Add DeMarcus Cousins to the list of Western Conference stars who want Carmelo Anthony on their side.

The Pelicans star center strongly hinted he has reached out to recruit Anthony, who he has said was his favorite Team USA teammate during the Rio Olympics last August.

“We need as much talent and as many pieces as we can get. I’ve reached out to everybody,’’ Cousins told the New Orleans Times-Picayune from Johannesburg, South Africa. “I mean, I don’t want to throw names out there, but some of the biggest names that are on the block right now I’ve reached out to.”

Presumably, Cousins also was referring to the Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving, the only other star who has requested a trade.

The Post reported last month the Pelicans would be interested in facilitating a three-team Anthony deal. According to an NBA source, New Orleans also would have interest in getting Anthony for its roster.

Nevertheless, an NBA source told The Post that Anthony has told the Knicks he would not agree to waive his no-trade clause for New Orleans.

According to the source, the Knicks are still hopeful Anthony eventually will expand his wish list beyond the Rockets — with the Trail Blazers, Cavaliers, Thunder and Pelicans holding interest.

The source said the Knicks brass has told Anthony he needs to do so because they are unwilling to make a “bad trade” — and he seemed to understand the team’s position.

Cousins’ love of Anthony is nothing new. After the Olympics, Cousins was asked which USA teammate had the most impact on him.

“I’d have to say Melo,” Cousins said. “Melo is the guy that’s been around the longest. We called him the ‘old head’ on the team. I mean he’s not that old, but for the Olympics, he’s pretty old. But everyone looked up to him. He’s the guy that has been through the good and the bad. So you know, whenever there was a question or a doubt on mind, we went to Melo.”

Anthony subsequently told The Post: “[Cousins] was so young coming into the game when I was in the NBA, so I was probably a guy he always looked up to. And now he’s in the NBA and I have some years in the game. It’s more a respect factor than anything.”

But Anthony still has no desire to team up in the Big Easy, site of his grandest moment when Syracuse won the NCAA championship there in 2003.

The Blazers’ C.J. McCollum and Anthony can be seen on an Instagram video playing a pickup game this week, while Damian Lillard also reached out to the Knicks forward.

And Chris Paul and James Harden desperately want Anthony in Houston.

In Baltimore, Anthony said he was “at peace’’ with what is transpiring, adding he has had “great conversations’’ with new general manager Scott Perry. Anthony also said the Knicks “know what I’m looking for.’’

For now, it’s a standoff, but the Knicks have more leverage than advertised. The club’s primary goal is not an eighth seed, but developing its young corps, so Knicks management can pull another Stephon Marbury and not play Anthony if he causes disturbances at training camp.

Their leverage grew with Tuesday’s signing of scoring forward Michael Beasley, who was talented enough to be picked No. 2 by the Heat — behind Derrick Rose — in the 2008 draft.

If the Knicks can’t find a trade that makes sense, owner James Dolan and president Steve Mills are adamant about not waiving Anthony or using the stretch provision. The thinking goes Anthony likely will opt out after the season, giving them cap space galore. His trade value also could skyrocket at February’s deadline.

Anthony has an unyielding yen for the Rockets and has been in contact with longtime buddy Paul, as well as Harden.

The Knicks found unappealing a scenario proposed by the Rockets in which they would acquire Ryan Anderson’s contract, which has three years and $60 million remaining. Limited as a “stretch 4,” Anderson also has the misfortune of playing Kristaps Porzingis’ position.

Asked in Baltimore if he will be at Knicks training camp, Anthony said, “I don’t know. I don’t know.’’