The noise and excitement of the NBA free agency have already subsided with only a few players left without any team. One of these players is the ten times NBA All-Star player Carmelo Anthony. While Melo's next home team is still unknown, a former NBA player believes that the player has this one character trait that scares away many teams.
Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins thinks that many teams find Carmelo Anthony not eager and not willing to welcome a smaller role and this is one of the reasons why they are adamant about getting the NBA player. Melo has not played in the NBA for eight months now after he was shut down by the Rockets in November 2018 and was traded to Chicago Bulls. The team also waived him, but with the opening of the free agency, many fans are hopeful that this time, Melo will be back in action with a new team to ink a deal with.
So far, both of these have not yet happened to Carmelo Anthony. Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins thinks that the primary reason why NBA teams are not signing Carmelo Anthony is due this unwillingness to accept reduced roles. Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins believes that the main reason why teams are not signing Carmelo Anthony is his reluctance to accept a lesser role. According to Perkins, although Melo is still very capable of playing a high-level game and still one of the most lethal scorers in the history of the NBA, his tendency not to receive reduced role offers is what always gets in the way.
The former NBA player thinks Carmelo Anthony still got his magic, but if he is not willing to accept the fact that he is no longer the center of a franchise, there is no way that he will be able to get a team and play in the next NBA season. Clutchpoints reports that Melo still thinks he is one of the best NBA players out there even though he is already over his prime. The site adds that Carmelo Anthony's game is no longer effective in today's NBA era.
For all of my basketball experts out there, Melo not being in the NBA has nothing to do with a lack of ability. It has to do with the belief that he isn’t willing to be what a team would ask out of him today, which is a locker room guy that plays spot minutes of instant offense. — Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) July 27, 2019
This is one of the reasons why many sports experts and analysts are claiming that Carmelo Anthony has not yet adopted the need to be a team player or at least, a team-oriented one. In the heat of the NBA free agency, there were several reports claiming that the ten times NBA All-star player is thinking of retiring from the league, which could be his best option at the moment. The only way Mel will have a team and play next season is if he accepts his present condition and his role in the NBA.
