Carmelo Anthony May Be Traded To The Hawks

Zoe Taylor · Jul 18, 2018

During free agency, Carmelo Anthony agreed to stay with Oklahoma City Thunder in the final year of his contract. However now, during NBA offseason trade talks, rumour has it that the Atlanta Hawks are attempting to trade Dennis Schroder and Mike Muscala in exchange for Carmelo Anthony.

Oklahoma City and Atlanta in trade talks, with Thunder targeting Dennis Schroder and Mike Muscala, per sources. Carmelo Anthony would go to Atlanta, with Hawks doing buyout. Atl looking to add asset to make Melo’s buyout a wash. Getting rid of Schroder is No. 1 priority.
— Mitch Lawrence (@Mitch_Lawrence) 18 July 2018

The Hawks' main concern is to split with 24-year old Schroder, and to do so they would reportedly be buying out the remainder of Anthony's contract, leaving him without a team.

Other reports have said Carmelo may be signed to the Houston Rockets as they have expressed interest in signing him as well.

In other trade news, this morning Kawhi Leonard was traded to the Toronto Raptors for DeMar DeRozan.