The Tainan TSG GhostHawks of Taiwan are working on a contract with free agent forward Carmelo Anthony, coach Liu Meng-chu said, per Huang Chiao-wen and James Lo of Focus Taiwan.
Anthony, 38, has remained unsigned after his contract expired last season at the end of last season, which he spent with the Lakers. The same happened with free agent center Dwight Howard, who recently signed in Taiwan himself, with the Taoyuan Leopards.
Anthony appeared in 69 games last season, averaging 13.2 points and 4.2 rebounds, coming off the bench in all but three. He became an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. He had been linked to the Celtics early in training camp, but was never brought on board.
Along with the Lakers, Anthony has spent time with the Nuggets, Knicks, Thunder and Trail Blazers, and has been coming off the bench since his run in Portland in 2020.
A 12-time All-Star, he carries NBA career averages of 22.5 points, and 6.5 rebounds, shooting 45 percent from the field.
“Liu said that Chairman Hsieh Yu-min (謝裕民) of Taiwan Steel Group (TSG), which owns the GhostHawks, had been enthusiastically trying to make a deal happen for the sake of the team and the future of Taiwanese basketball in the international market,” the report read.
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