anthony Rand also we War number 15 2013 14 that’s what I’m saying
The Jersey was warn before to that’s what I mean so there R but just to give context to everybody watching on melo’s podcast 700 p.m. in Brooklyn that he does with the legend uh the kid Meo they talked about Joker wearing 15 uh Melo said it was a petty maneuver it wasn’t
Like we got numbers to choose from it was like here you got number 15 he said but I believe but what I believe is they gave uh Joker number 15 to try and erase what I did but Joker in response to that said I think I’ve been wearing 15 my
Whole life so I get drafted byet I wear 15 yo let me get that n was like here you go CH and fact but that’s what I’m saying so that means but Sparky gave it up before then too okay to the other person you know what I mean so but
Nobody know ni was going to be too none [ __ ] exist but still you know I get it but I was there you was there I was there but so question for you guys coming in as rookies with picking jersey numbers how does that work like when you
Like I said I wanted four and they just some out of some in uh Jersey in Jersey yeah some in whatever the reason was sold me some [ __ ] but I just went with six so okay I mean Arizona I went with uh I won in 25 that was my yeah you
Know Steve Kerr and Dav said we’re going to retire Steve K so you can’t get 25 but they let Kur ceso wear it yeah so he had the so he had feel disrespected that Steve Kerr should have let you wear a 25 to no I didn’t know I can ask okay so
The young fell asked ker and K and he was obviously a lifelong Steve Kerr fan literally named after him so it’s a little bit different situation but but when yall come to the leagues it basic like are here’s the options we have available not necessar that that’s different unless they’re going to
They’re planning on retiring some Jersey or the equipment manager doesn’t give it up so um when I went to Washington I had to buy Zero from Brendon Haywood charging me 30 racks cuz he had double zero and back then double zero and zero couldn’t exist so I had to buy I had I
Gave him 30,000 for that Jersey and I know he regretted it cuz he damn I could have had more um but you know when I when I when I was done the equipment manager Rob seller may he rest in peace he wouldn’t give nobody that Jersey okay so when B Mike
Baby came he tried to get the Jersey um Russ went there um they was asking Russ was he going to get a jersey Russ said I’ll take four um and you know so like be was like no one should get a jersey and they released the Jersey this year
To the young young kid so how how would you feel obviously it was a coola bay whoever got it I think the zero now with the Wizards who I think it was the Bella the what’s that dude’s name CA yeah I don’t you know yeah the rookie yeah but
How would you feel if he had a better career with the Wizards wearing that zero than you did would it would you feel any any slight or pettiness kind of like melo’s feeling right now with Joker no not because I mean you know it’s my fault I didn’t finish my career off the
Way it’s supposed to been that’s that’s all of me like even even not the the gun thing just not taking my rehab the way I was supposed to to not really finish my career off so you know I I left it open for somebody to get it and you know you
Know like when Russ got there [ __ ] he would have had a triple double in that [ __ ] he picked F so Bal kabali whatever all right look we trying our best on this show we’re an African-American show can’t pronounce I’m I feel like you what you think B with my number three in
Milwaukee I mean ain’t nobody come in here and did anything with the number three yet so I’m cool I’m cool still and go [ __ ] give me a couple more years go ahead retire that that [ __ ] can we get a Mr B statue it don’t got to be at 54 but somewhere in
The general Milwaukee something with a deer and a bucks and six riding the deer with a buck and I didn’t know the Anthony Randolph kid award before so to that point yeah he wor see I didn’t even know that either me neither I didn’t that must have been
Quick so would you feel like that’s that’s the more disrespectful mode absolutely yeah you gave it up yeah that’s the more disrespectful thing that you let Anthony Randolph wear [ __ ] what what pick was Anthony Randolph he was Lottery yeah he was Lottery B it’s disrespectful to give it he was a second
Round still after Melo just left though 2012 2013 you said that Anthony Randolph had it 13 14 I believe so that’s [ __ ] so he left in he left in 2010 who Melo Melo left D 2010 yeah cuz I played in my rookie year yeah 12 I’m going to say cuz I played in
My rookie year twice and then they said here you go you know no Melo me was gone already I left Denver in 2011 so he was already gone my last year was 2011 he was gone he was in York 2010 yeah cuz when I was in Orlando that’s it was 2010 yeah
They was probably salty about that they traded yeah I was hot they they said we played with the Nuggets through 2011 03 that was the year then that was my so they they tra do my last year damn out of them came my last year well thought
It was your what in February I can see them yeah yeah yeah you’re right because yeah it was the last year 2000 yeah yeah because of uh I just knew that I didn’t Google because he had he would have had three he would had three Allstars there
But because it was after February he gets his fourth one as a so basically two years now Anthony R off a lot of rep pick though here you can so that’s that’s who he should probably be mad at that point now the number has been but but Nicole has got
More notoriety in it yeah so it that’s the thing that’s what F that’s what [ __ ] it up because it gave I I think I think the hurt part is the first person award cool you know whoever wear it cool like when yic got it the first year cool he ain’t going to
Be around yeah yeah yeah back to back MVP Jersey then I don’t want y’all to think it’s mellow but how hard is it when you see a 15 Jersey on the streets or in the airport and you might think it’s yours then you see the back in the
Yeah I know that I mean that’s what I’m saying it kind of like it’s a different Jersey now a different that’s what I said it’s like the MVP you sit there like he ain’t really do he ain’t really got the resume yet back Tob back you’re like [ __ ] yeah Championship God damn it
Yes all right Nick Nick Nick going to do now that seven you know that seven right don’t don’t don’t get that seven away I mean I think they should retired number seven and with the Knicks yeah I I mean that’s like whoever the icons are on your organizations man like get them
Like obviously with the Melo thing that should let you know get rid of them goddamn jerseys and and retire him because you don’t know what the [ __ ] is coming you don’t know who you gonna pick that’s gonna change history and you sitting there for number seven com in
Right now and he number one pick he won number seven and then boom Rookie of the Year MVP MVP now Melo C like all right here we go again here we go this what we doing you think they should retire number zero with the Wizards I don’t
Know I got to look I got to look through I got to look you said your icon say you said your icon so I got to look I got to look at the people who’s retired to see where my my [ __ ] um measures up to I got
To you know it have to be 29 Points a game yeah but you know I got to I got to see who yeah it got to it got to make sense my [ __ ] retired only place that matter Cincinnati hey man you can fight that bro signature shoe the f
Nikola Jokic & The Nuggets STOLE Carmelo Anthony’s Legacy according to Gilbert Arenas as he and The Gil’s Arena Crew react to Carmelo’s recent comments on Nikola Jokic wearing the #15 jersey in Denver and discuss why the Nuggets should have never given Melo’s number away in the first place.
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31 Comments
Stole??? Melo was a selfish player and its what got him out of the league for that while. Billups even said when he was in Denver if Melo scored less than 30pts he'd be mad even if they won but if he didn't get his 30pts he'd be pissed in the locker room
Ignorant experts
Shouldn't have been off the table? Why? If we put our heads together, I guarantee we can come up with players better than Anthony who haven't had their jerseys retired.
If Nikola was trash, this wouldn't even be a topic. This is also a number he wore overseas.
Otto Porter wears #10 in Toronto and Derozen didn't ask out. No one is crying disrespect on that. It's hitting Melo that big Serb erasing #15 history pre taco bell Commercial.
Noboby would give a fuck if Jokic was just a guy who's barely in the rotation. As long as the nba lets others wear Jordan's 23, Melo better chill with this conversation, even then he shouldn't bring it up, nobody gave a fuck until he brought it up. Just because people don't like Jokic, they looking to find a way to disrespect him every time. Already won 2 mvp, and a championship, why didn't Melo, had a conversation with the front office, when he was with the lakers, or before that, he played against Joker a couple times, or did he mistook the number he was wearing?
He cry his way out of Denver.
Martin was the number one pick so yeah if he was the gonna wear number 15 or any number that has importance in Nuggets history it would like they’re trying to erase the legacy of someone. But Jokic was drafted so low. No one in their right might would think he could erase anyone’s legacy.
Anthony Randolph had 15 before Melo….
Sadly , or probably luckily after all, Jokic hasn't a big mouth quite like Melo, or Gil… That would be funny
Ask Gil if someone wore Zero lol at Washington
Carmelo in knicks better 😭🤣🤣difficult era transition the scoring was higher nuggets waaaau better version of himself
Melon wanted out of Denver. Cmon man
The disrespect is unbelievable! Nobody was checking for Denver before Melo. Nobody! He was an animal. The organization had to be salty and bitter! Disrespectful mf'ers, lol
People gotta remember the time of the trade, Melo left on bad terms with the Nuggets. The Nuggets weren’t trash they were always competitive and they were in the process of trying to add talent around him. Melo wanted to go to NY no matter what, so I personally think they should’ve retired it because those years with the Nuggets were great years. BUT I also see why they didn’t retire it, you basically quit on us and no matter what we did you wanted to leave. So forget you basically lol you shouldn’t even have wanted your number retired with us.
😂😂😂 Only in USA retiring a number is a big deal. I mean, really.. In my book, there are just a few players in any sport who actually deserved that honour. For years of dedication to sport itself and loyalty. Carmelo, no matter how talented shooter he was back then, ABSOLUTELY does NOT deserve it. End of story.
Stop being a little besatch Melo. Jokic won a championship. That alone makes him more deserving of the jersey.
Melo was good in denver but not great. The year he and jr smith were suspended melo was leading the league in scoring and lowkey was looking like the best player in the league. He wasn't the same after that suspension as a player if you ask me. Remove this incident from his career that 15 would have been untouchable. That simple
Win a chip get in the rafters Kobe told y’all
Sour grapes or brainless? Or both? To have a rule where a team cant use (or re-use) a number out of some respect to a former player , is rediculous; NBA would need to start using three digit or four digit numbers very soon. Or maybe letters and numbers. Anyway, it speaks for itself, it is obvious just based their views that some of these players here dont really deserve much respect anyway, certainly Melo. On the end of the day, Without fans , community, organisational support & recignition, you got nothing, and you are a nobody. So Sometimes these players forget that.
Nikola Jokic is the best player in the world.
Nicola is better than everyone speaking on this stage together.
Jokic wore 14 in Europe so I didn’t get it either
Melo didn't win in denver he doesn't deserve any privileges plus he willingly left
This is like asking your ex girlfriend to keep your toothbrush at her house after you cheated on her. Melo ditched Denver. He wanted to leave. And he left.
I love how people act like melo didn’t come in as a rookie avg 21 in the west and led them to the post season every year he played in Denver,different eras, melo got close to the finals in 09 but Kobe was on a mission, he literally revived two franchises especially Denver due to the fact how ass they were before he got there, the way y’all try to discredit melo is literally crazy, he still the only reason the Knicks seen 54 wins in 2013 and a second round appearance, again ya don’t speak in full context, melo played in a way different era than jokic is playing in right now
Bro it’s a jersey number. 😂😂
There was another dude that wore 15 after Carmelo. Jokić wore the number his whole life in Europe. It also tells how organization feels about Carmelo and the way he left. He had good career there but did not do nothing comparable plus why he did not wear 15 in NY?
Humble Gil. Not sure if they should retire his wizards 0. I think so.
He crazy people who never played in the league are trying to discredit a former denver player saying they did it on purpose. Kmart would know 1st hand how that organization was run back then cause they did him dirty too.
Melo was a CHUMP who refused to ever play defense and he never won a title in Denver and left for “Home” in NYC. There is NO legacy there, that’s hilarious. Jokic is the legacy and will be going forward. Melo was deeply overrated.
Another Nugget wore that number since Melo. Roberts I think. This is the pettiest thing I ever heard. Melo was always was like this.