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New York Knicks: Realistic goals for Carmelo Anthony in 2017-18

By Maxwell Ogden

MILWAUKEE, WI - MARCH 08: Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks walks onto the court prior to a game against the Milwaukee Bucks at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on March 8, 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE, WI - MARCH 08: Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks walks onto the court prior to a game against the Milwaukee Bucks at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on March 8, 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 16: Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks shoots the ball during the game against the Brooklyn Nets on March 16, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 16: Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks shoots the ball during the game against the Brooklyn Nets on March 16, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) /

2. Win Most Improved Player

It appears as though NBA analysts have disregarded Carmelo Anthony as a Top 30 player. Anthony’s peers have since come to his defense, but the major media outlets are referring to Anthony as a player whose star-caliber days are behind him.

This might seem like an odd goal for a player of Anthony’s status, but there would be no more fitting a way to silence his critics than to win Most Improved Player.

By winning Most Improved Player, Anthony will have done more than just restore his status as a high-quality player in the eyes of the media. He’d force those who criticized him to effectively admit that they were wrong to write him off.

Anthony called his ranking on ESPN, “Blatant…disrespect,” and he could throw it back in their face by causing those same critics to announce and accept that he’s won Most Improved Player.

Anthony’s two-year scoring average between 2015-16 and 2016-17 was his lowest since his first two seasons in the NBA—as was his two-year field goal percentage. He pulled down his fewest rebounds per game since 2005-06.

If Anthony gets back to scoring, rebounding, and winning in the ways expected of him, he’ll have a powerful claim to the most fitting of awards.

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