During an interview with Zion Olojede of Complex, Carmelo Anthony opened up about not winning an NBA title during his career.
Anthony, who played for the Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers, had a lot to say about “ring culture.”
“No, it don’t bother me because the game changed and the culture of the game changed,” Carmelo Anthony said. “It was like in the ’80s, ’90s, when it was about ring culture. I think now it’s the money. It’s the bag, It’s let me go get 200 (million) and rightfully so. But the focus is not just rings no more, you know what I mean?”
Anthony averaged 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists during his stellar career. He made 10 All-Star teams and six All-NBA teams and won the 2012-13 scoring title.
“You still wanna win the championship but it’s like I’m gonna get the 60 million before I go get the ring,” Carmelo Anthony said. “So I just think that the mindset has shifted tremendously when it comes to ring culture. Like, there’s no way that guys who haven’t won the ring shouldn’t still get the credit that they deserve.”
Anthony didn’t win a title like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, the three superstars who were in the 2003 NBA Draft with him. However, Melo is still an NBA legend.
“(Charles) Barkley is who he is. You know, Reggie (Miller) is who he is. We are who we are,” Carmelo Anthony said. “So because we didn’t get win the NBA championship, we shouldn’t get credit? Like we should just be dismissed on everything? So I will always kind of disagree with that but as far as ring culture, I think people understand that not everybody can win it.”
Although Anthony never reached the NBA Finals, he’s one of the best playoff performers ever. Anthony averaged 23.1 points in the postseason with the Nuggets, Knicks, Thunder and Blazers.
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