Carmelo Anthony, Hassan Whiteside, Portland Trail Blazers (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony famously uttered the words ‘ I’m not sacrificing no bench role. ‘ Is it time now for him to do just that?
Carmelo Anthony is an important part of this Portland Trail Blazers team. With the NBA returning in early-August with a mad eight-game run for the playoffs, Zach Collins and Jusuf Nurkic will now join the team and compete with Melo for big man minutes.
We know that in the past, Melo was reluctant to come off the bench.