Carmelo Anthony offensive highlights

This is showing some of Carmelo's best moments as a Knicks and shows why he should be treated as a superstar.

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This graph is showing how Carmelo Anthony has improved most of his statistics from last season compared to the rest of his career. He showed improvements in almost all areas of offense. He scored more and helped his team win more games.

Talent and/or Popularity- What does it take to be a Superstar?

According to this article, they determine the contributions that make an athlete a superstar in that sport. They assume that in individual sports, the most talented athlete enjoys the highest probability of winning. They show this by using professional soccer as their example. First you have to estimate a team production function to identify the playing characteristics that significantly influence the probability of team winning. Then you use the individual performance statistics of all variables that have proved to be critical for winning as indicators of the player’s talent. They estimated the impact of talent, popularity and various controls on the player’s market value, using data from the highest German soccer league. They also found evidence that both talent and nonperformance related popularity increases the market value of soccer stars. Every goal scored by an individual increases the player’s market value and shows their star performance.


Source- Talent and/or Popularity- What does it take to be a Superstar?
Author: Egon Frank
 

Syracuse star

By the time Carmelo Anthony joined the Syracuse Orange, he became a star. He averaged 22.2 points and 10 rebounds and Sporting News named him a first team All-American as a freshman. But he saved his best for the NCAA tournament. In 2003, he led Syracuse to a title over Kansas. Anthony played the college game better than any freshman in NCAA basketball ever. He was the third to be named Most Outstanding Player at the Final Four but the first to function as the dominant member of a championship team since freshman regained eligibility in 1972. Anthony ended his first college season by making Syracuse the nation’s best team that year.

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Biography of Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony was shown with athleticism the moment he played for his high school team at Oak Hill Academy. He was very explosive in getting to the rim and had a deadly midrange jump shot. He was ranked one of the top players in the nation and attended Syracuse University after high school. He was successful during his only year there as he led the Orangemen to their first ever NCAA tournament title in 2003. Then he got drafted to the Denver Nuggets with the third pick and has led them to the playoffs every year since he came including the Western Conference finals. Then he was traded to the New York Knicks in February 2011 to join Amare Stoudemire and help lead the team to a championship.