The sad thing that Carmelo Anthony and Russell Westbrook have in common is that they have never won an NBA championship title. Closer to the beginning than the end of their careers, the two stars have thus made the choice to join the James-Davis tandem in the hope of accomplishing this goal, like James Harden, then Blake Griffin and LaMarcus Aldridge have done by opting for the Nets of the Irving-Durant tandem.
“I have achieved a lot of individual goals, but there is only one thing that matters to me right now. It’s the only thing I have to think about, that I can think of, and that I should think about. Everything else should be off topic ”, he told USA Today, assuring that the Lakers group was well constituted and possessed “All the parts needed to win a championship”.
At 37, time is running out
Despite a bloated workforce, there is no guarantee that the Californian franchise will achieve its ends. Beyond the competition which will not give him gifts, the Lakers, and especially their veterans, will have to be particularly attentive to avoid injuries as much as possible. Carmelo Anthony thus used the reference of “Kryptonite”, rather well found when one has a certain Dwight “Superman” Howard in its ranks.
“Health, I think that will be our biggest kryptonite this season. It’s everyone’s kryptonite. If you are not in good health, it changes the dynamics of the whole team. But we have to work. It’s not like putting different players on the same team is enough for this to happen. We have to make it work. I think we will get there, but there is a lot of work to be done to make it work ”.
At 37, Carmelo Anthony is well aware that his chances of becoming NBA champion one day are dwindling day by day. For now, “Melo” has not set a date for his retirement. What is certain is that it is not for the money or the light that he is about to enter his 18th season.
“My body will tell me when it’s time to go. Your body is not going to lie to you. I had a year off and some changes to keep some gas in the tank. I have already thought about it. But now I don’t think about it anymore », he concluded, adding that he hadn’t felt so good physically in a while.
| Carmelo Anthony | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2003-04 | THE | 82 | 37 | 42.6 | 32.2 | 77.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 21.0 |
| 2004-05 | THE | 75 | 35 | 43.1 | 26.6 | 79.6 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 20.8 |
| 2005-06 | THE | 80 | 37 | 48.1 | 24.3 | 80.8 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 26.5 |
| 2006-07 | THE | 65 | 38 | 47.6 | 26.8 | 80.8 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 28.9 |
| 2007-08 | THE | 77 | 36 | 49.2 | 35.4 | 78.6 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 25.7 |
| 2008-09 | THE | 66 | 35 | 44.3 | 37.1 | 79.3 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 22.8 |
| 2009-10 | THE | 69 | 38 | 45.8 | 31.6 | 83.0 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 28.2 |
| 2010-11 * | All Teams | 77 | 36 | 45.5 | 37.8 | 83.8 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 25.6 |
| 2010-11 * | THE | 50 | 36 | 45.2 | 33.3 | 82.3 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 25.2 |
| 2010-11 * | NYK | 27 | 36 | 46.1 | 42.4 | 87.2 | 1.5 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 26.3 |
| 2011-12 | NYK | 55 | 34 | 43.0 | 33.5 | 80.4 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 22.6 |
| 2012-13 | NYK | 67 | 37 | 44.9 | 37.9 | 83.0 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 28.7 |
| 2013-14 | NYK | 77 | 39 | 45.2 | 40.2 | 84.8 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 27.4 |
| 2014-15 | NYK | 40 | 36 | 44.4 | 34.1 | 79.7 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 24.2 |
| 2015-16 | NYK | 72 | 35 | 43.4 | 33.9 | 82.9 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 21.9 |
| 2016-17 | NYK | 74 | 34 | 43.3 | 35.9 | 83.3 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 22.4 |
| 2017-18 | OKC | 78 | 32 | 40.4 | 35.7 | 76.7 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 16.2 |
| 2018-19 | HOU | 10 | 29 | 40.5 | 32.8 | 68.2 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 13.4 |
| 2019-20 | BY | 58 | 33 | 43.0 | 38.5 | 84.5 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 15.4 |
| 2020-21 | BY | 69 | 25 | 42.1 | 40.9 | 89.0 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 13.4 |
| Total | 1191 | 35 | 44.7 | 35.3 | 81.4 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 23.0 | |
