Thursday night was the culmination of years and years of talking between former Syracuse basketball star Carmelo Anthony and the Portland Trailblazers.
Portland has been trying for years to land Melo through trade talks and free agency inquiries.
As a matter of fact, the brightest stars on the Trailblazers (Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum) tried multiple times to lure Carmelo to the Trailblazers and even gave him their sales pitch:
“I’ve spoken to him because obviously he would make us a better team. The interest is mutual between our team and Carmelo. He’s a guy that can score the ball.