Carmelo Anthony didn't take a snub kindly after finding out he'd been dropped out of the top of 50 ESPN's Top 100 NBA Players ranking that dropped earlier today, taking to Twitter to address the matter.
He was ranked 64th, after several years of being ranked in the top 10, the last being 2013, and being on the top 30 as of 2015 — dropping off even more than last season's rank of 31st.
“Can't make sense out of nonsense,” the Knicks star wrote on the caption. “A certain darkness is needed to see the stars. ESPN, don't be so Blatant with the disrespect.”
Can't Make Sense Out Of Non Sense!
"A certain darkness is needed to see the stars."@espn Don't be so Blatant with the disrespect#LineEmUp pic.twitter.com/NIWiwL1RMj— Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony) September 12, 2017
Even Sports Illustrated has Melo ranked as No. 37, but ESPN has dropped him along with the likes of Marcus Smart (ranked 65th), and has borderline starters like Danny Green (59th), Malcolm Brogdon (56th), an Robert Covington (55th) ahead of the perennial 10-time All-Star.
Anthony has managed a scoring average of 24.8 points throughout his 14-year career and while his play has taken a dip along with the quality of product the Knicks have put out the last couple of seasons, his ability to put the ball in the basket is one, which not many NBA players possess, even if judging by last year's standard of 22.5 points per game.
If the appearance of “Hoodie Melo” is anything to judge by, Anthony seems more focused and motivated than ever to prove he still belongs among NBA royalty and ESPN's blatant diss is just another log added to the fire prior to the start of the regular season.
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