The roller coaster known as the 2017-18 OKC Thunder season came to a close on Friday night. Exit interviews began on Saturday afternoon. Carmelo Anthony’s was amusing, to say the least.
Carmelo Anthony met with the media on Saturday afternoon to conduct an annual exit interview. Melo offered insight into the season while also raising a few eyebrows with some intriguing quotes. Let’s begin to dissect Melo’s comments.
Carmelo Anthony was asked what his biggest challenge was this season:
ANTHONY: I think just being — I don’t want to say stripped, but I think just challenging me to be a different type of player, a different caliber player, a guy who for 14 seasons has been a certain type of player and to kind of be challenged and tested and say, okay, we need you to be this player, this type of player, this caliber of player, very different than what I was used to before in the past.