NBA Trade Deadline: Carmelo Anthony To Knicks, Nets? Who Cares Just Get It Done For The Rest Of Us

by Tom Lewis on Feb 20, 2011 8:03 PM EST in Indiana Pacers News

The latest news has Carmelo Anthony being traded to the New York Knicks.

Hopefully, that's the case and the deal is done pending the final buzzer on the NBA All-Star game tonight because similar news has mucked up the NBA trade market for a couple of months by tying up so many moving pieces and draft picks. Just in case, several teams have held out hope and assets to make sure they don't miss an opportunity to cash in on desperate parties trying to move Melo to the Eastern Conference.

With the trade deadline now a handful of days away, something has to give and it according to Ken Berger, the Knicks have quit say, just give him to us and have something, somewhat fair to offer Denver which will certainly make waves in the East for the rest of the season.

The Knicks would send three starters -- Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, and Raymond Felton -- to Denver for Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams and Anthony Carter, sources said Sunday. The Nuggets would get the Knicks' first-round pick in 2014, while Minnesota would get Eddy Curry's expiring contract and Anthony Randolph from New York. Curry would then be waived, and the Knicks would send as much as $3 million to Minnesota to pay his freight.

Close enough, get it done. Then maybe the Pacers can get involved in more deals as the Dallas Mavericks, Orlando Magic and Boston Celtics try to shore up their championship hopes while other teams look to shed salary (and hopefully some picks) which look good to the Pacers.

It has been so quiet with only handful of rumors popping up once in a while that aren't related to Melo that there has to be more deals in the works. So

Assuming the deal mentioned above, with or without any Mozgov cocktails thrown in, what do you think of the Knicks after such a drastic change? Can Billups run or will D'Antoni make him? Do the Heat or Celtics bat an eyelash?

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Couple things:

1. “Mozgov cocktails thrown in” – Awesome Tom, one of the better ones I’ve seen from you.
2. “Curry would then be waived, and the Knicks would send as much as $3 million to Minnesota to pay his freight.” – Is that one of those situations where they have to pay for an extra seat on the plane due to weight?
3. Get this deal done already! There are other important trades waiting on this one, like TJ Ford and Mike Dunleavy for draft picks (hopefully). Let the open season on trades begin!

by jantz101 on Feb 20, 2011 8:47 PM EST reply actions

I hope the Knicks do get him this year

instead of next. That way they trade off assets AND they get saddled with a much much larger contract. That way they hopefully won’t be able to pull a Miami and lure Paul or Williams to there team.

Melo keep the Knicks in the exact same spot they are in now: 6th int he East. They definitely won’t be better than the big 4 and I doubt they will be better than Atlanta. Anthony doesn’t improve any of their weaknesses at all. Just adds a better scorer. And losing Felton will hurt them on the defensive side… making their weakness even worse

Not to mentions Pringles is running Stoudemire and his bad knees into the ground with all the playing time he is giving him. Oh and this trade will make them even thinner so even more minutes for the starters!

by dbcb on Feb 20, 2011 8:50 PM EST reply actions

I just can’t here one more Melo trade rumor. This is getting old. Just make the damn trade…… pleeeease.

by B-Huse on Feb 21, 2011 12:17 AM EST reply actions

Couldn't agree more

Between the LeBron saga last season and Carmelo’s saga this season, I’m so sick of the star-player speculation/drama. My favorite part of all this is how these players try to act agitated about the speculation too. Yeah, sure, get your pannies in a bunch over perpetual media speculation about you, when you’re the one who allowed it to be perpetuated in the first place. Sometimes you wonder if these guys have any comprehensible logic attached to the way they go about their business.

Even worse is that this type of in-season speculation isn’t going anywhere with attention hogs like Dwight Howard and CP3 becoming free agents in the near future. Welcome to the new NBA: where it’s only about star players in star markets while forcing the rest of league and its fans to be hostages to their self-glorification.

by Glenn A. on Feb 21, 2011 12:45 AM EST up reply actions

Well...

Maybe. Just maybe, we could lure one of them here with a lot of money and the prospect of having a lot of talent, including a potential superstar in Paul George. It’s so unlikely, it isn’t even funny.

by infinityzero.systemerror on Feb 21, 2011 5:26 AM EST up reply actions