Young NBA Stars Learning From Carmelo's and LeBron's Mistakes

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LOS ANGELES -- If the NFL is the league full of copycat coaches who routinely emulate the latest and greatest style of play (and it is), then the NBA is the league full of copycat players.

There's no better example than the formation of the Miami "Heatles" last summer, when LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh created their Super Team in such a self-controlling way that their suddenly-empowered contemporaries watched and wondered how they could do the same. But as Carmelo Anthony is experiencing first hand, it's not as easy as it looks.

The Melo-drama has long since become a public relations disaster, with the season at hand almost irrelevant for the teams, and the fan bases in Denver, New Jersey and even Detroit held hostage for weeks by a proposed trade that now seems dead in the water. The situation may have finally affected Anthony himself recently, as Nuggets coach George Karl said Tuesday that his small forward appears "very distracted" and might see reduced playing time as a result.

 

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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2011/01/19/young-nba-stars-learning-from-carmelo-and-lebrons-mistakes/

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