Anthony, who was waived by the Rockets …

Anthony, who was waived by the Rockets after just 10 games last season, and struggled to find a job in the league this year before being picked up by the Trail Blazers last month, says he wasn’t surprised by the way Paul’s deal was handled and that in fact he even warned him. “No, I wasn’t surprised at all,” Anthony told ESPN after a 108-96 loss to Paul and the Thunder on Sunday night. “When my situation happened in Houston, he was the first person that I called to come to my room. And we had to clear some things up and I wanted to know if he had anything to do with it. And that was the first thing that I wanted to know and he told me, ‘No.’ And from that point on I told him, looked him in his eyes and said ‘Look, just be careful.’ You know what I mean? Just be careful. And damn sure if [the same situation] didn’t happen to him.”