Carmelo Anthony cursed his way to and from the glass because he wanted to make rebounding fun — and it helped him break one of Charles Barkley's longstanding records. Anthony, the Knicks legend known best for his superstar scoring, picked up a reputation for his expletive-laden attempts to crash the glass and secure rebounds for his team over the course of his 19-year NBA career. The 10-time NBA All-Star and likely first-ballot Hall of Famer said his verbal assault on the boards — which almost always featured some variation of “f— out of here” directed either at an opponent or a teammate attempting to snake a rebound — helped him dominate on the glass, where he ultimately became Team USA's all-time Olympic rebounds leader.
At this stage of the NBA season four years ago, the Portland Trail Blazers were a flailing 5-10 team, looking for any spark of life to turn things around. At the same moment, a 35-year-old Carmelo Anthony was over one year removed from playing in the league, desperately searching for a chance to prove he could still play. The two sides made for a nice match, and four years ago on this day, Nov. 19, 2019, Anthony made his Trail Blazers debut in a road game against the New Orleans Pelicans. The 10-time All-Star and future Hall-of-Famer put up 10 points on 4-14 shooting and five rebounds, and the Trail Blazers fell 115-104.
Each week during the 2023-24 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward.
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14 | C | |
10 | SG | |
3 | PF | |
17 | SF | |
28 | PF | |
11 | C | |
55 | SG | |
0 | SG | |
23 | SF | |
21 | SF | |
12 | PF | |
15 | SG | |
5 | SF | |
1 | PG | |
2 | PF | |
7 | PG | |
35 | PF |