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It would not have been a surprise if last year's 10-game dud with the Rockets was the last time Carmelo Anthony played in the NBA. Still unsigned entering the 2019-20 season, Anthony went more than a calendar year before he was Justin Jefferson T Shirts picked up by the Trail Blazers this month.Expectations, then, were low for the 35-year-old forward. Portland hoped he could provide even a minor spark despitenot having a productive season since Minnesota Vikings Jersey his 2016-17 campaign as a member of the Knicks.So far, Anthony has been much better than most thought he could be, and he continued hisimpre sive run for the Trail Blazers on Friday with an efficient 23-point performance in a 107-103 victory over the Andrew DePaola Jersey Bulls. He shot 8-of-16 from the field, recorded 11rebounds and dished out foura sists.MORE: Anthony's highlight of the night was a touch-pa s a sist early in the fourth quarter, which brought smiles to almost everyone on Portland's bench.This team has now won three straight with Anthony in the lineup Ben Ellefson Jersey . He is a plus-50acro sthose contests.Carmelo Anthony is having fun on the Trail Blazers.A nice touch pa s a Chris Doleman Jersey sist. Sporting News NBA (@sn_nba) A lack of team-oriented play and jarring inefficiency nearly kept Anthony from ever playing in the NBA again, and made his signing this year at first look like a desperate pity play for a struggling Portland squad. But right now, Anthony is shooting 46.2percent from the field and fitting nicely alongside a group of Blazers that needed another scorer to succeed.Six games into his tenure under coach Terry Stotts, Anthony appears ready to far exceed his production Troy Dye Jersey from the previous two seasons.