At the age of 33, he averaged 22+6+3 per game, but 1 year later, he had no ball to play, why did his melon career fall off a cliff?
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2024-06-04 16:44Posted in Henan Sports Creators
In the past 20 years, if you want to ask who the best small forward in the NBA is, it is undoubtedly LeBron James and Kevin Durant, and after these two is undoubtedly Carmelo Anthony. However, compared with Zhan Du and the others, although Melon's personal ability is good, the honor of his career is very barren. What makes Anthony and his fans feel even more disappointed is that at the age of 33, Anthony can still contribute 22.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 2.9 assists, and was selected to the All-Star team for the tenth time in his career, but his data declined seriously the following year, and once reached the point of no ball to play, so why did Melon's career fall off a cliff?

Broke with the Knicks and spent a year in the Thunder.
In the 16-17 season, in order to be able to impact the championship, the Knicks also traded Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah and others, and at the same time had Anthony and young Porzingis in the team, it seems that the future of the team is bright. However, the reality was that the team failed to produce the desired chemistry, and the final record was only a poor 31-51, and after having had enough of the hopeless situation of winning the championship, Anthony's long-standing grievances finally exploded. He tore his face with the team's top management, he was 33 years old at the time, and he did not hesitate to leave his hometown for the dream of winning the championship. In the end, he came to the Thunder through a trade. This summer, the Thunder recruited Anthony, Paul George, and Russell Westbrook, who just won the MVP, and the team is full of hope.
However, the opposite happened, and the Thunder team did not perform as expected, especially Anthony, the oldest of the Big Three, not only averaged only 16.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, but also dropped to a career-low 40.4% shooting percentage, and the offensive efficiency was very low. And in order to be able to share the pressure of the No. 4 position, he has gained a lot of weight, and his performance on the defensive end is also miserable, plus the team's defensive titan Andre Robertson was unexpectedly seriously injured and had to undergo surgery, which was eventually reimbursed for the season. As a result, the Thunder only entered the playoffs with a 48-34 record. In this year's playoffs, Anthony played the worst performance of his career, facing the Jazz led by rookie Donovan Mitchell, they were eliminated by their opponents, and Anthony only contributed 11.8 points and 5.7 rebounds. It is precisely because of this that Anthony ended his thunder career in a hurry.
In a short Rockets career, there was no ball to play at one point.
Due to Anthony's obvious decline in form and the team's failure to win the championship, the Thunder decided to build a lineup around George and Westbrook, so Anthony was also sent to the Hawks by the team. Of course, the Hawks are in a rebuilding period, and they and Anthony eventually reached an agreement to complete the buyout of the contract. Anthony, who became a free agent, is only 34 years old, and many teams have begun to negotiate contracts with him, but in the eyes of Anthony, who has already earned hundreds of millions of dollars, all he needs is a championship, so he accepted a one-year, $2.4 million base salary contract offered by the Rockets. After joining the Rockets, Anthony naturally needs to sacrifice a lot, after all, the core of this team is James Harden and Chris Paul. And more importantly, Anthony still needs to be a substitute for the team, but for the sake of the championship, he chose to accept it.
However, to make matters worse, he only played 10 games before being directly hidden by the team. averaged 13.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, which is still worthy of recognition for Anthony, who has already received a veteran's base salary. The problem is that he can't fit into the Rockets' system, especially his defensive efficiency is very poor, and in the Rockets' team, which mainly played the "magic ball" system at the time, he lacked enough defensive ability and couldn't stand on it at all. As a result, his career with the Rockets came to an abrupt end, and he was sent to the Bulls in less than half a year. The Bulls, on their side, also opted for layoffs, and Anthony became a free agent again. The 10-time All-Star suddenly had no ball to play, which made it difficult for Melon to admit the reality for a while, but he quickly came out and actively engaged in training, and the Trail Blazers took a fancy to his experience and eventually returned to the NBA.
Accepted to be a substitute, but unfortunately there was no crown.
After returning to the NBA stage again, everyone noticed that Anthony had changed, and he was no longer stuck in the role of core, starter and bench, but played honestly. In the Trail Blazers' roster system, he has to swing in the No. 3, No. 4 position, and even a cameo in the No. 5 position, but he has no complaints, and even if the defense is average, he will still do his best to help the team. Averaging 15.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, Anthony is doing very well. He was deployed to the bench the following year and also contributed 13.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists. Despite not following the Trail Blazers, it was in Portland that he managed to break into the top 10 all-time scoring totals.
In the summer of 2021, Anthony, who is 37 years old, was invited by his old friend LeBron James to go to the Lakers to play brother basketball together, and Anthony did not hesitate and directly agreed to James' invitation. During his year with the Lakers, Anthony burned the rest of his career, averaging 13.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1 assist per game as a substitute, while also being named to the list of the 75 superstars of NBA history. Unfortunately, this year, the Lakers encountered various problems and finally failed to break into the playoffs. And Anthony also scored 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in the last game of his career, and then said goodbye to the NBA completely.
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At the age of 33, he averaged 22+6+3 per game, but 1 year later, he had no ball to play, why did his melon career fall off a cliff? -
At the age of 33, he averaged 22+6+3 per game, but 1 year later, he had no ball to play, why did his melon career fall off a cliff? -
At the age of 33, he averaged 22+6+3 per game, but 1 year later, he had no ball to play, why did his melon career fall off a cliff? -
At the age of 33, he averaged 22+6+3 per game, but 1 year later, he had no ball to play, why did his melon career fall off a cliff? -
At the age of 33, he averaged 22+6+3 per game, but 1 year later, he had no ball to play, why did his melon career fall off a cliff? -
At the age of 33, he averaged 22+6+3 per game, but 1 year later, he had no ball to play, why did his melon career fall off a cliff? -
At the age of 33, he averaged 22+6+3 per game, but 1 year later, he had no ball to play, why did his melon career fall off a cliff?