Carmelo Anthony publicly criticized his role in last years exit interview with the OKC Thunder. With his unwillingness to accept a reduced role or come off the bench, the Thunder must explore every possible scenario to trade him.
With Paul George‘s free agency decision dominating headlines, its easy to forget the OKC Thunder have a Carmelo Anthony problem. At his exit interview last season, Melo expressed frustration with his reduced role as a catch and shoot player and accused the Thunder of “not having a plan”. This kind of open criticism is unusual for a franchise that prides itself on privacy and the potential effects on OKC’s locker room could be disastrous.