Carmelo Anthony hasn’t played an NBA game since Nov. 8, 2018 with the Rockets and he’s been unsigned since the Bulls waived him in February. One former teammate thinks he know why.
Chauncey Billups played with him from 2008-11 with the Nuggets and Knicks. On SiriusXM NBA Radio Wednesday, Billups said while Anthony was a good teammate, “scoring 30 meant too much to Melo.”
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Billups added: “It meant too much because he could have games where he had 20, 22 (points and) we win the game and he’s mad. He might have 36, and he’s in there, you know — we lose the game, and he’s in there picking everybody up.”
Now that Anthony is 35 years old, Billups said he still has the same mentality: “The reason why he’s not in the league — because he’s still worthy — is he hasn’t mentally taken that step back to say, ‘OK, I’ll come in and play against backups. I’ll try to help the team out. I know I might not be able to close, but I just want to help.’ Well he’s not there yet.”
