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Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum tag team to recruit Carmelo Anthony

Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum are knocking on Carmelo Anthony’s door, and hard.

Not literally of course, although I wouldn’t put it past the superstar recruiters. Rather, they’ve unleashed the #FreeMelo campaign in Portland.

Blazers beat writer Casey Holdahl captured McCollum’s message loud and clear:

It appears the Melo frenzy started at Dame’s basketball camp in Portland. C.J. showed up, rocking a custom Timbers jersey, and started talking Melo.

Jay Allen of Rip City Radio got a positive response from Dame on Melo coming to PDX:

.@Dame_Lillard says he's reached out to Carmelo Anthony.