According to Zach Harper of The Athletic, one of the main reasons Carmelo Anthony remains unsigned is because NBA executives reportedly don't believe he is willing to accept a lesser role on a team.
NBA training camps open in September and Anthony is still an unrestricted free agent. Melo hasn’t played in an NBA game since November of 2018.
League executives don’t seem to believe he is willing to accept a lesser role. And that becomes a distraction with a player of his star power (from a media standpoint). The press conference in OKC when he laughed at the idea of coming off the bench still haunts his career. It has put this black cloud over how he’s viewed in front offices around the league. Teams don’t really doubt whether he’s talented enough still. It’s whether or not he’s going to deviate from his way of playing basketball.
Carmelo Anthony played in just 10 games with the Houston Rockets last season before the franchise exiled and traded him to the Chicago Bulls in January. The 10-time All-Star averaged 13.4 points and 5.4 rebounds with the Rockets while shooting 40.5 percent from the field, 32.8 percent from beyond the arc and 68.2 percent from the free-throw line.
Brooklyn Nets stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are reportedly pushing ownership to sign Carmelo Anthony in the wake of Wilson Chandler's suspension. Chandler will miss the first 25 games of the 2019-20 season for a PED suspension.
Anthony told ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith last month that he’s willing to play any role on a team. We'll see if the Nets, or any other team in the league, gives Melo one last shot in the NBA.
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