Carmelo Anthony, one of the best scorers in basketball history, has officially retired. Anthony, who played 19 seasons in NBA, announced his decision via a video posted on social media.

“Now the time has come for me to say goodbye … to the game that gave me purpose and pride,” said Melo in the clip.

Anthony retires after he spent the entire 2022-23 season out of the league. He last played with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2021–22, when he averaged 13.3 points in 69 games.

Anthony became a basketball star even before coming to the NBA, leading Syracuse to a national title and being named the 2003 NCAA tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. He ended up being selected third overall in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.

Since then, Melo put together a Hall of Fame career that saw him receive 10 All-Star selections, be NBA scoring champion in 2013, and get selected in NBA 75th Anniversary Team. He also averaged 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 2.7 assists in 1,260 career games with six different franchises.

The only thing missing from Anthony’s resume, besides the MVP award, is an NBA title. He was never in the NBA Finals and managed to reach the conference finals just once.

However, Melo got plenty of silverware with Team USA. He played for the national team at four Olympic Games and won three gold medals.

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Carmelo Anthony won’t lack offers this summer if the Los Angeles Lakers decide not to bring him back for the 2022-23 season. According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, the first in line to sign the veteran might be the New York Knicks.

Berman reports that the Knicks brass is having a discussion about Anthony and that the team is thinking about making him an offer in free agency. The Brooklyn native is a fan favorite in Madison Square Garden but has also been effective in recent years as a bench player and could lift the Knicks’ second unit with his scoring ability.

Anthony is coming off a solid season despite the Lakers’ disastrous campaign in 2021-22. The 38-year-old played 69 games and averaged 13.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per contest.

Carmelo Anthony previously spent seven seasons with the Knicks before being traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder ahead of the 2017-18 season. He made the NBA All-Star team in every year he spent in New York while also receiving All-NBA Second Team honors and taking the NBA scoring title in 2012–13. Anthony led the Knicks to Eastern Conference Semifinals in the same year, which remains the franchise’s biggest success since Conference Finals in 1999-00.

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Carmelo Anthony continued his climb on the NBA’s all-time scoring list on Sunday night. Melo scored 28 points for the Los Angeles Lakers in a 121-118 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, enabling him to jump over Hall of Famer Moses Malone and get to the number nine spot.

Anthony entered the game needing 15 points to beat Malone’s 27,409 points. The 37-year-old star scored 10 points in the first half before hitting two shots behind the arc in the third to get past the mark.

Melo didn’t stop there, however. He continued to carry the Lakers’ offense, scoring 12 more points, including some clutch shots that gave the team their first win in the 2021-22 NBA season.

“He didn’t crawl up to that milestone,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said via ESPN. “He blew the doors off of it.”

It’s impressive that Carmelo Anthony even got here, considering that most people believed he’d never return to the league after a debacle with the Houston Rockets during the 2018-19 season. Melo just played 10 games for the Rockets before being removed from the rotation. Houston later traded him to the Chicago Bulls, who waived him shortly after.

Anthony spent almost a year away from basketball before signing with the Portland Trail Blazers and reinventing himself as a spot-up shooter and reliable contributor from the bench. He left Portland this offseason to join his friend LeBron James in Los Angeles and try to get his first NBA championship.

“I’m still here doing it,” Anthony, who is averaging 17.7 points and 4.0 rebounds in Lakers’ jersey, said after the game. “I think that’s what I’m honestly excited about. I’m here in Year 19, still doing what I’m able to do. Still passionate about the game.”

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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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After not playing in the NBA for more than a year, Carmelo Anthony made a comeback in November, inking a deal with Portland Trail Blazers. As it turns out, Blazers didn’t come calling, Melo would now be retired.

Anthony recently made an appearance on CJ McCollum’s Pull Up Podcast and spoke about his time away from the league. According to the 35-year-old, he was ready to call it quits if NBA teams continued avoiding him.

“I told my agent ‘Nobody’s calling? You know what? If nothing happens by this date, I’m announcing my retirement. I’m at peace with letting the game go,'” explained Anthony.

Since his disappointing 10-games stint with Houston Rockets at the beginning of 2018/19 season, it seemed that NBA teams didn’t want to get near Anthony despite his glowing resume. It almost looked like the league moved on from him, and that his iso-skills are not desirable in this modern NBA. The fact that he is a defensive liability also didn’t help.

But after the injuries and bad form pressed Portland to get creative, Melo finally was able to step on the NBA court once again.

“I really needed Portland.” he added. “As much as they needed me from a basketball standpoint, I needed Portland for other reasons. I always say god don’t make no mistakes. This came at a pivotal time for me, and I’m taking advantage of it and it shows.”

While Anthony isn’t posting any head-turning numbers, he is proving to be more than a solid starter for the Trail Blazers. He played a total of 50 games in 2019/20 and averages 15.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game.

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Although Carmelo Anthony scored just six points in Portland Trail Blazers’ 125-112 win over Houston Rockets, that was still enough for the 35-year-old to continue writing his name into NBA history books. With these six points, all of which were scored in the first half, Anthony reached 26,072 career points and moved to the on the all-time scoring list.

Anthony jumped from the 18th spot to No.17 and passed Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, who has 26,071 career points.

Considering that Anthony is currently averaging 15.8 points per game, there is a big chance that he will continue his climb on the all-time list and get to No.14, where San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan sits with 26,496. In order to move to the top 10 and get ahead of Elvin Hayes, however, Melo needs 1,300 more points.

After sitting out the majority of the past season, and not having a club at the start of 2019/20, Carmelo Anthony signed a deal with Portland Trail Blazers. It turned out to be a move that benefited both sides, as Blazers started winning after a shaky start of the season, while Anthony became a productive NBA player once again.

Anthony is enjoying his time in Portland, and recently said he would like to finish his career there.

“I would love to stay,” said Anthony. “I feel like this is the place for me to end my career. It could have happened earlier, but it didn’t. Now, where I’m at in my life and my career — this is where I want to retire.”

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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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After months of trying, Houston Rockets finally managed to deal Carmelo Anthony. According to ESPN‘s Adrian Wojnarowski, Melo was traded to the Chicago Bulls alongside with cash. However, it is highly likely that he won’t put a Bulls jersey in an official game according to sources and will be released if he clears waivers.

The Rockets have been aggressively seeking a trade for Carmelo Anthony in the past couple of days, hoping to free up a roster spot for Kenneth Faried, who recently became a free agent after agreeing to a contract buyout with the Brooklyn Nets. Still, they didn’t manage to close the deal on time, and had to waive James Nunnally from his 10-day contract in order to make a place for Faried.

While Anthony won’t play for the Bulls, he still wants to find a landing spot and play this season. There is a chance that Chicago might hold on to the 34-year-old until the February 7th trade deadline, but they could only deal him in a one-for-one type of situation.

Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly interested in Carmelo Anthony but are currently unwilling to give up one of their players in order to free up a roster spot for him. Other team that might be looking into the possibility of acquiring Melo are Philadelphia 76ers while Golden State Warriors are also in the mix.

Anthony joined the Rockets in the offseason but ended up playing only 10 games before parting ways with the team. During that stretch, he averaged 13.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

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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, one of the best scorers in basketball history, has officially retired. Anthony, who played 19 seasons in NBA, announced his decision via a video posted on social media.

“Now the time has come for me to say goodbye … to the game that gave me purpose and pride,” said Melo in the clip.

Anthony retires after he spent the entire 2022-23 season out of the league. He last played with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2021–22, when he averaged 13.3 points in 69 games.

Anthony became a basketball star even before coming to the NBA, leading Syracuse to a national title and being named the 2003 NCAA tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. He ended up being selected third overall in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.

Since then, Melo put together a Hall of Fame career that saw him receive 10 All-Star selections, be NBA scoring champion in 2013, and get selected in NBA 75th Anniversary Team. He also averaged 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 2.7 assists in 1,260 career games with six different franchises.

The only thing missing from Anthony’s resume, besides the MVP award, is an NBA title. He was never in the NBA Finals and managed to reach the conference finals just once.

However, Melo got plenty of silverware with Team USA. He played for the national team at four Olympic Games and won three gold medals.

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Carmelo Anthony won’t lack offers this summer if the Los Angeles Lakers decide not to bring him back for the 2022-23 season. According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, the first in line to sign the veteran might be the New York Knicks.

Berman reports that the Knicks brass is having a discussion about Anthony and that the team is thinking about making him an offer in free agency. The Brooklyn native is a fan favorite in Madison Square Garden but has also been effective in recent years as a bench player and could lift the Knicks’ second unit with his scoring ability.

Anthony is coming off a solid season despite the Lakers’ disastrous campaign in 2021-22. The 38-year-old played 69 games and averaged 13.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per contest.

Carmelo Anthony previously spent seven seasons with the Knicks before being traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder ahead of the 2017-18 season. He made the NBA All-Star team in every year he spent in New York while also receiving All-NBA Second Team honors and taking the NBA scoring title in 2012–13. Anthony led the Knicks to Eastern Conference Semifinals in the same year, which remains the franchise’s biggest success since Conference Finals in 1999-00.

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Carmelo Anthony continued his climb on the NBA’s all-time scoring list on Sunday night. Melo scored 28 points for the Los Angeles Lakers in a 121-118 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, enabling him to jump over Hall of Famer Moses Malone and get to the number nine spot.

Anthony entered the game needing 15 points to beat Malone’s 27,409 points. The 37-year-old star scored 10 points in the first half before hitting two shots behind the arc in the third to get past the mark.

Melo didn’t stop there, however. He continued to carry the Lakers’ offense, scoring 12 more points, including some clutch shots that gave the team their first win in the 2021-22 NBA season.

“He didn’t crawl up to that milestone,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said via ESPN. “He blew the doors off of it.”

It’s impressive that Carmelo Anthony even got here, considering that most people believed he’d never return to the league after a debacle with the Houston Rockets during the 2018-19 season. Melo just played 10 games for the Rockets before being removed from the rotation. Houston later traded him to the Chicago Bulls, who waived him shortly after.

Anthony spent almost a year away from basketball before signing with the Portland Trail Blazers and reinventing himself as a spot-up shooter and reliable contributor from the bench. He left Portland this offseason to join his friend LeBron James in Los Angeles and try to get his first NBA championship.

“I’m still here doing it,” Anthony, who is averaging 17.7 points and 4.0 rebounds in Lakers’ jersey, said after the game. “I think that’s what I’m honestly excited about. I’m here in Year 19, still doing what I’m able to do. Still passionate about the game.”

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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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After not playing in the NBA for more than a year, Carmelo Anthony made a comeback in November, inking a deal with Portland Trail Blazers. As it turns out, Blazers didn’t come calling, Melo would now be retired.

Anthony recently made an appearance on CJ McCollum’s Pull Up Podcast and spoke about his time away from the league. According to the 35-year-old, he was ready to call it quits if NBA teams continued avoiding him.

“I told my agent ‘Nobody’s calling? You know what? If nothing happens by this date, I’m announcing my retirement. I’m at peace with letting the game go,'” explained Anthony.

Since his disappointing 10-games stint with Houston Rockets at the beginning of 2018/19 season, it seemed that NBA teams didn’t want to get near Anthony despite his glowing resume. It almost looked like the league moved on from him, and that his iso-skills are not desirable in this modern NBA. The fact that he is a defensive liability also didn’t help.

But after the injuries and bad form pressed Portland to get creative, Melo finally was able to step on the NBA court once again.

“I really needed Portland.” he added. “As much as they needed me from a basketball standpoint, I needed Portland for other reasons. I always say god don’t make no mistakes. This came at a pivotal time for me, and I’m taking advantage of it and it shows.”

While Anthony isn’t posting any head-turning numbers, he is proving to be more than a solid starter for the Trail Blazers. He played a total of 50 games in 2019/20 and averages 15.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game.

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Although Carmelo Anthony scored just six points in Portland Trail Blazers’ 125-112 win over Houston Rockets, that was still enough for the 35-year-old to continue writing his name into NBA history books. With these six points, all of which were scored in the first half, Anthony reached 26,072 career points and moved to the on the all-time scoring list.

Anthony jumped from the 18th spot to No.17 and passed Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, who has 26,071 career points.

Considering that Anthony is currently averaging 15.8 points per game, there is a big chance that he will continue his climb on the all-time list and get to No.14, where San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan sits with 26,496. In order to move to the top 10 and get ahead of Elvin Hayes, however, Melo needs 1,300 more points.

After sitting out the majority of the past season, and not having a club at the start of 2019/20, Carmelo Anthony signed a deal with Portland Trail Blazers. It turned out to be a move that benefited both sides, as Blazers started winning after a shaky start of the season, while Anthony became a productive NBA player once again.

Anthony is enjoying his time in Portland, and recently said he would like to finish his career there.

“I would love to stay,” said Anthony. “I feel like this is the place for me to end my career. It could have happened earlier, but it didn’t. Now, where I’m at in my life and my career — this is where I want to retire.”

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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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After months of trying, Houston Rockets finally managed to deal Carmelo Anthony. According to ESPN‘s Adrian Wojnarowski, Melo was traded to the Chicago Bulls alongside with cash. However, it is highly likely that he won’t put a Bulls jersey in an official game according to sources and will be released if he clears waivers.

The Rockets have been aggressively seeking a trade for Carmelo Anthony in the past couple of days, hoping to free up a roster spot for Kenneth Faried, who recently became a free agent after agreeing to a contract buyout with the Brooklyn Nets. Still, they didn’t manage to close the deal on time, and had to waive James Nunnally from his 10-day contract in order to make a place for Faried.

While Anthony won’t play for the Bulls, he still wants to find a landing spot and play this season. There is a chance that Chicago might hold on to the 34-year-old until the February 7th trade deadline, but they could only deal him in a one-for-one type of situation.

Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly interested in Carmelo Anthony but are currently unwilling to give up one of their players in order to free up a roster spot for him. Other team that might be looking into the possibility of acquiring Melo are Philadelphia 76ers while Golden State Warriors are also in the mix.

Anthony joined the Rockets in the offseason but ended up playing only 10 games before parting ways with the team. During that stretch, he averaged 13.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

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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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