Carmelo Anthony would have retired rather than ask LeBron James for help joining Lakers

As Dwyane Wade said goodbye to the NBA in Miami after a year-long farewell tour last season, you couldn't help but wonder if one of his friends in attendance would ever get anything close to the same opportunity to go out on his own terms. After only 10 games with the Rockets last year, the team permanently benched Anthony and traded him to the Chicago Bulls, who immediately dumped him, months later.