text: The Nuggets got out of the 1st round only once with Melo, and it was memorable. Yet, I feel like he mostly failed to rise to the occasion in the playoffs. Early in his career it was excusable, the Nuggets were rebuilding from a bad team. Later on here, with talent around him... Iverson and Billups, Camby, K-Mart, it was a letdown considering how he paved his way out of here. He didn't elevate the Knicks either. He would've been an excellent second or third option, like he is with the Olympic teams.