Houston Rockets fans — consider Carmelo to Oklahoma City a failure of those expectations.
Carmelo Anthony is in Oklahoma City for a package centered on Enes Kanter, Doug McDermott, and a 2nd round pick. That’s it. The package delivers to Oklahoma City a starting five of Russel Westbrook, Andre Roberson, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, and Steven Adams. Not bad for a team that Houston was laughing off just a week ago.
Houston’s task in the West just got more difficult. Oklahoma City just entered the Houston Rockets stratosphere of competition – on paper at least.