While Anthony was out of the game, he found peace being among his peers, including attending his close friend Dwyane Wade’s final career game last season and competing against the NBA elite during offseason pickup games. But when the NBA season started without him for the first time since he was a rookie in Denver 16 years ago, he began to ponder whether he would play in the league ever again. “It still doesn’t make sense to me, but I got to a point where I got some clarity with me and what I want and what my goals are,” Anthony said. “As far as anything else making sense, I’m past that. I’m done racking my brain. I spent half a year, almost a year thinking about that and trying to figure out why and what and when it’s going to happen. I’m past that at this point.”