There was an ungodly amount of speculation last season that the Lakers would sign Carmelo Anthony, in part due to his connection to star forward LeBron James.
James spoke to reporters on at least two separate occasions about how he’d “welcome” the Lakers signing Anthony, but also continually reiterated that such an addition wasn’t up to him. He apparently never expressly asked the front office to go get Melo, and while there was at least one report that the Lakers had some level of interest in Anthony, there were also two others explicitly stating that the team didn’t want him.