Portland Trail Blazers might not have Carmelo Anthony at their disposal once the NBA season resumes this summer. During a recent appearance on NBATogether, Anthony told host Ernie Johnson that he isn’t completely sold on taking part in the return.
According to the NBA’s plan, 22 teams will go to Disney World in Orlando and take part in the 2019/20 season resume. The teams will play eight regular-season games and potential in-play tournament to determine the seedings.
Despite the Blazers being one of the 22 teams that were invited to Orlando, and being given the biggest chance to claim the eighth and final playoff spot, Anthony wants to know more before making the decision.
“As far as actually playing and going back down into Orlando, I’m still up in the air a little bit because I really don’t, we don’t have all the details,” said Anthony. “We don’t know a lot of information, so until we have that, it’s hard to just commit to that 100 percent.”
Carmelo Anthony signed with Blazers back in November, after being out of the NBA for almost a year. Melo emerged as a valuable player for the team and was at 15.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game before the regular season was suspended due to coronavirus pandemic.
Portland Trail Blazers are currently 3.5 games behind Memphis Grizzlies on No.8 in the West. Besides Portland and Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelican, Sacramento Kings, and San Antonio Spurs will also try to get a postseason ticket in Orlando.
