“Who Needs Melo! Who Needs Melo! Who Needs Melo! Who Needs Melo!” I can still hear the chants in the Pepsi Center. The electrictricity going through the crowd! The passion. The camaraderie. Dubbed “The New-Look Nuggets” the team was expected to be the “Cavs of the West” but in turn, minus superstar Carmelo Anthony, entered the postseason ranked fifth in the west. Yes, they lost to the OKC Thunder 4-1 in the finals, but they weren't swept like Anthony’s new team, the New York Knicks, in round one by the Boston Celtics. So this lingering question remains:























Melo took Denver as far as was humanly possible and, as a Nugget fan, I appreciate that. Ask me this 3 months ago and I would have muttered these words: FUCK MELODY!!!

This is where I get to the tricky trade shenanigans. Who wouldn’t want to play ball in New York???

 Be absolutely honest with yourself. Who knows what kind of soiled or not so soiled relationship Anthony had with Coach Karl? I, now, can’t fault a man for choosing to better his career, even if it tore the hearts of thousands. Now, I come to this: did I hate Melo because he left?? NO.




Let’s back up for just a moment, I never liked Melo, I appreciated and respected him because he did wonders for my team, but I just have this thing with grown men in braids. Don’t ask. Even after he cut them, that braided Melo image was embedded in my brain. But I digress, it wasn’t that Melo left that he had me in pieces, we all realized this from the toast at his wedding with LaLa  that he was, emotionally, in another city, but the fact that it took Chauncey Billups away.



If you don’t live in Denver or at the very least in Colorado, you can’t understand or appreciate what Billups means to the City and what the City means to Billups. That trade took away our “Uncle” ….he was Denver…he is Denver.

 I’m not a crying female, but when I was on twitter, *SHOCKER* , that night and the news was confirmed, I cried. Yes, I cried over basketball. I woke up the next morning feeling distraught, angry, PISSED. Who else to be mad at?????

MEEELLLLOOOOOOO!!!

That’s where my anger came from, not that Melo chose to leave, just that Billups was caught in the shuffle.

 Knowing this, I am glad the trade went down.

 Wait, what??

Perhaps, not in the manner and all the hoopla, but I am glad it happened. It gave the team, the franchise, the fans this renewed vigor. It was exciting to watch and the first time “Who needs Melo” was chanted, well, I’ll be honest: IT FELT FUCKING GOOD!!!

Without that trade, we wouldn't have speedy Ty Lawson starting, no sexy passes from Gallo, no Mozzila giving the audience these awkward and boyish smiles, we wouldn't have Jordan Hamilton from the Felton trade. We wouldn't have any of that.

My whole point is, rather than hating Melo, 10 months later, I appreciate what he did for the franchise. I appreciate him being generic during the media blabber-thons, so we could obtain as much as possible from New York. After all, it worked, right?? I appreciate those positive things that he did for this city. Am I wrong??

That’s why I am over Melo. While, I won’t be buying a New York Knicks Carmelo Antony jersey any time soon nor will I be putting “Team Melo” in my twitter bio, but I also won’t be wishing him to fail. He was a Denver Nugget after all. Once upon a time, I did do the whole “MEEEELLLLOOOOO” thing at the Pepsi Center, so shouldn’t I wish him well???



The NBA lockout finally got me over Melo.

Oh, but I’ll still boo his ass at the Pepsi Center,

Until next time,

Mrs. NBA