MATCH MADE IN TRAILBLAZER HEAVEN

The Portland Trailblazers are signing 10-time All-Star Carmelo Anthony to a non- guaranteed contract. This is the perfect situation for Anthony who many question his willingness to want to come off the bench and embrace that role. The Trailblazers who have only won 5 of their first 13 games are in need of frontcourt and wing scoring. If Anthony is able to accept his bench role it would do wonders when it comes to rewriting the narative of his career ending similar to that of Hall of Famer Allen Iverson. The narrative was one of a great player who could have played a few more seasons in the league but he was unwilling to accept coming off the bench. With the Trailblazers lacking scoring the best way they get the most out of  Anthony is to tell him you will be the number one option of the second unit. Also, Anthony gives them a scoring option in the 4th when either CJ McCollum or Damien Lillard get double-teamed. I see this working for both sides the Trailblazers are waiting for other players to come back from injury but Anthony fills a void which they were not able to address in the offseason of a scoring wing player who can also play the power forward position. It will not push them to the upper echelon the Western Conference but it can get them out of the inconsistent play that they are currently in. The first game Anthony will likely play in is on Tuesday when they play the New Orleans Pelicans. This means we will have to wait until January 15th for him to potentially play against the Houston Rockets, Anthony played just 10 games with them last season before being released.