Carmelo Anthony Discloses China and Pelicans’ Last Failed Attempt 7 Months After Taking NBA Exit

It’s been a few months since Carmelo Anthony announced his retirement from the NBA. Since then, the 10-time all-star has been quite active on social media. He has started spending more time with his kids and has even started his own TikTok account. But now, the Denver Nuggets legend is taking on a new path in his career as he is coming back to the spotlight with his new show.

As the first episode of his new show is scheduled to drop this Thursday, Carmelo Anthony opened up about the options that he had to return to basketball before deciding to retire from the game altogether.

Carmelo Anthony rejected a couple of offers, and chose retirement instead

Carmelo Anthony is partnering up with comedian The Kid Mero to begin his new podcast called 7 PM in Brooklyn. As the first episode is set to be released on the 7th of December, a small teaser of the episode was posted on the podcast’s Twitter page.

In the video, Mero asked Carmelo if he received any calls from any team while he was contemplating his decision to retire from the NBA. Carmelo replied that he got calls from China and from the New Orleans Pelicans.

China is always notorious for trying to poach retired NBA legends or NBA players who are in the twilight of their careers. But receiving the call from the Pelicans is certainly interesting. But Carmelo rejected both the offers and announced his retirement.

While speaking about the offers, he said, “The Pelicans called. That would have been that jersey. Hide that, hide that (while showing an edited picture of him in a Pelicans jersey).”

One of the last teams that Carmelo played for was the Portland Trailblazers. Meanwhile, CJ McCollum was traded to the Pelicans two years ago and is now a veteran presence on the team. A role that could have been played by Anthony.

Did Anthony miss out on a golden opportunity?

Carmelo Anthony to the Pelicans would have been a great pick-up. The Pelicans struggled last season because of injuries. But now the team is making waves in the Western Conference, as they gain more experience each day.

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They took down the Sacramento Kings earlier today to advance to the semifinals of the in-season tournament. CJ McCollum was a key piece in it. He has established himself as one of the veterans on the team, guiding the younger crop, and Carmelo Anthony could have played a similar role.

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Should Carmelo Anthony have signed with the New Orleans Pelicans?