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Carmelo Anthony adjusts to role off the Rockets bench

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When the Rockets open the season on Wednesday, Carmelo Anthony will do something he never has in 1,054 NBA games. He will come off the bench.

That offers a chance to accomplish something he never has, but while Anthony adjusts to the change, he said he has not given thought to winning a Sixth Man of the Year award as teammate Eric Gordon, also a long-time starter, did in his first season with the Rockets when he made the switch to coming off the bench.

"It's hard. I haven't even got myself mentally prepared to think like that," Anthony said.