The Portland Trail Blazers are getting involved in the Carmelo Anthony sweepstakes despite reports that the Knicks star won’t waive his no-trade clause to be sent there.
Even if Melo decides he’s fine with joining Portland, the Blazers may find it difficult to attain him because, in shocking news, nobody wants to take Meyers Leonard off their hands.
Following via Chris Mannix of Yahoo Sports:
With Anthony yet to indicate he would waive his no-trade clause to play in Portland, the Blazers’ early involvement has largely been as a third-team facilitator for New York and Houston, with the teams’ inability to find a fourth team to absorb the contract of Meyers Leonard stalling at least one version of the deal, three sources with knowledge of the talks told The Vertical.
Leonard still has three years left on his contract at an average of 10.25 million dollars per year. His contract, paired with his less than stellar play, is not exactly something teams are clamoring to trade for.
The Blazers are in a precarious situation with several monstrous contracts that are clear overpays. Getting those deals off their books is crucial as they try to improve the roster but doing so is a tremendously difficult task.
