AI and MELO

The NBA's number one and number two scorers will finally join forces on Monday night when the Denver Nuggets do battle with the Memphis Grizzlies in Denver. Allen Iverson, (Georgetown) who's ego might have driven him out of Philly is about to join forces with one of the most talented players in the game. Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse) isn't too shy either, he sucker punched the Knicks Mardy Collins 36 days ago in what was one of the worst on the court incidents in NBA history. In order for the two to coexist they must work together and find a way to incorporate the other players on the team. Never have two players been on the same team that average 60 points a game. JR Smith will have no problem fitting into the mix as his superior shooting skills and rebounding talent will make him the number three man on the Nuggets roster. Marcus Camby and Steve Blake must have significant roles in each game or they will go to waste and teams will learn how to play defense against a three man team. AI and Melo must become better team players if they want to go far in the playoffs. The teams that win titles as of late are deep teams, not teams loaded with superstars. AI must become a point guard that passes, shoots and screens, as well as plays defense. AI needs to be able to control the tempo of the game while having, in his own words, the best player that he ever played with on the floor at the same time. Melo must ditch his selfishness and realize that he doesn't have to be the one doing it all for the Nuggets anymore. He must look to AI and realize somebody is now there to help him. When AI was the man at Georgetown he didn't have anybody near his talent to play with him. Neither did Melo at Cuse. But they played on teams that made them make it work. In order to be a team that other teams fear they must take the team game aspect of college ball and apply it to the professional game. They must do the same thing at the professional level in order to achieve the same success they did in the Big East.