Carmelo Anthony speaks on Cooper Flagg’s freshman legacy and main Duke to a Closing 4, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander being one in every of a sort, and extra on his “7PM in Brooklyn” podcast.
We share this week’s episode of “7PM in Brooklyn”, a Wave Unique, hosted by NBA legend, and latest Basketball Corridor of Fame inductee Carmelo Anthony.
On this week’s episode, Melo talks about Cooper Flagg’s NCAA match run with Duke, the way it compares to his personal championship run at Syracuse and his potential as a future NBA professional.
Later within the episode Melo and the crew preview the NBA playoffs, break down Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s spectacular MVP-caliber season and talk about why he’s the following model of Dwyane Wade.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- (13:18): MELO ON COOPER FLAGG AND HIS LEGACY AS A FRESHMAN IF DUKE WINS THIS YEAR’S CHAMPIONSHIP
MELO: “I get pleasure from watching him [Cooper Flagg] play, you realize what I imply? As a result of he simply impacts the sport at a completely excessive degree. He don’t have to attain, however he can rating if he need…He’s spectacular. He’s very spectacular to look at as a participant but in addition a participant at that age. You don’t see that. You don’t see–and whenever you watch him, you see the bounce, you see the pop that he have, you see the fast twitches…that takes a unique sort of motor and power to do. He’s particular man.”
MELO: “I believe they [Duke] was already an excellent crew. I believe they full at this second, they don’t have any holes of their offense or their protection of their sport interval. There’s no holes in there. It’s a must to be on it and virtually excellent and execution. It’s a must to be excellent and so they shut you down in numerous methods and him the way in which that you would simply transfer him across the court docket, he’s dominant. You recognize what I imply? He takes over a sport with out scoring the ball, taking pictures the three, he dominates a sport…You don’t see that. You don’t see an 18-year-old child dominating like that. You hardly ever see it. You recognize what I imply? But additionally dominating to the purpose the place you may have an opportunity to go win it. You’re main your crew to a nationwide championship. Such as you stated, that window will get smaller and smaller and smaller….However to go on the market and lead and win it places you in a unique class.”
MELO: “They no extra college students. They’re skilled athletes at this time limit. They’re getting paid to go on the market and do a job at this time limit….Them courses at this level as further credit score, these guys are making lots of of hundreds of {dollars}, thousands and thousands of {dollars} in faculty to go carry out. Should you don’t carry out, there’s no more cash coming into that state of affairs.”
- (36:47): MELO ON SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER BEING ONE OF A KIND
“He’s the evolution of a Penny Hardaway, of a D-Wade … and he’s James [Harden] somewhat bit.”
Melo’s excessive reward for Shai evolving into an MVP frontrunner reminds him of some NBA legends 👀 pic.twitter.com/wB8MA39MFh
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MELO: “He has somewhat D-Wade. I can see that the shiftiness, the tempo, the way in which that he know when to take off. He know when to hurry up. He know when to shoot pretend. He know easy methods to get to his spots. You recognize what I imply? You’re not going to hurry him up. He going to take no matter you give him…So it is rather like the way in which that whenever you speaking in regards to the poise of not dashing anyone up, you don’t see that. So to seek out your tempo within the league, as soon as you discover your tempo, it’s arduous for anyone to hurry you up out of that tempo.”
