Carmelo Anthony only played 10 games with the Rockets last season and spent the rest of the season away from the roster until he was traded and waived by the Bulls. It was thought that he would sign with a contender once free agency started but that hasn’t happened yet.
His former teammate, Chauncey Billups, thinks he knows why. Billups, who spent a little over two seasons with Melo on the Nuggets and a little time with the Knicks, appeared on Sirius XM NBA radio and gave his thoughts.
“I’ll tell you what, it’s so crazy. I feel bad for Melo and here’s why. Melo was like a good teammate man. Melo practiced every day. He didn’t miss any games. Now the only thing I will say, and I’ve even told Melo this scoring 30 meant too much to Melo. It meant too much because he could have games where he had 20, 22 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.”
Billups does think Melo is worthy to still be in the league but he needs to mentally take a step back and be comfortable being a backup and just help a team out.
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