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Carmelo Anthony: Greed Is (Not) Good

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Greed is good. In 1987, Michael Douglas proclaimed that message to audiences worldwide in his Academy Award-winning film Wall Street. Coincidentally, 30 years later and just a short trip uptown from that same New York Stock Exchange, we now find Carmelo Anthony presumably repeating this same mantra as he continues to suit up for the Knicks night after night at Madison Square Garden. Greed is good…

Through six-and-a-half rocky seasons in New York following another seven-and-a-half in Denver, 10x All-Star Carmelo Anthony has become primarily known for three things: his clutch offensive ability, his lack of defensive effort, and a lasting stigma of selfishness.