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Former Trail Blazers star Brandon Roy has a message for Carmelo Anthony and the Trail Blazers: If Anthony wants to wear No. 7, the team should make it happen.
“I would be honored if he wore it,” Roy told The Athletic. “So we should (let him have it).”
Last week, Anthony said he would like to wear No. 7 for the Trail Blazers, a number that hasn’t been issued by the team since 2011, when Roy last wore it before his promising career with the team ended after five seasons because of degenerative knees.
Anthony, who wore No. 7 from 2011 to 2018 with the Knicks, Thunder and Rockets, was not offered No. 7 by the Blazers when he joined Portland in November 2019, presumably out of respect to Roy, who in his five seasons in Portland was a three-time All-Star, a two-time All-NBA pick and the 2006-07 Rookie of the Year. A source inside the Blazers said the organization has no plans to retire any number.
Anthony chose No. 00 last season, and in his first meeting with reporters last week, he wore a red hat with the number 7 on the front. When asked if he was switching numbers, Anthony chuckled.
“Listen, if Portland gives me No. 7, I’ll be happy,” Anthony said. “I’ll be thrilled. We need a petition for that. I need No. 7.”
Roy told The Athletic there is no need for a petition, in part because of a story from their meeting on Christmas Day 2009 that still resonates with Roy.
After the Blazers beat Denver in a back-and-forth duel — Roy finished with 41 points and Anthony 32 — Roy asked a favor from Anthony. In the stands watching the game was Roy’s cousin, Juleesa Johnson.
“I asked Melo if my cousin, who was sick from cancer, could shake his hand and take a picture with him,” Roy said.
Roy remembers Anthony being with his family, but Anthony didn’t hesitate to accommodate his request.
“He said, ‘Of course,'” Roy said. “Made her night. He was her favorite player.”
Johnson passed away less than two years later.
https://theathletic.com/2245786/202...-if-melo-wore-no-7/?source=emp_shared_article
“I would be honored if he wore it,” Roy told The Athletic. “So we should (let him have it).”
Last week, Anthony said he would like to wear No. 7 for the Trail Blazers, a number that hasn’t been issued by the team since 2011, when Roy last wore it before his promising career with the team ended after five seasons because of degenerative knees.
Anthony, who wore No. 7 from 2011 to 2018 with the Knicks, Thunder and Rockets, was not offered No. 7 by the Blazers when he joined Portland in November 2019, presumably out of respect to Roy, who in his five seasons in Portland was a three-time All-Star, a two-time All-NBA pick and the 2006-07 Rookie of the Year. A source inside the Blazers said the organization has no plans to retire any number.
Anthony chose No. 00 last season, and in his first meeting with reporters last week, he wore a red hat with the number 7 on the front. When asked if he was switching numbers, Anthony chuckled.
“Listen, if Portland gives me No. 7, I’ll be happy,” Anthony said. “I’ll be thrilled. We need a petition for that. I need No. 7.”
Roy told The Athletic there is no need for a petition, in part because of a story from their meeting on Christmas Day 2009 that still resonates with Roy.
After the Blazers beat Denver in a back-and-forth duel — Roy finished with 41 points and Anthony 32 — Roy asked a favor from Anthony. In the stands watching the game was Roy’s cousin, Juleesa Johnson.
“I asked Melo if my cousin, who was sick from cancer, could shake his hand and take a picture with him,” Roy said.
Roy remembers Anthony being with his family, but Anthony didn’t hesitate to accommodate his request.
“He said, ‘Of course,'” Roy said. “Made her night. He was her favorite player.”
Johnson passed away less than two years later.
https://theathletic.com/2245786/202...-if-melo-wore-no-7/?source=emp_shared_article
