Carmelo Anthony And The Rockets Are Reportedly Discussing His Role And Future With The Team (UPDATE)

The Carmelo Anthony experiment, at least up until this point, has not worked in Houston. It’s something everyone should have seen coming, but Anthony has struggled as he’s tried to fit into the Rockets system. In a sentence that is eerily reminiscent to what everyone wrote in the first few weeks of his tenure in Oklahoma City, Anthony doesn’t look like “Olympic Melo,” someone who works alongside two other stars.

Anthony is sitting out Saturday night’s game between the Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs as he deals with an illness. However, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Anthony and the decision makers in Houston are discussing his role with the team going forward.

Through 10 games with the team, Anthony is averaging 13.4 points in 29.4 minutes per game, both of which are career-lows for the future Hall of Fame inductee. Also known for being opposed to coming off the bench, Anthony has only registered two starts so far during his time in Houston.

Not much else is known about this situation right now and whether a parting of ways is in the cards, but there are certainly questions that people can ask about whether this is a good fit. He’s Carmelo Anthony, so he will land on his feet just about anywhere if that does indeed happen, but all we know for now is that he’s still a member of the Houston Rockets.

UPDATE: Shams Charania of The Athletic confirmed Wojnarowski’s report and took things one step further, strongly hinting that Anthony being ill on Saturday night might have been stretching the truth.