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Carmelo Anthony has slammed the Denver Nuggets for giving his previously worn No. 15 jersey to star center Nikola Jokic, as he called out the organization for what he described as a 'petty maneuver.'
The 39-year-old, former forward is widely considered as one of the most prolific Nuggets players of all time after having played eight seasons in Denver from 2003 to 2011. He also made three All-Star teams with the Nuggets before asking to be traded to his hometown New York Knicks.
'It was a petty maneuver,' he said on his podcast, 7PM in Brooklyn, on Thursday. 'It wasn't like, ''Oh we got numbers to choose from.'' It was like, ''Here, you got 15.'''
Jokic wore No. 15 while playing in Serbia before coming to the NBA in 2015, but Anthony thinks management could have given the big man his former number out of resentment for their former star, a.k.a himself.'
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