NBA Rumors: As the 2019-20 season quickly approaches, Carmelo Anthony’s camp continues to push back on the bad narrative as he seeks another shot
The hope, for Carmelo Anthony and his camp, is that he’ll be joining a training camp (in roughly a month) with a chance to earn a starting spot, or even just a meaningful role, on a roster for the 2019-20 season.
However, with the way the narrative has evolved regarding Melo’s exit from the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets over the last couple of seasons, there is a growing sense that we’ve seen the last of Melo in an NBA uniform.
With camp roughly a month away, Melo’s team is reportedly pushing back hard on the fact that Melo’s two exits from the Thunder and Rockets are entirely his fault.
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"[per Heavy]His representatives are fighting the perception that Anthony can no longer be a functional team player, that his scorer’s mentality and past complaints about his roles make him a net negative for any team with high aspirations. According to league sources, his representatives are fighting that perception, “aggressively.”…"
While Melo and his camp might have a point in painting a scenario where it’s not entirely his fault, it’s not like he isn’t without any altogether. Melo played a hand in it not working in both OKC and Houston, I don’t think anyone would deny that.
We perhaps don’t know the entire story, and we may not know it until Melo’s career officially ends, but it doesn’t help much for Melo to play up the innocent card here either. That won’t exactly paint Anthony in the right light. Teams are not going to want to take a shot on Melo, especially knowing that if it doesn’t work out he’s going to place all the blame on the team.
That’s simply not something organizations will be interested in. And I’m not sure they should be. Why would they want to take a chance on a player that is beyond his prime (and his big-name status) with the potential for a PR nightmare?
If Carmelo Anthony is really interested in playing in the NBA this season, perhaps he should be taking the opposite approach here and taking all the blame and accepting it. Sometimes that comes off more appealing that pointing the blame elsewhere.