As the NBA season hastily approaches the Feb. 7 trade deadline, what world-renowned scholars classify as “smoke season” begins. For the Los Angeles Lakers, who are an always present party when it comes to the league’s rumor mill, the latest name to have drawn ties to the team is former All-Star — and one-time Hawk — Carmelo Anthony.
Anthony, who will now technically be on his fourth team in just two seasons, was recently traded along with cash, from Houston to Chicago earlier in the week after yet another failed experiment that tried to mesh him with other high-profile talent.