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Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers have a lot of work to do this offseason if they want to even sniff the playoffs next year, and Kobe is apparently looking to go for the hard sell on Knicks free agent Carmelo Anthony. Meanwhile, top NBA Draft prospect Joel Embiid is tweeting that he’s already a Laker. What’s up with that?
No one knows where Carmelo Anthony will wind up signing, or if he’ll even leave New York, but the Knicks star’s choice to opt out of his contract has set general managers league-wide to scrambling, trying to figure out a way to land him, Lebron James, or both. The Lakers are no different, and team ambassador Kobe Bryant is said to be looking to court Carmelo and bring him to the City of Angels.
ESPN‘s Chris Broussard reported on Thursday that Bryant and Carmelo have already spoken on the phone regarding the Knicks star’s possible future with the Lakers. Both Kobe and Anthony were in Europe on separate business earlier this week, and Kobe reached out to Carmelo.
