BREAKING: Carmelo Anthony Leaves Houston Rockets After 10 Games

Just in: Carmelo Anthony is done in Houston. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has released a statement saying the team is “parting ways” with Anthony and “working toward a resolution.” Anthony played just 10 games for Houston after signing a one-year, $2.4 million deal during the offseason.

We will be very interested to see where he will go next considering there have been no rumours of his movements. There are no immediate plans to place him on waivers. 

Morey said: “Carmelo had a tremendous approach during his time with the Rockets and accepted every role head coach Mike D’Antoni gave him. The fit we envisioned when Carmelo chose to sign with the Rockets has not materialized, therefore we thought it was best to move on as any other outcome would have been unfair to him.”

Anthony was traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Atlanta Hawks in July before the Hawks released him to sign with the Rockets.

“We just had to see how things worked out,” D’Antoni said. “And the way we play probably wasn’t conducive to his game and he was trying to make the necessary sacrifices and it wasn’t fair to him as a Hall of Fame player to play in a way that wasn’t good for him, wasn’t good for us. It just wasn’t a fit.”

“In the summer we tried to hit a home run and it didn’t work out. He tried everything he could. He was great while he was here. It just didn’t work out for whatever reason. I just thank him for his professionalism. It was good. He tried everything he could to make it work and it just didn’t work out. I’m sure [the team] hate it. There’s some good friends in there and there will be friendships. But above all this is a business.”

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