Syracuse Orange head coach doesn’t believe New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony will win an NBA championship. Here are five reasons to believe he will.
The list of legendary New York Knicks without a championship ring is far too long. Patrick Ewing and Bernard King lead the pack, with current franchise player Carmelo Anthony in danger of joining them in undesirable territory.
Though many believe he won’t, there are reasons to believe that Anthony will win an NBA championship before his career ends.
Anthony has accumulated one of the greatest resumes in basketball history. He’s a six-time All-NBA honoree with nine All-Star Game appearances, a scoring title, and three Olympic gold medals.
According to Mike Waters of Syracuse.com, Anthony’s college coach, Jim Boeheim, doesn’t believe he’ll round that Hall of Fame resume out with an NBA championship.
"“He’s unlikely to win an NBA title,” Boeheim said. “He’s never been on a team that even had a remote chance of winning an NBA title. As a player, all you can do is try to make your team better and every team he’s been on he’s made them a lot better. Denver hadn’t done anything prior to him getting there and he took them into the playoffs. They weren’t going to beat the Lakers or the Spurs. In those years, they won the championship most of the time.”"
Talk about an absence of support.
Boeheim coached Anthony during the 2002-03 college basketball season. Since the two split as fellow Syracuse Orangemen, they’ve reunited on the international front with USA Basketball.
Though that does give Boeheim considerable insight, here are five reasons to believe he’s wrong about Anthony.
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