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Golden State Warriors rumors: Carmelo Anthony wants to join Dubs

By Nathan Beighle

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 02: Carmelo Anthony #7 of the Houston Rockets laces his sneakers before the game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on November 02, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Matteo Marchi/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 02: Carmelo Anthony #7 of the Houston Rockets laces his sneakers before the game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on November 02, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Matteo Marchi/Getty Images) /
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The ten-time All-Star Carmelo Anthony tweeted at Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant. He seemingly wants to join the Golden State Warriors.

Does this come as a shocker though? Who doesn’t want to join the Golden State Warriors, winners of the last two straight NBA Finals?

Carmelo Anthony’s want to join Golden State isn’t too shocking. At the same time, the former scoring champion was subtle about it, tweeting and then a deleting a tweet that said “Leggo” and then tagged Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1075392554173169670

However, the Dubs’ superstars weren’t the only players Melo reached out to. He also gave a tweet, also deleted, to LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar forward. It’s still unknown if either of these teams have any interest in Melo.

Melo isn’t exactly the same player he was a decade ago. After 14 straight seasons over score 20+ points, father time, something no one thinks will ever catch LeBron James, has taken over Melo. His athleticism is just not the same and that hurts his isolation scoring, his primary way of scoring.

Melo went from the Thunder, the Hawks for a brief day or say, and then to the Rockets, where he played a brief ten games, starting two. In his short stint, he averaged 13.4 points yet was largely blamed for the Rockets poor start the season, resulting from far below average shooting.

A gifted scorer but never a supremely efficient one, Melo is, out of technicality, still on the Rockets. However, he could be waived or traded for at any time, given his current. The Rockets aren’t playing Melo and it seems like his talent is just waiting for a trade to happen.

On Golden State, Melo would the team’s main scoring option off the bench. They have one of the league’s worst scoring second units. However, they have no need to score when the starters, led by two of the league’s most elite scoring threat, handle that.

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Moving forward, it’ll be interesting to see if the Dubs reach out about Melo, especially since they have an open roster spot.

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