Team Jordan's message for Melo on twitter
twitter.com/Jumpman23/status/767458616358076416
twitter.comPosted Aug 21, 2016, 11:44 PM UTC
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twitter.comI don't usually go for things like this, but this one hits the mark. Very cool.
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And thats is why gold medals means more to him than a ring to Melo.
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I don't think that's true. I'm pretty sure a ring for NY and a ride down the canyon of heroes would mean everything to Melo. He just thinks they are meaningful, and if he ends his career without a rig, 3 golds for team USA is a fine consolation prize
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i'll fucking cry if melo brings us a the larry obrien
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Are you kidding? I'd be sobbing in the fucking streets. Hugging my neighbors and shit.
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But, would you eat poop?
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he would be a top 10 new york athlete in history, he'd be a king. straight mobs every time he set foot outside his house
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Its more than just a consolation prize for him. Barnes rode the bench, to him the Olympics is a consolation prize compared to his rings. Melo is going to say his medals mean more because he was a key player for 3 gold medals while he's never been to the finals. Yea if he wins one, but the reality is in the present which goes back to why medals are bigger than rings in his perspective.
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Team USA could have made up 3-4 different teams and still won gold. No player on the team meant the difference betweenn winning gold or not.
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Im sure we said the same with Athens too huh🤔 Melo was part of the change he experienced first hand 3 gold medals and 0 finals appearances. I get why medals hold more space in his heart, but when someone hasn't been to the top of his profession how can you say the glory of a medal is bigger than a ring? You need the yang to the ying to truly compare his emotions and you are ignorant about that.
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Ok Stephen A.
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C'mon man he actually had a good counter
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Telling Carmelo what Carmelo thinks?
Carmelo said the Olympics meant more. Why can't we just accept that and not speculate about what he "really means"?
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Only an American without a ring would say that
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He's become at peace with the fact that he will not get a ring so that's why he's saying all this about the medals. He'd trade them all for a ring in a heartbeat and any sane person who played on USA would do the same.
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At what point do I disagree about that? I clearly a knowledge that and at the same time I'm playing devil's advocate. The Olympics is a tournament. The nba is his career, if someone legitimately says they don't want to be the top player in their profession they are a disgrace to themselves. Melo has never said that. Everything he is saying is about experience. Please show me footage of Melo in the finals so I can actually gauge his passion between one or the other. However since there is zer0 footage you absolutely cannot gauge what is bigger and what isn't by chain of events. Simple as that.
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At what point did you disagree with that? The last sentence you typed, idc what anybody says there is no way they truthfully believe a medal is better than a ring you are beating up on scrubs blowing people out by 40 playing inferior talent throughout the entire tournament. If that gives you a better feeling than a ring against people around your skill level I question that player's brain.
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So now you are pucking and choosing words outta my mouth?? I said he's never experienced a FINALS lost or win while he's a professional in the top league. Quit fucking grasping for straws.
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Honestly, wouldnt this put this put him in the HOF?
I meant this would push him into the HOF. I realize without the gold medals he a HOF player
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He has been a first ballot lock for like 3 years, don't know how people still aren't understanding that
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Well it says it wont put your face on a plaque in Springfield, but I feel like it helps along with all the other accolades he has.
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Considering he won a national championship in college, a more than respectable NBA career that isn't finished, and the only person with 3 gold medals for basketball, it'd be a shock if he didn't make it
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I don't think Olympic performance has any effect on HoF candidacy for any American. I mean Manu obviously benefits from it as did Oscar Schmidt and Sabonis, but anyone who is good enough to be one of the leaders for the US team is already a lock for the HoF. I mean no one is going to bring up the Olympics when making a case for Chris Bosh or Kevin Love or Deron Williams.
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Is Deron Williams going to the HOF? I dunno about that. He had a few years there where he was in the debate for top PG in the league but I think he may end up being one of the better guys in the Hall of very good. I dont think his career was ever really the same after his playoff runs with the Jazz
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Bosh is a lock for HoF though.
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I assumed they meant that, in a vacuum, they won't do that. That doing well in the Olympics doesn't impact your NBA legacy, or your NBA performance. They'll have some kind of impact on your basketball legacy, though, and that's what the HoF looks at.
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This? Nope. Being one of the best scorers in the history of the game? Yup.
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whats one of the best? he's not even top 20
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He's 13th all time in career PPG... that's one of the best in my book
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PPG is trash in this situation.
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theres a lot of players under him in ppg that i would rate as better scorers.
kareem, wade, bird, curry, barkley, nowitzki, shaq, robinson, harden, etc.
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Basketball Reference already has him as a 95% likelihood for the HOF, which basically means he's a lock. IMO he's a probably a lock for first ballot too. He may not have a ring, but he's been on some very good teams and has been one of the most elite scorers in the NBA for most of his career.
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He was basically a lock after one gold when you include his college ring as Well
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That's the only part I don't like. His 3 gold medals, along with a stellar 13 year nba career easily puts him in the HOF. Probably wasn't intended that way but to me it sounds like they're saying he isn't going to make it.
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I feel like this is a shot at LeBron, Harden and Curry.
Calling our superstars to play for the team and not betray the Stars and Stripes.
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LeBron has an excuse. He went to 6 straight finals. The wear and tear on his body is unbelievable. He needs the rest.
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And he's also played for multiple Olympic teams.
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I think Steph has an excuse to. He had 2 injuries in the playoffs and went to the finals.
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2? I thought he broke every bone in his body and all his blood vessels popped. He's lucky to have even played...
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Wasn't he like brain dead from game 5 on?
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Yeah, we're lucky he didn't die when he was out there in the finals with all those ailing injuries.
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What are you trying to say? That he didn't get injured?
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seriously...I never heard of anyone else get so much sympathy for an injury.
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Only Westbrook and Harden should be criticized in this scenario. Both Lebron and Steph have genuine excuses and back-to-back finals appearances with very little rest. Lebron has been to 6 straight finals and has already won gold for the national team. Steph has been dealing with injuries so he has a legit excuse too.
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Harden has led the league in minutes for 2 straight years, and they have no shortage of talented guards.
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Harden wouldn't have benefitted them nearly as much as other players who opted out anyway, not a big deal
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If there was a somewhat close level of competition I'm sure LeBron and the others would do it more.
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I wonder if that would push any of them to favour the rest even more though.
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There are way more players who declined and they were still able to win gold easily, but you just listed 3 who have great reasons to skip.
LeBron: 6 straight Finals
Curry: 2 straight Finals and injury
Harden: 2 straight years leading league in minutes
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Harden also had to play with Dwight Howard more than anyone else. Let him have his summer off.
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Why? They don't need them to win
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As friendly as MJ is these days, it still feels like he never wants to compliment or congratulate LeBron
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Does this seem like a backhanded compliment to anyone else?
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Hopefully this becomes a thing. People stop being so obsessed with championships. Then we won't see these ridiculous team ups anymore.
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Amazing. That final line is some legit frisson material. Great tribute to an under appreciated accomplishment.
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I don't even need to go into details, because this is going to be downvoted regardless, but I have a hard time believing Melo of all people would rather 3 golds than 3 rings. I know there are many NBA fans that think the same but we aren't the majority.
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It means more to every other country. It's just the US that don't respect it as much, which is fair because we've never not been favorite to win. The real question would be how does Manu Ginobili if a ring or a medal is more important. I'm not saying I know which he'd personally favor, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if he said Gold Medal.
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He never said that he would.
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"Not everyone can beat Serbia"
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Maybe you do some things because you are head and shoulders better than all other countries, you play basketball for a living, and can get an olympic gold medal for basically traveling and playing basketball with your friends.
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Oh, he'll for sure be a hall of famer.
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Dissenting opinion: this ad is the very opposite of that quote.
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Lowkey savage?
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Hahaha yeah right
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I must be the only one thinking that's only for him, as he can't win shit in the NBA he goes there so he can win something. We all know Team USA would win without Melo and even without half of the team
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Joining the Golden State Warriors doesn't bring parades to New York.
They don't take it easy on 32-year-old knees.
Or land that second max contract.
They don't silence the critics.
Or put your face on a plaque in Springfield.
But some things you do, you don't do for you.
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Shut up
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I can't wait until this is over with so we can stop pretending like Melo is a pitiable figure.
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Lol nobody is even pretending to pity Melo. We are celebrating the USA Olympic GOAT.
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"But some things you do, you don't do for you"- is a great line.
Jordan Brand has always nailed the closing line:
"I've failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed."
"I have something more important than courage; I have patience. I will become what I know I am."
"Maybe I destroyed the game, or maybe you're just making excuses."
"Tell me I'm older, tell me I'm slower, tell me I can no longer fly. I want you to."
Reminds me of once someone asking Jordan if he can really fly and he said "Yeah, for a little while"
"We can all fly. Some of us can fly longer than others. Higher, too."
"It's not about the shoes. It's about what you do in them. It's about being who you were born to be."
This is a great clap back for Lebron dick riders. Especially when he downplayed the GOAT's performance in the finals.
"Maybe I shouldnt be so scared of Lebron"
It's rumored that the commercial was a response to LeBron's infamous "What Should I Do?" ad.
I work at the ad agency that does work for Nike and Jordan Brand. We are all as one, working on both brands jointly. No one is disparaging anyone within the Nike family. Just some great writing by some very talented men and women trying to uphold the brand belief of bringing inspiration and innovation to athletes.
And then turning around and making some lighthearted Old Spice commercials, because writing inspirational pieces for Nike and Brand Jordan is extremely difficult and taxing, and it's nice to have a little break.
Couldn't be because the Jordan commercial came out before the LeBron one
I really want the last one to end with "You can't take the sky from me."
I'm afraid of what I won't become. You're afraid of what I could become
"Ask not..."
Would be nice if you could put the quote in the post as well... Some of us have proxies that stop us from getting into twitter. I feel like all tweets (usually being short and text-based) should be in the post as well. Why not stay in reddit to read some text?
I am sorry, I really should've. Here is the full quote,
"Gold Medals don't bring parades to New York.
They don't take it easy on 32-year-old knees.
Or land that second Max contract.
They don't silence the critics.
Or put your face on a plaque in Springfield.
But some things you do, you don't do for you. "
Thanks a ton man! Nice one indeed :D
"Some things you do, you don't do for you.
Congrats on number three, @CarmeloAnthony. #WEAREJORDAN"
Then the actual image:
"GOLD MEDALS DON'T BRING PARADES TO NEW YORK.
THEY DON'T TAKE IT EASY ON 32-YEAR OLD KNEES.
OR LAND THAT SECOND MAX CONTRACT.
THEY DON'T SILENCE THE CRITICS.
OR PUT YOUR FACE ON A PLAQUE IN SPRINGFIELD.
BUT SOME THINGS YOU DO, YOU DON'T DO FOR YOU."
I made a small typograph for the image here if you want (just download it then open it in a browser): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B24NQ1GyNMSkQUlhVi1YYVBWd00/view?usp=sharing
Here's it on imgur
I'm gon' get mine more than I get got, doe.