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Carmelo Anthony Hints at Extending and Finishing His Career With Portland

Published 01/29/2020, 1:08 PM EST

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Carmelo Anthony is an all-time great and the talks around his declining ability and potential retirement are never-ending. He believes that he has more left to play and frankly speaking he does. His return to NBA through the Portland Trailblazers proves that making this one of “feel good” stories of this era. After just nine games and multiple impressive performances by the former All-Star, the Trail Blazers confirmed his one-year contract.

Carmelo Anthony considered retiring  this season

Before the start of the season, many suggested him to retire after a one-day contract with any of his former teams. He was considering retirement but the Trail Blazers gave him home next to Damian Lillard and his Portland teammates.

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After joining the team, he feels respected and properly utilized by head coach Terry Stotts. This is a huge contrast from his last two experiences with the Thunder and Rockets. These two teams wanted him to morph into a role-player which didn’t end up working well.

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Carmelo on his future and retirement

Carmelo has shown why he is an all-time great player this season as he averages 16.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists. The numbers and his efficiency in scoring is much better as compared to his last two seasons.

The perennial scorer said that he is not considering this as his farewell season. He would love to play more. If the Blazers give him an offer at the end of the season, Melo will accept. He is extremely fond of the city and wants to retire with this team.

 

Carmelo Anthony on Kobe Bryant

Carmelo Anthony on Instagram recalls his last phone call with his friend and Olympic teammate Kobe Bryant.

In the phone call, Kobe told Melo that he was ” proud of him regardless of anything” and to “stay true to himself”. They also bonded over him coaching his daughter Gianna’s Basketball team and how he works them too hard. He asked Kobe to give the team a day off. Typical “Mamba” always giving his all and pushing others around him to do the same.

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Melo described that the pain of the duo’s death has been “unbearable” and that this incident will “never make sense to him”.

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Damn Bro!! 😥 I hate when I have so much to say, but I can’t put any of it into words. The times I have the most to say are the times that I can’t talk. I’m screaming inside but I can’t be heard. YOU don’t know how hard it is to try to pretend to smile when I have these clouds of emotions. YOU just called me and told me you were coming to the game Friday and that you were proud of me and “regardless of anything, stay true to myself and STAYME7O” We were just laughing about how hard YOU was working GiGi and her teammates and I told YOU they need a day off 😂😢 This pain is almost unbearable Champ! Why you bro? Why GiGi? Why leave Vanessa with this Sadness and Pain. WHY? This will never make sense to me. I know I’m not suppose to question GODs Will. I know GOD doesn’t make mistakes. It just seems like It always rains the hardest on those who deserve the sun. There are moments in life when there’s simply NO words to describe the pain within. This is one of them. YOU will continue to be Loved. YOU will be missed. YOU will forever be remembered. YOUR legacy will live on FOREVER. OUR FRIENDSHIP will never be forgotten. I know YOU will be near, Even if I don’t see YOU. PEACE KING!!! “There Are No Goodbyes. Where Ever You’ll be, You’ll be in Our Hearts” All Praise Due #STAYME7O

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Divyanshu Jain

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