Carmelo Anthony has made his fair share of money in his NBA career, I mean A LOT. So this wasn’t a money grab, the man really wanted to get back into the NBA and the struggling Portland Trail Blazers saw him as an asset. What is wild, is that in the NBA, a non-guaranteed $2.159 million dollar contract, isn’t very good. Anthony will *only* make $14,490 per day as he is on the team.
Portland makes it official on the signing of Carmelo Anthony. For salary purposes, Anthony will have a base comp of $2,159,029 ($14,490 per day) and the Trail Blazers will have a cap hit of $1,364,204. The contract will become fully guaranteed if… https://t.co/lAQGPtXMab
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) November 19, 2019
Before signing this contract, Carmelo Anthony had earned $259M in his career. This is not a money grab but a player that still believes he can help an organization on the court. It’s also the first non-guaranteed contract for the future Hall of Famer.
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) November 19, 2019
Carmelo Anthony will make his debut tonight and he explained his new No. 00 jersey.
Melo explains why he chose to wear double zero for the Blazers. ?
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— Sports ON Tap Hoops (@SONTHoops) November 19, 2019