The fallout between Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum has been one of the biggest storylines of the NBA season, and Carmelo Anthony just added some fuel to the fire.

Appearing on NBC’s “NBA Showtime” during Tuesday night’s matchup between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers, Anthony recalled being at an event in Cannes with both players shortly before Brown was traded.

“When both of those guys, JB and JT, was there kind of right before the trade, it was a weird feeling, right? I don’t know what the feeling was, but it was a weird feeling being in the same environment,” Anthony said.

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“Everybody in that room felt something. And because of that, a lot of conversations and information started, or maybe false information started coming from there.”

Still, the 10-time All-Star insisted that there is no bad blood between the two.

“Those two guys know what it is, right? There’s no beef. This is two guys who went through what they went through, was successful in Boston, won in Boston,” Anthony added.

Things still looked awkward before tipoff on Tuesday, though. In Brown’s first game against his former team since his offseason trade to Philadelphia, Tatum approached him for what looked like a handshake or hug. Brown kept his focus on the ball in his hands, before Tatum tapped him on the chest, gave him a brief side hug and moved on to greet LeBron James.

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Brown had already made his stance clear before the matchup. “There’s nothing to talk about. He’s on his side, I’m on my side,” he said after the 76ers’ win over the Chicago Bulls.

Tatum, on the other hand, has maintained that everything is fine on his end. “I don’t have any animosity or beef or ill will towards him,” he said.

On the court, it was Paul George who stole the spotlight in the first half. Sent to Boston in the trade that landed Brown in Philadelphia, George scored 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting as the Celtics took a double-digit lead into the break. Tatum had 13 points, while Brown added eight points, two assists and two steals.

Either way, the Tatum-Brown saga does not look like it will be cooling down anytime soon.