<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Who would you start your team with?Our Saturday match-up features Team USA?s Carmelo Anthony and France?s Tony Parker, who both have high profile girl friend's. Anthony is a member of the amazing 2003 Draft class, along with fellow USA Basketball players LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. Parker was the steal of the 2001 Draft, when the Spurs took him with the twenty-eighth overall pick. Would you rather start an NBA franchise with Carmelo or Tony? The Case for Carmelo After one championship season at Syracuse, Carmelo bolted for the NBA and landed with the Denver Nuggets . He hasn?t had the success in the NBA that he experienced at the NCAA level, but his play has remained superb. He?s remained durable in his three seasons and he enjoyed a career-high in points last year with 26.5 points a night. He?s improved both his attitude and shooting in his short career, and that shows he?s dedicated to the game of basketball. The Case against Carmelo Carmelo has always taken a backseat to fellow 2003 draftee LeBron James, and with the recent championship that Dwyane Wade enjoyed, he?s also fallen behind Wade in the list of best players from their class. He?s been in some hot water during his short career, and that may hurt his value as a potential franchise cornerstone. The Case for Parker Tony Parker was an unknown when he was taken late in the first round of the 2001 rookie draft. The Spurs soon realized they had found a diamond in the rough when Parker emerged as a regular contributor on the Spurs championship teams of recent years. Last season he improved his scoring average to 18.9 points per game, while shooting an astounding 54.8 percent from the field. Remember he?s a point guard! The Case against Parker While he is an amazing talent and one of the most dynamic players in the game, he?s not a traditional point guard. He?s never averaged more than 6.1 assists per game, and he?s always good for a few turnovers a night. He also recently broken his finger, and is expected to miss four to six weeks. I?m not trying to discredit his play, but he may be the type of player that just fits perfectly into San Antonio?s system.</div>
The age diffence is not that big so I dont understand why this would even be a comparison. Carmelo is clearly the better player and has improved alot over the offseason. He is a better shooter, he can play downlow, better rebounder, and he is more athletic. Tony is playing besides Timmy which takes ALOT of pressure of of himself so I think that is one reason that Tony does as well as he does. Carmelo...easy.
Melo for sure very underrated until this season. Finally though with a great start before getting the suspention he got some respect.DANG I missed a lot when I was gone. LOL
