Carmelo Anthony thought he was going to get an offer from either the Los Angeles Clippers or Brooklyn Nets this past summer, according to Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated.

Nets stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving pushed management to sign Anthony, but Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks never made a move.

Doc Rivers and the Clippers, who acquired Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in the offseason, showed some level of interest in Melo, but didn't pull the trigger either:

No one else offered Anthony a contract the remainder of the season or this past offseason. His willingness to come off the bench and defend at a respectable level were questioned. Still, the LA Clippers and Brooklyn Nets showed enough interest in Anthony to lead him to believe that an offer was coming this past summer, a source said, but neither possibility came to fruition.

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While there were rumors that Anthony could join LeBron James and the Lakers, the Clippers were the team that came the closest to signing the 10-time All-Star, according to Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News.

Carmelo Anthony signed a non-guaranteed deal with the Portland Trail Blazers this week, ending his NBA exile. He will effectively cost the Blazers $51,000 per day. Melo will earn $14,490 per day while he’s on the roster in Portland. The contract becomes fully guaranteed if he is not waived by Jan. 7.

A future Hall of Famer, Carmelo Anthony played in just 10 games with the Houston Rockets before the franchise exiled and traded him to the Chicago Bulls last season.

The Bulls waived Anthony, whose NBA career appeared to be over until the Blazers swooped in and signed him.