Los Angeles Lakers

The Nets and Knicks have a lot to offer Carmelo Anthony in terms of playoff success and his legacy, but if there is one team that you could pinpoint for Carmelo Anthony this offseason, it would be the Los Angeles Lakers. You know that guy LeBron James?

Well, he is really good friends with Carmelo Anthony and has been recruiting Melo to play with him for some time now, so Anthony going to Los Angeles seems like the obvious choice this offseason. 

Seeing as James, Davis and Westbrook are making a combined $120.6M for the 2021-22 season, the moves that they can make in free agency are very limited.

Dennis Schroder is likely gone, as is Andre Drummond, but there is still the possibility that Los Angeles could bring back both Alex Caruso and Talen Horton-Tucker, that is if they are willing to take less money than they could get from other teams. 

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This means the Lakers will be targeting experienced, veteran guys who want to “ring chase,” which is why Carmelo Anthony is the perfect target for them. The interest in Carmelo from the Lakers has been around for months now, as our own Evan Massey of NBA Analysis Network reported back in June about Los Angeles’ interest in the veteran forward. This has become a hot topics in NBA rumors.

Carmelo Anthony has done everything in his career except wing a ring and the best place to do so could very well be next to his best friend in Los Angeles. Out of all the teams that will pursue the veteran this offseason, his former team in the Knicks included, there is no reason why Carmelo Anthony should not sign with the Lakers on a one-year, minimum deal.