{"id":11797,"date":"2018-11-16T11:19:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/?p=11797"},"modified":"2018-11-16T17:09:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T22:09:30","slug":"hall-of-famer-struggles-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/hall-of-famer-struggles-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Famer struggles early"},"content":{"rendered":"

By TYRIQ MCCORD<\/p>\n

As we all know, Lebron James is arguably the best basketball player in the NBA right now in his 16th season. It is already hard enough to be a 33-year-old man in the NBA with the average age being 25. But to be top 2 best in the game today is remarkable. But some of the 30 year olds from his class cannot say the same.<\/p>\n

Dwayne Wade, who was drafted the same year as James, has already expressed that this season is his last season. Not a top player any longer, he is still a force in the game today. But there is one person part of that \u201cBanana Boat Crew\u201d that is not in the right place in his career.<\/p>\n

Carmelo Anthony has just been released from the Houston Rockets after only just 10 games into the season. Rockets were held to a high scale after the success from last season in which they lost in the Western Conference Finals in Game 7 before the Finals. Melo was supposed to be the missing piece in the Rockets offense that they needed, but after a 4-6 start to the season it was determined Carmelo was not what they were looking for.<\/p>\n

Melo, 34, is still highly motivated to win a championship and to be effective on someone\u2019s team. Sources connected to him says he is not planning on retirement anytime soon at the moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Heat, Lakers, TrailBlazers, and Pelicans are the top teams that have shown interest in the 10-time all star. But can he help a team win a championship?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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