[Mr KLC]

The Knicks and Rockets may or may not be close on a Carmelo Anthony trade. The latest iteration is reportedly a four-team deal (because, when three teams don’t want Ryan Anderson‘s burdensome contract, why not rope in another team that doesn’t want it either?).

Which other teams are involved? Maybe New Orleans.

Marc Berman of the New York Post:

The Pelicans, once the home of Ryan Anderson, expressed interest in being one of the clubs involved, according to a source.

Anderson spent four years in New Orleans, and it became clear he’d leave in free agency as soon as he could. Lo and behold (after the going-nowhere Pelicans somehow didn’t preemptively trade him), he signed with Houston last summer. Sending Anderson back to New Orleans would be a cruel fate.

Anderson would also be a strange fit on a team that has Anthony Davis and DeMarcus and Dante Cunningham‘s Bird Rights. But the Pelicans also have their own bad contracts with Omer Asik and Alexis Ajinca, and dealing those two for Anderson would be a major talent upgrade and fit improvement.

Still, that leaves a new problem: Who takes the undesirable Asik and Ajinca? Must be that mysterious fourth team.

Of course, all that presumes New Orleans would accept Anderson. If not, we’re left the original problem: Who will take Anderson?

[Wheatgrass]

i wonder how good carmelo could be if motivated. hes still only 32 i think

[jjgold]

Wow

Terrible

All ball hogs


Lol

[lakerboy]

3 big time losers together. What could go wrong?

[JIBBBY]

Then Lebron goes to Houston next and you have an aged and older all star team.. Melo, Harden, CP3 and.....?

Stacking teams in the NBA is the new thing...Were gonna eventually just have 2 teams in the NBA that are amazing and the rest are gonna be like college teams in comparison.. So much for evening out the playing field..

KD going to join the Spash brothers in GS was a perfect example of team staking.. Yankies tried to do it in baseball a few years ago and it back fired.. Houston might have a problem with this cause I see Melo and Paul as 2 players with injuries waiting to happen.. Age does that to players..

The latest news - http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...icle-1.3320585

[Mr KLC]

Insiders tell Berman that Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni initially wasn’t on board with acquiring Anthony because of their past differences in New York. However, with Paul, James Harden and Nene all pushing for the move, D’Antoni has been left with no choice.

[jjgold]

Houston going to be a real disaster

3 losers

[Mr KLC]

The Knicks have paused Carmelo Anthony trade talks with both the Rockets and Cavaliers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com. New York would like to reopen dialogue with Anthony about “reincorporating him into the organization.”

It was previously reported that Anthony’s representatives wanted to see a deal get done this week. The Rockets and Knicks were looking to pull off a multi-team trade and were searching for a fourth team to help facilitate a deal. The two sides discussed a three-team deal last weekend, but those talks reportedly “stalled.”

Scott Perry’s pending arrival as GM has made team executive Steve Mills reconsider his stance on trading Anthony, the pair of scribes add. Perry, who currently is the Kings VP of basketball operations, and the Knicks have agreed on a deal to make the executive the team’s new GM. However, Sacramento and New York still need to work out compensation in order to finalize a deal.

The Knicks would like Anthony to meet with the team’s new front office as well as coach Jeff Hornacek soon, but the pair of ESPN scribes add that it’s unlikely Anthony will respond with eagerness to stay with the franchise.

The Rockets acquired Chris Paul two weeks ago and since the trade, Houston has been cited as a potential landing spot for Anthony. In order to bring the 10-time All-Star aboard, Houston would presumably need to move Ryan Anderson, who will earn more than $19.5MM during the 2017/18 campaign. New York has no interest in adding Anderson to the team.

[Fidel_CashFlow]

3 things

1. You all dont legit think this makes them a contender against Warriors do you ?

2. this just seems like a train wreck trio of players playing together for some reason . Anthony really is not the answer
They will pick up some regular season wins but this does not make them champion threats

3. Ryan fukkin Anderson's contract seems like the biggest hassle ever.... hes gotta be feeling like a shitstain right now lol

Hes actually a solid player but nobody , and I mean nobody wants to fukk with that contract

[eidolon]

Carmelo has always been the poor man's Durant.

[rm18]

they just sign Anderson last summer hamburgers

[lakerboy]

Carmelo has always been the poor man's Durant.

Really poor. Like useless poor

[jjgold]

Carmelo has always been the poor man's Durant.

[Mr KLC]

The Rockets have agreed to a deal with free agent forward Tarik Black, Shams Charania of The Vertical reports (via Twitter). Black was waived by the Lakers earlier this month before his deal for 2017/18 became guaranteed and hit unrestricted free agency after clearing waivers.

[jjgold]

Houston 49 wins next year

[Sledge187]

I wouldn't be surprised if this deal goes down by the weekend. It seems Melo is not going to expand his list. Anderson is stretch 4, in the league now...many teams will take that. If the Rockets get Melo, they could be in line to get LBJ next year.

[Mr KLC]

The subject of trade rumors for most of the year, Carmelo Anthony is frustrated by reports that Knicks general manager Steve Mills is putting those talks on hold and may be having second thoughts about a deal, according to Frank Isola of The New York Daily News. Isola suggests that the other teams involved in a proposed four-team Anthony trade scenario are also frustrated by the latest developments.

While Anthony’s camp appeared to be pushing for most of the week to complete a deal – likely with the Rockets – a report on Thursday night indicated that the Knicks had paused trade discussions with Houston and Cleveland. The move coincided with the arrival of new general manager Scott Perry, whose new deal with the Knicks was finalized today.

According to Isola, it’s possible that the Knicks just want Perry to settle into his new job before moving forward with an Anthony trade, but the club’s changing stance still comes as a surprise to many of the parties involved. As Isola writes, Anthony has expressed a willingness to waive his no-trade clause for the Rockets, and has been preparing to be sent to Houston.

“From what I understand, Carmelo is under the belief that he’s going to the Rockets,” a source tells the Daily News. “That’s what the Knicks have been telling us; that they’re trading him. I can’t imagine that after all he went though last season with Phil [Jackson] he’s happy with this.”

Isola suggests the parameters of a deal are in place, with some details that need to be finalized, and adds that two people close to the talks think something will get done eventually. Earlier reports from Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com and Marc Berman of The New York Post suggested that the Knicks want Anthony to meet with the new front office and head coach Jeff Hornacek, and may be more open to keeping him. However, Anthony isn’t expected to be very receptive to that idea.

Berman also indicated that the team holds out hope that Carmelo would be willing to expand his wish list to more teams besides the Rockets and Cavs, which perhaps is a hint that the Knicks may not be entirely satisfied with their return in the proposed multi-team trade.

According to Isola, Anthony is concerned about his public image and doesn’t want his potential departure from the Knicks to be messy. It may be getting too late for that.

[jjgold]

Nobody wants Anthony

Team
Killer

[Mr KLC]

Houston Rockets star James Harden would love his team to acquire New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony through trade, but he says that such a decision is out of his hands, according to Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com.

While Harden called Anthony “one of the best players that we have in this league,” he understands that it is the job of general manager Daryl Morey and the Rockets’ front office to decide which players are the best fit for the team.

“I let the front office deal with that,” said Harden, who finished second in Most Valuable Player voting. “If we can get him, obviously he would help our team tremendously. What we have right now in our locker room is pretty good.

Now, they are after Anthony, whom the Knicks seemed destined to move until Friday, when it was reported by ESPN that New York may now want to reincorporate the 10-time All-Star into the organization.

Anthony seems to be willing to waive his no-trade clause for Houston.

“That’s out of my hands,” Harden said. “I go out there and put the basketball in the hoop and handle my business.”

Due to a lack of assets as a result of the Paul trade, the Rockets would probably have to get a third team involved to strike a deal for Anthony.

[Wheatgrass]

i disagree. if they get him in time. giving him time to actually get in shape for the first time in years, it could make them contenders.........he will be a different player at least for a single season

[ttwarrior1]

funny thing is, teams could give more than what houston can give, so something fishy is going on.

If he goes to Houston, they will win it all,

[thechaoz]

Dude has never cared about winning

[Mr KLC]

New York is looking to sit down with Carmelo Anthony over the next few days to discuss the possibility of keeping him on the roster. However, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that the small forward intends to tell the Knicks that he would like them to go forward by trading him to the Rockets.

Anthony expects the team to carry on a rebuild without him on the roster. He’s been willing to waive his no trade clause for either the Cavs or Rockets, but Wojnarowski hears that Houston is his preferred destination at this time.

The Rockets are determined to complete a deal with the Knicks and the franchise believes Anthony is focused on playing in Houston next season.

The Knicks have paused trade talks with both teams. Scott Perry, who was recently hired as the team’s GM, wants an opportunity to talk with the franchise’s star player. Wojnarowski adds that Perry has a history with Anthony and “strong relationships” with some of the small forward’s inner-circle.

Perry and team president Steve Mills are evaluating whether it makes more sense to hold onto Anthony through part of the 2017/18 season in order to rehabilitate the 32-year-old’s trade value. Phil Jackson, who was fired by the organization last month, publicly tried to get Anthony to waive his no-trade clause, something that arguably hurt the 10-time All-Star’s trade value.

The franchise realizes that convincing Anthony to accept returning to the team remains a long-shot. Anthony didn’t come to the acceptance of waiving his no-trade clause easily, which means the team can’t expect him to shift his decision on a whim, Wojnarowski notes.

[jjgold]

What is wrong with Knicks?

He is a fukkin loser

[Mr KLC]

The Carmelo Anthony saga continues to roll on in the “Big Apple” with the month of July now more than halfway over. While this hardly comes as a surprise, the New York Knicks may have found another potential suitor for Anthony’s services outside of the front-running Houston Rockets.

Even so, it is also worth noting that in order to a trade to ultimately be executed, the veteran forward would need to waive his full no-trade clause.

“One team that New York and Houston had hoped would facilitate a multiteam trade for Anthony — the Portland Trail Blazers — plans to participate in a deal for Anthony only if he decides to expand his no-trade clause to include the Trail Blazers, league sources told ESPN,” writes Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

Despite the fact that his no-trade clause still holds true, the 33-year-old All-Star has reportedly agreed to waive such a clause in order to join Rockets’ newcomer Chris Paul in Houston.

“Portland believes the addition of a player such as Anthony would furnish it with talent and depth comparable to those of the top Western Conference contenders, except for the Golden State Warriors, league sources said,” added Wojnarowski. “Because of that, the Blazers have little, if any, inclination to facilitate an Anthony deal that would land him with a Western Conference rival such as Houston, league sources said.”

[Sledge187]

Portland is dreaming. With Minnesota coming up, they might not even make the playoffs this year.

[konck]

maybe Houston should seal the deal an go bring back Howard lol

[Wheatgrass]

he won a national title