Lakers’ Carmelo Anthony solely motivated this season to win his first NBA ring: ‘That’s it’

The NBA star has cemented himself as one of the game’s best scorers. He has appeared in 10 NBA All-Star games. And he has received recognition for his social justice work.

Carmelo Anthony enters his 19th NBA season, however, still lacking a championship ring. So with the 37-year-old Anthony entering his first season with LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook on the Los Angeles Lakers, Anthony sounded more interested in collecting his first Larry O’Brien trophy than adding extra polish to his Hall-of-Fame resume.

 “I reached a lot of the individual goals, but there’s only one thing right now for me,” Anthony told USA TODAY Sports. “That’s the only thing I have to think about it, could think about and should think about. Everything else should be irrelevant.”

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