http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...wish-list-teams-including-cleveland-cavaliers Carmelo Anthony, a 10-time NBA All-Star, has delivered the New York Knicksan expanded list of teams -- including the Cleveland Cavaliers -- with which he'd be willing to waive his no-trade clause, league sources told ESPN. After the Knicks insisted that they were unable to make a deal with the Houston Rockets, his primary trade destination, Anthony and his representatives honored New York's request and furnished at least two more teams within the past 10 days, league sources told ESPN. One of the known teams on the list, Cleveland, was part of Anthony's original group of preferred destinations prior to Chris Paul's trade to the Houston Rockets in late June. The Rockets remain Anthony's most desired location, but he's worked to accommodate New York to try and find a trade before the start of the season, league sources said. Anthony, 33, is expected to report to the team's media day on Monday, the eve of the opening of New York's preseason training camp. On Anthony's part, there had been an expectation that a trade would be completed before the start of training camp. There is expected to be significant tension between Anthony and the Knicks once he reports to camp, and it is clear that could continue to be a scenario at odds with the franchise's desire to start rebuilding around a young core. Anthony has been urging the Knicks to show urgency in their pursuit of a trade before the season, league sources said. The Knicks made a preliminary call to the Cavaliers on Monday, but the two sides haven't exchanged trade ideas, league sources told ESPN. Cleveland has to weigh the fact that Anthony, with two years, $54 million left on his contract, could opt into the $27.9 million in the final year of his deal for 2018-'19 --- when LeBron James could be gone in free agency, and Cleveland may be embarking on a rebuild. New York had discussions with Houston, but have found no pathways to a deal, league sources said. Since the hiring of Scott Perry as general manager in July, New York changed course on the asking price for Anthony and have been pushing for a return of assets that Houston is unable to provide. Perry has been looking for a scoring wing to replace Anthony's production, short-term contracts and draft assets, league sources said. Anthony has hoped to join Paul and James Harden with the Rockets, but heeded the Knicks desire to work off an expanded list of teams to find a deal, league sources said. New York has been unwilling to accept Ryan Anderson as part of a deal with Houston, who is owed three-years and $60 million on his contract. New York's two top basketball executives, Perry and president Steve Mills, have been both published blogs on the team that made no mention of Anthony. Under ex-President Phil Jackson, the Knicks had been pushing for Anthony to waive his no trade for over a year --- only to backtrack on executing a deal once Jackson was pushed out, and Perry took over as GM. "Look, Carmelo's going to be back here," Perry said Friday at the team's training facility. "Carmelo has always been a professional. That's one thing I've always respected about him. I think he can set a good example for the young players. He's been a 10-time All-Star. If he's back here with the New York Knicks, we expect him to be the professional he's always exemplified throughout his career and move forward with him." http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...e=twitter.com&utm_campaign=NYDNSports+Twitter Hoping they can deal Carmelo Anthony before training camp, the Knicks reached out to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the last 10 days to gauge their interest in a possible trade, a source told the Daily News. Although Anthony still desires Houston as a destination, the Knicks have not budged on their stance to reject the Rockets' offer of Ryan Anderson and his large contract. The Knicks, according to a source, believe Anthony is amenable to joining the Cavs as an alternative, to play with buddy LeBron James for the three-time defending Eastern Conference champs. According to a source, the Knicks also reached out recently to a third team they think Anthony would waive his no-trade clause to join. That team, according to a source, is not the Blazers, whose backcourt stars - Damian Lillian and CJ McCollum - have openly recruited Anthony this offseason. The Knicks and former team president Phil Jackson engaged the Cavaliers in talks for Anthony around last season's trade deadline, but Cleveland was unwilling to part with Kevin Love. It's unclear what the Knicks are seeking for compensation this time around. The Cavaliers also have a lot of uncertainty surrounding the franchise with LeBron entering free agency next summer amid rumors he's set on going to L.A. On Friday the Knicks front office tandem of Steve Mills and Scott Perry said they expect Anthony to attend Media Day on Monday and the start of training camp on Tuesday. Still, team president Steve Mills and GM Scott Perry both excluded Anthony from their State of the Knicks blogs on the team website. Perry said Friday he remains open to trading the Knicks' lone All-Star. "At the end of the day, what we set out and what we said if there was something there that made sense both for him and the Knicks organization, then we would strongly consider it," Perry said.
I said if we didn't get Melo I don't think CP3 resigns with us and we lost everything for a 1 year rental
IF this is true then CLE is not the concern. The other team would be the concern. CLE is in a shitty spot like us. I could still see this being BS from the NY side though to try to get Houston to up their offer.
I find nothing of substance in that article and while Woj is credible, he’s declined significantly since moving to ESPN. Who knows if this thing happens or not but this news is nothing to me. Also Morey dropping the ball? Ok. The Knicks can either take the deal or not. Melo can either cave in to the Knicks or not. If he’s resolute to Houston than he’ll eventually get here. If he gives in, it’s really on him. Morey’s not giving up Gordon or Capela and I don’t blame him.
melo didnt do anything, if melo said he wanted to play for the blazers or wizards. the nba would have let that trade go through without hesitation. The league is blocking this trade to try and stime Harden from having another elite 2017 like season, by enforcing rules to stop him, and now preventing him from getting added help after Harden lost most of his roster in the cp3 trade.The Knicks are so hellbent on not trading melo to houston because everything they agree on keeps getting BLOCKED by the league office, that i can almost PROMISE you the package that the knicks get for Melo will be WAY less than what we were offering. This is like Paul George to the Celtics all over again. People forget a trade can be agreed upon among two, three, or even four teams. BUT IF THE LEAGUE DOESNT APPROVE IT, their is nothing you do. Adam Silver is not gonna sit by and watch Harden continue to outscore Curry( Harden and Curry were both drafted in 2009), and then on top of that have a roster capable of matching up to the warriors head 2 head with a mastermind like dantoni. NO WAY JOSE, the nba is heavily marketed towards the warriors, they need them in the finals. The Warriors dont pull in ratings by themselves, their ratings are crap when they play the jazz, or blazers. But when they play teams like houston, or okc when they had Durant the ratings were amazing. LeBron is the biggest star in the NBA he is the ratings pull for the NBA, not Curry. LeBron has pulled in gigantic ratings in the finals with small markets like the spurs and okc, and made them powerhouses for tv among casuals, and LeBron also made the warriors powerhouses. When you play LeBron in the finals you have made it among casuals, and nba execs know that Funny how funny things that usually arent suppose happen ALWAYS seem to happen to the rockets and Harden
