Carmelo Anthony

After having played only 10 games, Carmelo Anthony’s brief stop with the Houston Rockets is now over. “After much internal discussion, the Rockets will be parting ways with Carmelo Anthony and we are working toward a resolution,” general manager Daryl Morey announced in a statement from the team. “Carmelo had a tremendous approach during his [...]

It remains to be seen where Carmelo Anthony will end up after he’s officially done with the Houston Rockets. It’s not even clear when he’ll actually be waived. But one thing’s for sure: His time in Houston is coming to an end. There are a lot of folks placing bets on where Anthony will land, [...]

Carmelo Anthony has, it seems, played his last game as a member of the Houston Rockets. Over the weekend, in advance of him missing Saturday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs due to ‘illness,’ ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski dropped the following bomb: [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1061454196896137217] Marc Stein of The New York Times then added this: [tweet https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1061739742050598912] General [...]

The Houston Rockets are not happy Chris Paul received a two-game suspension for his role in a Saturday night incident involving Rajon Rondo, who was handed a three-game suspension himself. Carmelo Anthony, on the other hands, is just happy Paul didn’t get a heftier punishment. From USA Today‘s Martin Rogers: “I’m actually a little shocked at [...]

Carmelo Anthony has agreed to come off the bench for the Houston Rockets. That doesn’t mean he’s comfortable with it. He’s not. From ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: “It’s challenging mentally more so than anything, having to prepare for the game differently,” Anthony said. “Other than that, it’s a challenge all the way around. It’s just a [...]

Carmelo Anthony? Coming off the bench? Surely not. Except, apparently, maybe. Most expected Anthony would bristle at the idea of joining the Houston Rockets’ second unit after his reaction to doing the same for the Oklahoma City Thunder. At Monday’s media day, though, he sounded half-open to considering the transition, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: “At [...]

Well, that didn’t last long. Though it initially appeared Carmelo Anthony might be open to coming off the Houston Rockets’ bench, he pumped the brakes on that talk while speaking with TMZ Sports: Carmelo Anthony wants all the talk of him coming off the bench for the Houston Rockets to slooooow down … with the NBA superstar telling TMZ [...]

Carmelo Anthony is an official member of the Houston Rockets. Finally. And it seems as if his role could be different than most would’ve initially envisioned. Pretty much everyone and their third cousin twice removed by divorce assumed Anthony would join the Rockets’ starting five, and he still might. But there seems to be at [...]

Writing thank you notes to an NBA city and its fans after your playing days are over have been common practice in the NBA for star-caliber players for some time. Especially when that player starred for a franchise for a half a decade or more. Carmelo Anthony felt the need to thank Oklahoma City fans [...]

A real shocker here: Carmelo Anthony does not sound like he’s willing to come off the bench for the Houston Rockets. Not yet anyway. Chew on this excerpt from Jemele Hill’s fantastic piece for The Undefeated: One of the moments that stood out from the Thunder’s tumultuous season was Anthony laughing when he was asked [...]