NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 24: Chauncey Billups #4 and Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on February 24, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Benjamin Solomon/Getty Images)
This off-season veteran forward Carmelo Anthony decided to part ways with the Portland Trail Blazers and team up with long-time friend LeBron James in Los Angeles.
While there were likely several understandable factors that went into that decision, one thing that has to be pondered is Billups’s role in all of this.
To put it gently, the two have a history of conflict that dates all the way back to 2011.