{"id":273772,"date":"2025-09-08T23:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/273772\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T23:54:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:54:24","slug":"carmelo-anthony-omits-mj-lebron-from-unique-all-time-starting-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/273772\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmelo Anthony omits MJ, LeBron from unique all-time starting 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Carmelo Anthony omits MJ, LeBron from unique all-time starting 5<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, NBA legend Carmelo Anthony<\/a> was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Establishing his place in history among the greatest of the great.<\/p>\n

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Naturally, players are often asked who would be their starting five. Most of the time the names of Michael Jordan<\/a> and LeBron James<\/a> are mentioned with frequency, but not for Melo.<\/p>\n

In fact, those two were conventionally left off<\/a> of his starting five, per Fantatics.<\/p>\n

For Melo, his starting five consists of Derrick Rose, Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Kevin Garnett, and Shaquille O\u2019Neal.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time that Melo has not included either Jordan or James. Last August, he excluded Jordan from his starting five for Team USA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, Melo did include James as well as himself, Kobe Bryant, Charles Barkley, and Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n

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Nevertheless, Melo has given credit to Jordan<\/a> to helping to develop him into a premiere NBA talent. Additionally, he was signed to the Jordan Brand in 2003 after coming out of Syracuse.<\/p>\n

Also, Melo became the first<\/a> NBA player to have his own Jordan Brand shoe, the Jordan Melo 1.5.<\/p>\n

Plus, Melo and LeBron James go way back<\/a>. In 2003, James entered into the NBA straight out of high school with the Cleveland Cavaliers. That same year, Melo began his pro career.<\/p>\n

They went on a mutual journey together that included being part of the 2008 Redeem Team<\/a> that brought the Olympic gold back to America.<\/p>\n

The Redeem Team was inducted into the Hall of Fame<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cStarting Five\u201d is subjective<\/p>\n

Essentially, the never-ending GOAT debates and who\u2019s the ideal starting five is purely subjective.<\/p>\n

Everyone has different choices and different conclusions. That\u2019s what makes the discussions both enjoyable and enduring at the same time.<\/p>\n

In the case of Melo, he played with the best of his era. So naturally, that is where his allegiances will be.<\/p>\n

Related: 100 greatest NBA players of all-time, ranked by the numbers: 50-41<\/a><\/p>\n

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