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Lakers News: NBA GM Believes LA Will Eventually Sign Carmelo Anthony

NBA forward Carmelo Anthony could find his way back to the Lakers

Ryan Menzie

Lakers News: NBA GM Believes LA Will Eventually Sign Carmelo Anthony
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Carmelo Anthony signed a one-year contract with the Lakers in the 2021 offseason. Melo averaged a career low in points (13.3) but shot 38% from the 3-point line. Anthony provided a decent spark off the bench for the Lakers, showing bright spots of as a spot-up three-point shooter for a team in need of some offensive firepower. 

The future Hall of Fame candidate, and NBA 75th anniversary team member, will enter his 21st season. Having the vet come back for another season wouldn't hurt the Lakers and anonymous GM believes he can make his way back onto the Lakers roster for the 2022 season (quotes via Sean Deveney, Heavy).

“They have a lot to sort out obviously. But as more things get set, they’ll probably get back around to bringing him in. It’s just, at this point, you don’t know what might happen with Westbrook and whether you might need to take on players, so you see that around the league a lot—teams have 10, 11, 12 players signed and there’s no hurry to fill in the last spots until you see how the other stuff plays out.”

The already aging roster of the Lakers is expected to make some key moves before heading into the new season, but the locker room presence Anthony can provide as he still looks for his first NBA championship can pay off for the team. 

If Anthony wants to come back and is willing to play on another low-risk contract, the chances seem high for a reunion. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Kobe Bryant  Favorite Moment: Kobe Bryant Final Game. Too many moments to choose from between Derek Fishers 0.4 second buzzer beater, the Lakers 3-peat or game seven against Boston, but can't beat a final memory like Kobe's final game. 

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