Royce White blasts Lakers, LeBron for Carmelo Anthony being ‘blackballed’

In a recent interview with Fanatics View, White said Anthony is being blackballed by the NBA, and blamed LeBron James for the Lakers’ decision to sign Jared Dudley instead of Anthony.

“LeBron is walking around here like he’s the face and voice of the players. How is he letting his Banana Boat brother hang out there in the wings and they go sign Jared Dudley and not Carmelo.”

Royce White went off on Jared Dudley as well during his rant with Fanatics View.

“If anybody watching this thinks Jared Dudley can hold Carmelo’s jockstrap, I’ll slap you…” – Royce White

"How is [LeBron] letting his banana boat buddy wait out there in the wings? And they go sign Jared Dudley and not Carmelo."

–Royce White on why he thinks Melo is being blackballed. (via Fanatics View/YouTube) pic.twitter.com/rjq5WQ2XdV

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) August 20, 2019

Jared Dudley responded to Royce White dissed via Twitter.

https://twitter.com/jareddudley619/status/1163825809292873728?s=21

I’m not at all surprised by Royce White’s Melo/Dudley take. The over-valuation of iso scoring (especially from midrange) among players is a trend that pre-dates paved roads.

It’s takes like his that opened the door for non-former-players to take the league by storm as executives.