Carmelo Anthony Makes Surprising Claim About His 'Best Year' In NBA

Carmelo Anthony Makes Surprising Claim About His 'Best Year' In NBA

(Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)   According to Carmelo Anthony, he saved the best for last. While speaking about his storied NBA career, Anthony talked about what his greatest season was. To the surprise of some, he said he was best when with the Lakers at the very end of his NBA tenure. “My best year I ever had was with the Lakers… if you look at analytics, the Lakers year was one of my best years,” Anthony said. “My best year I ever had …

Carmelo Anthony Calls Lakers Season His 'Best Year'

Carmelo Anthony is just one of a handful of NBA greats that were fortunate enough to don the Los Angeles Lakers jersey during their careers. Anthony’s final season in the league came with the Lakers during the 2021-22 season, coming off the bench and playing a much lesser role than he was accustomed to. At that point in his career, he had accepted he was far past the star forward who used to be able to score at will. Although reduced to more of …