The Trail Blazers are signing Carmelo Anthony, because everybody knows the biggest deficiency in Portland’s 4-8 start has been defense and rebounding.



That’s a joke.



Not his signing — it really is happening — but the notion that he will be any kind of salve to what ails the Blazers.



But signing the 35-year-old forward is a risk the Blazers have to take after losing six of the last seven games while being exposed at power forward. The signing of the 16-year veteran is a clear indication that Blazers management felt it couldn’t wait until Dec. 15 to pursue the expanded trade market, and that the deficit left by the injury to Zach Collins was too great to let go unattended.



That’s why team star Damian Lillard says signing the 35-year-old is “worth a shot.”



“We added a good player,” Lillard said in a text. “Another scoring threat, experience, rebounder.”



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