An All-Star Game and various skills competitions occurred over Presidents’ Day weekend, but it was a roster move that had National Basketball Association fans most excited. Carmelo Anthony has been shipped to the N.Y. Knicks as the axis of a three-team, twelve-player trade. Yet, the gallery of doubters remain, reports ESPN and The Sporting News. The price the Knicks paid for Anthony might have been too severe, as a hard salary cap might be in the league’s immediate future.
12 players involved in Carmelo Anthony trade
The NY Knicks had to give the Denver Nuggets some major talent in order to be able to get All-Star caliber talent Carmelo Anthony. The New York Knicks sent versatile swingman Wilson Chandler, cat-quick point guard Raymond Felton, 7-foot-1 center Timofey Mozgov and fiery large man with a fine outside touch, Danilo Gallinari, to Denver. Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams, Anthony Carter and Renaldo Balkman were all sent by Denver.
Payroll reasons meant that Minnesota Timberwolves were also involved. This just had to be part of the trade. Minnesota sent passing land disruptor Corey Brewer to the Knicks for inside scorers Anthony Randolph and Eddy Curry.
What this implies for the Knicks
Michael Wilbon explained that the Knicks seem desperate enough to make the Anthony trade. It could possibly be really good for Anthony, Amare Soudemire and Chauncey Billups; to all be on the team. It might be just as bad though. The Knicks would like to show followers the turnaround this season is real. The Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls or even Miami Heat will be beat in a seven-game Easter Conference playoff series that the N.Y. Knicks could be attending with Carmelo Anthony.
However, with a new CBA coming soon – which could reportedly consist of a hard salary cap – it might not be possible to sign New Orleans’ Chris Paul as a free agent after next season. The Knicks will need a good point guard to take Billups’ place, as he is both long in the tooth and not eager to play under the harsh lights of Madison Square Garden. A good pick would be Utah Jazz's Paul or Deron Williams. Nevertheless, the cap would make it hard to pull out that kind of money.
Articles cited
ESPN
sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=wilbon/110222
The Sporting News
sportingnews.com/nba/feed/2010-08/carmelos-contact
CBS’s Lauren Shehadi on the Carmelo trade
youtube.com/watch?v=-UfmX6GVPTc
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