Carmelo Anthony will in fact come off the bench
by Alex Murray | Wed, Oct 17th 6:40pm EDT
Carmelo Anthony will come off the bench in his Rockets debut against the Pelicans. (Jonathan Feigen on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact:
After refusing to do so last year with OKC to wildly negative consequences, and saying in the media he would do the same in Houston, 'Melo has finally taken one for the team and accepted a role on the second unit. It makes sense to have an aging guy who can still score like Anthony supplementing the second unit rather than taking shots from the Chris Paul-James Harden duo on the first unit. Melo's success off the bench will be one of the most interesting stories of this young season.
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