The Original Melo

 

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I was never a huge fan of Carmelo Anthony's signature shoes but he's one of the greatest basketball players of all time and I feel like I should talk about his background in his signature shoes. Carmelo was one of the first athletes to sign under the Jordan brand and had his own line of Melo/Jordan shoes. I never bought any of Carmelo shoes growing up because I was too into Jordan retros that I felt like if I bought Carmelo shoes that it would look like a team Jordan shoe, and I didn't want that. At the time I was really serious about that but now that I look back, Melo had some pretty good signature shoes worth buying and collecting because now they are worth big bucks, and even though he's still in the league still playing Jordan Brand cut him off in 2017 discontinuing the Carmelo signature line. I hate that they did that to him, I guess the Jordan Brand saw his prime declining and felt it was best to move on from him, but Melo remains as an ambassador of the Jordan brand, and they still make shoes honoring his name, it may not be a signature shoe, but they still mention him on their shoe line. If I could buy any Carmelo shoe it would be his Jordan Melo M8. 

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Estimated Prince for M8 is $380 in size 11