The Blazers want Anthony back, particularly judging by a wild back-and-forth in between the Nuggets and Blazers Twitter accounts Friday.
” I pray that it could be Portland,” Anthony stated on Zoom. “Honestly, thank God I discovered a home in Portland. I got comfy with the company. I got comfy with the guys on the group. They got comfy with me.”.
When the Blazers were eliminated on Aug. 29, the Brooklyn native sounded quite like he wished to re-sign with Portland.
Throughout the shutdown, Anthony, a Knick from 2011 to 2017, still worked with Brickley through virtual training. Now they can train again in individual.
The Nuggets sent out a tweet imagining 5 previous players and asking “Who is your favorite Nugget of all-time?” Anthony was not one of the 5 envisioned, despite his storied career in Denver.
Carmelo AnthonyAP, carmeloanthony/InstagramSoon after, the Blazers posted an identically themed tweet with a frame of 5 former Portland stars– with Anthony together with Lillard, Brandon Roy, Clyde Drexler and Bill Walton. The image contained the specific same message: “Who is your favorite Blazer of all-time?”.
The pandemic that caused a four-month break to the season provided Anthony time to do more off-court training with basketball fitness centers closed. Anthony will not turn 37 until May– which would be the latter stages of next season.
It looks like Carmelo Anthony might be muscling up for a go back to the Knicks.
However, if point player Chris Paul makes his way to the Knicks by means of a trade, sources have said Anthony is most likely to want to follow. Anthony and Paul are close buddies who imagined playing together in the NBA and saw their alliance in Houston end too soon.
Both players were represented by Knicks president Leon Rose when he was basketball chief of Creative Artists Agency. A source stated Rose is amenable to an Anthony return even without Paul.
After Portland, Anthonys group this previous season, became a surprise bubble playoff entrant with a “seedings-games” surge, the Trail Blazers were gotten rid of 3-1 in the preliminary by the eventual champion Lakers.
The Knicks will require a starting small forward and power forward if Julius Randle is part of a Paul deal. Anthony plays either position.
In a video and photos posted Thursday on social networks by his New York-based fitness instructor, Chris Brickley, the 36-year-old Anthony can be seen draining pipes 3-pointers at the Summit Gym in Midtown. In one image, he is shown shirtless and rubbed up.
” I hope that it might be Portland,” Anthony stated on Zoom. “Honestly, thank God I found a home in Portland. I got comfy with the organization. I got comfy with the guys on the team. They got comfy with me.”.
To cap his return from exile, Anthony ended up being an essential 3rd scorer for the Blazers, who were led by the amazing play of Damian Lillard, together with CJ McCollum.
Anthonys chiseled look is noteworthy given that among the knocks on him during his profession was that he never ever searched in superb shape and he depended on his huge 1-on-1 capability. Scouts thought he never gave full effort on defense.
