Though most of the NBA’s offseason activity has come and passed, the trade
rumors surrounding New York Knicks forward and 10-time NBA All-Star Carmelo
Anthony continue to swirl as mid-August approaches.
Following up on his earlier report that the Portland Trail Blazers were
interested in acquiring the 33-year-old from the Knicks, ESPN senior writer and
NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski appeared on the Ryen Russillo Show Friday morning
to discuss the rumors after video of Portland guard CJ McCollum and Anthony
playing pickup in New York was posted on Instagram earlier in the week:
“Portland is an interesting team in this because CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard
have done a really good of recruiting Carmelo,” Wojnarowkski told Russillo.
“They’ve been on him. McCollum is in New York, you saw the video of on ‘Hey,
look what our team could look like with you.’… but that’s incumbent ultimately
on can Portland put a package together that appeals to New York?
“But if they could, then that’s a sleeper team in this to get Carmelo to waive
his no-trade because I’m told they’ve piqued Carmelo’s interest at the very
least.”
Anthony holds career averages of 24.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game over his
15-year NBA career. Entering his eighth season as a Knick in 2017-18, Anthony
has a full no-trade clause to essentially select which team he would like to
play for next should he and New York part ways.
Listen to Russillo’s full interview with Wojnarowski below, starting around the
25-minute mark HERE.
Player: Damian Lillard
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