It appears that Carmelo Anthony finally found his home in the NBA.

The Portland Trail Blazers announced on social media on Sunday that Anthony agreed to a deal that will see him stay with the franchise for one more season. Reportedly, Melo inked a veteran’s minimum contract. 

After his struggling stints with Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets, Anthony spent almost a year out of the league before signing with the Trail Blazers last November. Portland initially saw him as a rotational piece but was forced to push Melo into the team’s starting line-up following a series of injuries on the forward position.

Anthony used the opportunity and gave the Blazers solid production during the regular season. The 36-year-old forward finished the campaign with 15.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.5 assists on average while also being surprisingly efficient from the three-point line.

 Carmelo Anthony, who has 10 All-Star nods to his name, will now have an opportunity to be a contributor for the Blazers once again while also aiming to reach some big career milestones. This includes climbing on NBA’s all-time scoring list.

Melo is currently at No.15 with 26,446 career points but only needs 51 more to pass San Antonio Spurs’ legend Tim Duncan on the 14th spot. He can also get into the Top 10 in 2020/21, needing 868 points to achieve this feat.

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Carmelo Anthony is finally back in the NBA. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Portland Trail Blazers added Anthony to their roster on Friday, signing him to a non-guaranteed deal.

Anthony hasn’t played in the league since early in the 2018/19 NBA season when he was a member of Houston Rockets.

Wojnarowski reports that Melo will join the Blazers for the team’s upcoming road trip, which kicks off on Saturday. He is expected to get minutes right away, as the team became worryingly thin on the forward position after Zach Collins’ injury.

Blazers have been trying to get Anthony ever since it became clear he would leave New York Knicks, but fell short on several occasions. This time, however, Melo jumped on the opportunity as it was a rare chance for him to get back into the game.

Portland has been struggling this season, currently sitting at the lower level of Western Conference standings with a 4-8 record. They especially had problems with scoring, as Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum account for almost half of the team’s points in a single game.

By plugging in a proven scorer in Carmelo Anthony, Blazers hope they could add another scoring option to their offense and improve their anemic forward core. And while we will have to wait and see how Anthony will fit in Portland, the team’s players are already welcoming the help. 

“I believe he can help us,” – Lillard told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols when asked about Melo’s arrival. “Obviously I’d like to see our early-season struggles turn around, and hopefully we can be part of a great bounce-back for Melo as well.”

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With all the big free agents this summer looking for a team, it is easy to forget that Carmelo Anthony will also be able to explore the market. While it is unclear how many suitors Anthony actually has in the league at this moment, most NBA executives believe he will eventually end up with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Anthony only played 10 games in the NBA’s last season, averaging 13.4 points per game as a member of Houston Rockets, before eventually being traded to Chicago Bulls and waived afterward. The 35-year-old was a free-agent since February, but never actually found a team to play with. Lakers showed interest initially, but after they lost their chance to make the postseason, they cooled off.

According to Ian Begley of SNY, Lakers have now rekindled their interest for Carmelo Anthony, especially as they are trying to build a championship contending roster around All-Stars LeBron James and newly-acquired Anthony Davis. The Davis trade gutted Lakers’ roster, which opens a spot for Anthony, especially if he is willing to play a lesser role. His friendship with James is also believed to have a big influence on this decision.

Begley also reports that Anthony also considered a return to New York Knicks. This is believed to be an option if the Knicks manage to land one or two star players in free agency and construct a competitive roster. Anthony previously indicated that he would want to retire in New York.

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Carmelo Anthony returned to his beloved Madison Square Garden in New York, but this time only as a fan. Anthony, who is currently under contract with Chicago Bulls but isn’t expected to play with the organization, came to Garden to see his close friend Dwyane Wade play his final game as a professional in this iconic arena.

“I’ve had some great years in this building. I look forward to coming back and playing in this building some more,” – said Anthony during an in-game interview while attending the match between  New York Knicks and Miami Heat.

Anthony was, of course, asked what will his next move be, considering the fact that he is expected to be waived by the Bulls following the trade deadline and become a free agent.

“At this point, I just want to be happy,” – the 34-year-old explained. “I think I’ve put myself in a good, peaceful mind state right now, [being] able to focus in on what I need to focus in on. And whatever’s going to make me happy, then we’re going to make it happen.”

While he only came as a basketball fan this time around, Carmelo Anthony ended up receiving a big-time ovation from the Knicks’ fans when his face was shown on the jumbotron.

Anthony was a key player for the Knicks for numerous years, but ended up opting to leave the organization in 2017 and joined Oklahoma City Thunder in order to try and win a championship. After a failed season with OKC, he joined the Houston Rockets in the summer but failed to make an impact and ended playing just 10 games there before being removed from the team.

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After Carmelo Anthony struggled with Oklahoma City Thunder last season and had a failed 10-games experiment with the Houston Rockets this season, it started to look like he will never play in the NBA league again.

But that won’t be the case if Los Angeles Lakers’ star LeBron James can do something about it.

According to a report by Joe Vardon of The Athletic, James believes that Melo still has what it takes to play a significant role in NBA and would like the Lakers to explore the possibility of bringing him to Los Angeles.

While Vardon’s sources said that James wouldn’t request the Lakers to acquire Anthony, he is convinced that this move would benefit the team greatly.

LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony are close friends off the court, entering the league at the same time; James was the No.1 pick in 2003 NBA while Anthony was selected third overall. They expressed interest in playing together several times over the years, and were close of achieving that in 2017 when Anthony was about to leave New York Knicks. There were rumors that he might join James in Cleveland at the time but ended up in Oklahoma City with Russell Westbrook and Paul George.

Despite James’ desire, it remains unclear whether Magic Johnson and the rest of Lakers’ front office would be willing to add Carmelo Anthony. Although Anthony averaged solid numbers in his 10 games with the Rockets, 13.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, he was such a liability on the defense that the team deemed him unplayable and openly said that his time in Houston is over.

It now remains to be seen whether Lakers or any other NBA team are willing to bet on Anthony once again.

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Things aren’t looking good for the Houston Rockets this season, and it seems like the team is going to blame all of their problems on Carmelo Anthony. According to multiple reports from NBA Insiders like Marc Stein and Adrian Worjanowski, the Rockets are seriously thinking about releasing Anthony in the upcoming days.

Carmelo Anthony missed the Rockets’ last two games due to an “illness,” but it is believed that there is another reason behind this. There are several Houston players and members of the coaching staff that think Anthony already played his last minutes as a Rocket.

Despite all of this, the team’s general manager Daryl Morey is still reluctant to confirm the reports about Anthony’s departure and went on to call them “unfair” to the 34-year-old.

“One of the reasons I’m here, besides its 10 games in, about, is I think there’s just a lot of unfair-like rumors and everything going around about him,” – said Morey on Sunday. “He’s been great with us. As Coach [Mike D’Antoni] said yesterday, his approach has been great. He’s accepted every role Coach has given him — starting, off the bench, whatever it’s been.“

“We’re struggling as a team, and it’s my job, it’s Coach’s job to figure this thing out. But from Guy 1 to Guy 15 — and I’ll put myself in there; a lot of this is on me right now — we’re not playing well. We’ve just got to figure it out. We’re evaluating everything.” – he added.

Carmelo Anthony has struggled to gel in with the rest of Houston Rockets team since signing a one-year, $2.4 million deal in August. He is averaging 13.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game this season, but the bigger issue is his defensive performance that has been particularly poor. Rockets are nine points per 100 possessions worse with Melo on the court, and that is something that a championship contender can’t allow themselves.

Either Anthony will step up on the defensive end or he will be out of Houston. Something tells us it will be the second option, but we will have to wait and see.

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Carmelo Anthony signing with the Houston Rockets wasn’t a secret. It was something we knew is about to happen for weeks, but the official confirmation came on Monday. Anthony flew to Houston, passed his medical and officially inked a one-year, $2.4 million contract. The team confirmed the news on their social media.

Melo making it official!

» @dmorey pic.twitter.com/PnFPfc61wZ

— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) August 13, 2018

Reportedly, Carmelo Anthony will have a chance to earn a starting spot in the training camp, but it’s still up to Rockets’ coach Mike D’Antoni to determine where Melo could help the team the most. We will see whether Anthony can accept a possible secondary role, something he was struggling with during his time as part of Oklahoma City Thunder.

Now, if you think $2.4 million is too low of a number for a player of Melo’s caliber, don’t worry. After Oklahoma City Thunder traded him to Atlanta Hawks, the 34-year-old was immediately waived while receiving a hefty paycheck. Hawks paid $25.4 million of his 2018-19 salary from the previous contract, and he also accepted a $2.4 million contract buyout.

After an unsuccessful season with OKC, it was evident that Carmelo Anthony doesn’t fit into the Thunder’s future, primarily because of his massive contract. Thunder was facing with close to $300 million parole and taxes, something they couldn’t afford. This is why the team’s general manager Sam Presti began looking for trade options while giving the 10-times All-Star permission to negotiate with other teams.

Melo met with Houston Rockets and Miami Heat during the summer league in Las Vegas but eventually decided to sign with a team that can give him a chance to win his first NBA title.

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This might not come as a surprise to many basketball fans, but Carmelo Anthony is leaving Oklahoma City Thunder. Anthony failed to adjust his role in a way Thunder wanted last season, which led to him playing the worst basketball in his career and averaging career low 16.2 points per game. Also, he opted into the final year of his contract, which will push Thunder’s payroll to historic numbers. This is why both sides are looking to end this failed experiment, and OKC already gave permission to other NBA teams to talk with the 34-year-old.

According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Melo will talk with several teams including Miami Heat and Houston Rockets.

Story filed to ESPN: In advance of an inevitable – if not imminent – parting, the Oklahoma City Thunder granted Carmelo Anthony permission to meet with prospective teams, including Houston and Miami. Meetings took place in Vegas in recent days.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 10, 2018

Oklahoma City Thunder and Carmelo Anthony split can be facilitated in several ways. Thunder can find a trade partner who would take on his $27.9 million salary and then waive him. In order to make this happen, Anthony has agreed to waive his no-trade clause. OKC can also use waive-and-stretch provision in his contract and spread his salary over three years. Both scenarios would save Thunder more than $100 million in luxury tax and salary.

The biggest favorites to land Carmelo Anthony when he becomes a free agent are Houston Rockets. Besides the fact that Melo’s friend Chris Paul plays here, the Rockets are in the need of a forward after losing Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute in free agency.

After clashing with Knicks front office in 2017, Anthony agreed to waive his no-trade clause in order to join the OKC. He made a transition to power forward, but never managed to gel with the rest of the roster and experienced long stretches of bad shooting while failing to play a significant role in the Thunder’s short playoff run.

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We will probably be watching Carmelo Anthony in the Oklahoma City Thunder jersey. According to ESPN‘s Royce Young, Anthony didn’t use his early termination option for the final year of his contract, which means he will be officially a member of the Thunder organization in the 2018-19 season as well.

Carmelo Anthony will earn $27.9 million for the next season, courtesy of the five-year, $120 million contract he signed with the New York Knicks back in 2014.
It remains unclear how happy the OKC front office is with this decision. While Anthony will go down as one of the best scorers in the NBA history, he certainly didn’t show he is worth $27.9 million with his performances for the Thunder in the last season.

He averaged 16.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game, all career lows. One of the reasons for that was the fact that Thunder coach Billy Donovan decided to use Anthony as a power forward, instead of putting him on his natural position of small forward. Also, Anthony didn’t have the ball in his hands as much as he used to, which also affected his ability to score, and later his confidence.

“I think for me, my focus would be on kind of figuring out what I want out of the rest of my career, what I want in my future, what am I willing to accept, if I’m willing to accept that at all,” – said Anthony at the end of the Thunder’s disappointing season which saw them getting bounced in the first round of the playoffs. “I think everybody knows that I’ve sacrificed kind of damned near everything, family, moving here by myself, sacrificed my game for the sake of the team, and was willing to sacrifice anything and everything in order for this situation to work out. So it’s something I really have to think about, if I really want to be this type of player, finish out my career as this type of player, knowing that I have so much left in the tank and I bring so much to the game of basketball.“

The Oklahoma City Thunder face a lot of uncertainty ahead of the next NBA season. One of their star players, Paul George, will become a free agent, while few key bench players are also out of contract.

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It appears that Carmelo Anthony finally found his home in the NBA.

The Portland Trail Blazers announced on social media on Sunday that Anthony agreed to a deal that will see him stay with the franchise for one more season. Reportedly, Melo inked a veteran’s minimum contract. 

After his struggling stints with Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets, Anthony spent almost a year out of the league before signing with the Trail Blazers last November. Portland initially saw him as a rotational piece but was forced to push Melo into the team’s starting line-up following a series of injuries on the forward position.

Anthony used the opportunity and gave the Blazers solid production during the regular season. The 36-year-old forward finished the campaign with 15.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.5 assists on average while also being surprisingly efficient from the three-point line.

 Carmelo Anthony, who has 10 All-Star nods to his name, will now have an opportunity to be a contributor for the Blazers once again while also aiming to reach some big career milestones. This includes climbing on NBA’s all-time scoring list.

Melo is currently at No.15 with 26,446 career points but only needs 51 more to pass San Antonio Spurs’ legend Tim Duncan on the 14th spot. He can also get into the Top 10 in 2020/21, needing 868 points to achieve this feat.

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Carmelo Anthony is finally back in the NBA. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Portland Trail Blazers added Anthony to their roster on Friday, signing him to a non-guaranteed deal.

Anthony hasn’t played in the league since early in the 2018/19 NBA season when he was a member of Houston Rockets.

Wojnarowski reports that Melo will join the Blazers for the team’s upcoming road trip, which kicks off on Saturday. He is expected to get minutes right away, as the team became worryingly thin on the forward position after Zach Collins’ injury.

Blazers have been trying to get Anthony ever since it became clear he would leave New York Knicks, but fell short on several occasions. This time, however, Melo jumped on the opportunity as it was a rare chance for him to get back into the game.

Portland has been struggling this season, currently sitting at the lower level of Western Conference standings with a 4-8 record. They especially had problems with scoring, as Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum account for almost half of the team’s points in a single game.

By plugging in a proven scorer in Carmelo Anthony, Blazers hope they could add another scoring option to their offense and improve their anemic forward core. And while we will have to wait and see how Anthony will fit in Portland, the team’s players are already welcoming the help. 

“I believe he can help us,” – Lillard told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols when asked about Melo’s arrival. “Obviously I’d like to see our early-season struggles turn around, and hopefully we can be part of a great bounce-back for Melo as well.”

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With all the big free agents this summer looking for a team, it is easy to forget that Carmelo Anthony will also be able to explore the market. While it is unclear how many suitors Anthony actually has in the league at this moment, most NBA executives believe he will eventually end up with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Anthony only played 10 games in the NBA’s last season, averaging 13.4 points per game as a member of Houston Rockets, before eventually being traded to Chicago Bulls and waived afterward. The 35-year-old was a free-agent since February, but never actually found a team to play with. Lakers showed interest initially, but after they lost their chance to make the postseason, they cooled off.

According to Ian Begley of SNY, Lakers have now rekindled their interest for Carmelo Anthony, especially as they are trying to build a championship contending roster around All-Stars LeBron James and newly-acquired Anthony Davis. The Davis trade gutted Lakers’ roster, which opens a spot for Anthony, especially if he is willing to play a lesser role. His friendship with James is also believed to have a big influence on this decision.

Begley also reports that Anthony also considered a return to New York Knicks. This is believed to be an option if the Knicks manage to land one or two star players in free agency and construct a competitive roster. Anthony previously indicated that he would want to retire in New York.

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Carmelo Anthony returned to his beloved Madison Square Garden in New York, but this time only as a fan. Anthony, who is currently under contract with Chicago Bulls but isn’t expected to play with the organization, came to Garden to see his close friend Dwyane Wade play his final game as a professional in this iconic arena.

“I’ve had some great years in this building. I look forward to coming back and playing in this building some more,” – said Anthony during an in-game interview while attending the match between  New York Knicks and Miami Heat.

Anthony was, of course, asked what will his next move be, considering the fact that he is expected to be waived by the Bulls following the trade deadline and become a free agent.

“At this point, I just want to be happy,” – the 34-year-old explained. “I think I’ve put myself in a good, peaceful mind state right now, [being] able to focus in on what I need to focus in on. And whatever’s going to make me happy, then we’re going to make it happen.”

While he only came as a basketball fan this time around, Carmelo Anthony ended up receiving a big-time ovation from the Knicks’ fans when his face was shown on the jumbotron.

Anthony was a key player for the Knicks for numerous years, but ended up opting to leave the organization in 2017 and joined Oklahoma City Thunder in order to try and win a championship. After a failed season with OKC, he joined the Houston Rockets in the summer but failed to make an impact and ended playing just 10 games there before being removed from the team.

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After Carmelo Anthony struggled with Oklahoma City Thunder last season and had a failed 10-games experiment with the Houston Rockets this season, it started to look like he will never play in the NBA league again.

But that won’t be the case if Los Angeles Lakers’ star LeBron James can do something about it.

According to a report by Joe Vardon of The Athletic, James believes that Melo still has what it takes to play a significant role in NBA and would like the Lakers to explore the possibility of bringing him to Los Angeles.

While Vardon’s sources said that James wouldn’t request the Lakers to acquire Anthony, he is convinced that this move would benefit the team greatly.

LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony are close friends off the court, entering the league at the same time; James was the No.1 pick in 2003 NBA while Anthony was selected third overall. They expressed interest in playing together several times over the years, and were close of achieving that in 2017 when Anthony was about to leave New York Knicks. There were rumors that he might join James in Cleveland at the time but ended up in Oklahoma City with Russell Westbrook and Paul George.

Despite James’ desire, it remains unclear whether Magic Johnson and the rest of Lakers’ front office would be willing to add Carmelo Anthony. Although Anthony averaged solid numbers in his 10 games with the Rockets, 13.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, he was such a liability on the defense that the team deemed him unplayable and openly said that his time in Houston is over.

It now remains to be seen whether Lakers or any other NBA team are willing to bet on Anthony once again.

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Things aren’t looking good for the Houston Rockets this season, and it seems like the team is going to blame all of their problems on Carmelo Anthony. According to multiple reports from NBA Insiders like Marc Stein and Adrian Worjanowski, the Rockets are seriously thinking about releasing Anthony in the upcoming days.

Carmelo Anthony missed the Rockets’ last two games due to an “illness,” but it is believed that there is another reason behind this. There are several Houston players and members of the coaching staff that think Anthony already played his last minutes as a Rocket.

Despite all of this, the team’s general manager Daryl Morey is still reluctant to confirm the reports about Anthony’s departure and went on to call them “unfair” to the 34-year-old.

“One of the reasons I’m here, besides its 10 games in, about, is I think there’s just a lot of unfair-like rumors and everything going around about him,” – said Morey on Sunday. “He’s been great with us. As Coach [Mike D’Antoni] said yesterday, his approach has been great. He’s accepted every role Coach has given him — starting, off the bench, whatever it’s been.“

“We’re struggling as a team, and it’s my job, it’s Coach’s job to figure this thing out. But from Guy 1 to Guy 15 — and I’ll put myself in there; a lot of this is on me right now — we’re not playing well. We’ve just got to figure it out. We’re evaluating everything.” – he added.

Carmelo Anthony has struggled to gel in with the rest of Houston Rockets team since signing a one-year, $2.4 million deal in August. He is averaging 13.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game this season, but the bigger issue is his defensive performance that has been particularly poor. Rockets are nine points per 100 possessions worse with Melo on the court, and that is something that a championship contender can’t allow themselves.

Either Anthony will step up on the defensive end or he will be out of Houston. Something tells us it will be the second option, but we will have to wait and see.

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Carmelo Anthony signing with the Houston Rockets wasn’t a secret. It was something we knew is about to happen for weeks, but the official confirmation came on Monday. Anthony flew to Houston, passed his medical and officially inked a one-year, $2.4 million contract. The team confirmed the news on their social media.

Melo making it official!

» @dmorey pic.twitter.com/PnFPfc61wZ

— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) August 13, 2018

Reportedly, Carmelo Anthony will have a chance to earn a starting spot in the training camp, but it’s still up to Rockets’ coach Mike D’Antoni to determine where Melo could help the team the most. We will see whether Anthony can accept a possible secondary role, something he was struggling with during his time as part of Oklahoma City Thunder.

Now, if you think $2.4 million is too low of a number for a player of Melo’s caliber, don’t worry. After Oklahoma City Thunder traded him to Atlanta Hawks, the 34-year-old was immediately waived while receiving a hefty paycheck. Hawks paid $25.4 million of his 2018-19 salary from the previous contract, and he also accepted a $2.4 million contract buyout.

After an unsuccessful season with OKC, it was evident that Carmelo Anthony doesn’t fit into the Thunder’s future, primarily because of his massive contract. Thunder was facing with close to $300 million parole and taxes, something they couldn’t afford. This is why the team’s general manager Sam Presti began looking for trade options while giving the 10-times All-Star permission to negotiate with other teams.

Melo met with Houston Rockets and Miami Heat during the summer league in Las Vegas but eventually decided to sign with a team that can give him a chance to win his first NBA title.

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This might not come as a surprise to many basketball fans, but Carmelo Anthony is leaving Oklahoma City Thunder. Anthony failed to adjust his role in a way Thunder wanted last season, which led to him playing the worst basketball in his career and averaging career low 16.2 points per game. Also, he opted into the final year of his contract, which will push Thunder’s payroll to historic numbers. This is why both sides are looking to end this failed experiment, and OKC already gave permission to other NBA teams to talk with the 34-year-old.

According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Melo will talk with several teams including Miami Heat and Houston Rockets.

Story filed to ESPN: In advance of an inevitable – if not imminent – parting, the Oklahoma City Thunder granted Carmelo Anthony permission to meet with prospective teams, including Houston and Miami. Meetings took place in Vegas in recent days.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 10, 2018

Oklahoma City Thunder and Carmelo Anthony split can be facilitated in several ways. Thunder can find a trade partner who would take on his $27.9 million salary and then waive him. In order to make this happen, Anthony has agreed to waive his no-trade clause. OKC can also use waive-and-stretch provision in his contract and spread his salary over three years. Both scenarios would save Thunder more than $100 million in luxury tax and salary.

The biggest favorites to land Carmelo Anthony when he becomes a free agent are Houston Rockets. Besides the fact that Melo’s friend Chris Paul plays here, the Rockets are in the need of a forward after losing Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute in free agency.

After clashing with Knicks front office in 2017, Anthony agreed to waive his no-trade clause in order to join the OKC. He made a transition to power forward, but never managed to gel with the rest of the roster and experienced long stretches of bad shooting while failing to play a significant role in the Thunder’s short playoff run.

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We will probably be watching Carmelo Anthony in the Oklahoma City Thunder jersey. According to ESPN‘s Royce Young, Anthony didn’t use his early termination option for the final year of his contract, which means he will be officially a member of the Thunder organization in the 2018-19 season as well.

Carmelo Anthony will earn $27.9 million for the next season, courtesy of the five-year, $120 million contract he signed with the New York Knicks back in 2014.
It remains unclear how happy the OKC front office is with this decision. While Anthony will go down as one of the best scorers in the NBA history, he certainly didn’t show he is worth $27.9 million with his performances for the Thunder in the last season.

He averaged 16.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game, all career lows. One of the reasons for that was the fact that Thunder coach Billy Donovan decided to use Anthony as a power forward, instead of putting him on his natural position of small forward. Also, Anthony didn’t have the ball in his hands as much as he used to, which also affected his ability to score, and later his confidence.

“I think for me, my focus would be on kind of figuring out what I want out of the rest of my career, what I want in my future, what am I willing to accept, if I’m willing to accept that at all,” – said Anthony at the end of the Thunder’s disappointing season which saw them getting bounced in the first round of the playoffs. “I think everybody knows that I’ve sacrificed kind of damned near everything, family, moving here by myself, sacrificed my game for the sake of the team, and was willing to sacrifice anything and everything in order for this situation to work out. So it’s something I really have to think about, if I really want to be this type of player, finish out my career as this type of player, knowing that I have so much left in the tank and I bring so much to the game of basketball.“

The Oklahoma City Thunder face a lot of uncertainty ahead of the next NBA season. One of their star players, Paul George, will become a free agent, while few key bench players are also out of contract.

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