Carmelo Anthony's Explanation for Choosing No. 00 Proves He's Been Hanging Out With Kyrie Too Much

From No. 15 to No. 7 to ... No. 00. Carmelo Anthony is beginning yet another new chapter of his NBA career.

He recently signed a contract with the Portland Trail Blazers, and a few days later he revealed his new jersey number, with a lengthy explanation as to why.

Has anyone ever put this much thought into anything, really?

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One should be concentrating on clues that the universe is dropping for them to take up a quick reaction. Divine power is seeking my undivided attention. I had to achieve the tranquility of spiritual maturity through the guidance of the Universe. I WILL ALWAYS BE 7️⃣ #007 #GRA7EFUL #STAYME7O

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Melo's apparently been on some sort of spiritual journey ever since he was exiled from the NBA last year. We know he's good buddies with perhaps the most provocative thinker in the league, Kyrie Irving, so we can't help but hypothesize the Brooklyn Nets star got in Melo's head a bit here.

From Irving's flat Earth preachings to yelling "F--k Thanksgiving" at a reporter to his non-comment comment on the NBA's situation with Hong Kong, it seems this type of influence would be the only kind to elevate Melo's abstract thinking.

Kyrie Irving was asked if it bothers him that people don’t think Steph Curry should have questions about the moon??? pic.twitter.com/A4c7cT3vb9
— The Camera Guys (@NBCSCameraGuys) December 18, 2018

We can only hope this new worldly set of principles Melo has adopted translates to a more developed game instead of the iso ball we're so used to watching from him.