The Lakers’ Pitch To Carmelo Anthony Had Almost Nothing To Do With …

How did the Lakers manage to vault into serious contention for Carmelo Anthony’s talents last week? It probably had something to do with money and the idea of the Lakers’ being “Carmelo’s team” after Kobe Bryant retires. Plus, a current roster of Melo, Kobe, Julius Randle and (maybe?) Pau Gasol isn’t bad. Probably better than what the Knicks can offer in 2014 (though not the Bulls, certainly). Turns out John Ireland of the Mason & Ireland radio show in Los Angeles has details of how the Lakers’ pitch meeting went. And it was… curiously devoid of things related to basketball.