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Trade Scorecard: Knicks Complete Blockbuster for Carmelo Anthony

February 21, 2011   Tom Lorenzo   No comments

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Carmelo Anthony traded to KnicksIt’s been a long time coming, but finally Carmelo Anthony has been traded to the New York Knicks in a blockbuster which will reportedly will include three teams, 12 players, three draft picks and $3 million.

Anthony, who has long been rumored to be moved before Thursday’s trade deadline, really had two teams in his sights — the Knicks and the Nets.

While the Nets reached out to Denver and made an effort to land the All-Star with an offer based around rookie Derrick Favors and three to four first-round draft picks, the holdup for the deal was Anthony not being willing to sign a 3-year extension with the Nets. This ultimately left the Knicks bidding against themselves for their long-desired second superstar.

The trade analysis on this deal will be a long and heavy ordeal, as we head into an uncertain summer. With questions surrounding the collective bargaining agreement looming, the initial trade analysis has to take into consideration this summer’s talks.

With that, it’s certainly too early to determine the winners and losers of this deal. What we can do, however, is talk about the who and the why. Oh, and it wouldn’t be a trade analysis piece if we didn’t hand out team grades.

 

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Reports: Carmelo Anthony Finally Traded to the Knicks

February 21, 2011   Brett Pollakoff   No comments

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Carmelo Anthony Traded to KnicksCarmelo Anthony has finally gotten his wish.

The saga that has both interested and tortured NBA fans for the better part of this season appears to finally be over, as multiple reports are now confirming that Anthony has been traded to the New York Knicks.

The Denver Post first reported the deal, a blockbuster which involves nine players, three draft picks and millions in cash exchanging hands.

Anthony will head to New York, along with teammates Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams, Anthony Carter and Renaldo Balkman. In exchange, the Knicks will send Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Timofey Mozgov, the Knicks’ 2014 first-round draft pick, the Warriors‘ 2012 second-round pick, the Warriors’ 2013 second-round pick and $3 million in cash.

After months of dealing with the topic of the long-rumored trade on a daily basis, Nuggets head coach George Karl was understandably relieved to have things resolved.

“I’m glad it’s over,” Karl said. “I’m glad it’s an opportunity to reinvent. I think everybody handled it as classy as you could handle it. There’s some sadness to it, there always will be.”


A separate deal is reportedly in the works that will send Anthony Randolph and the expiring contract of Eddy Curry to Minnesota, with the Knicks acquiring guard Corey Brewer from the Timberwolves.

Anthony did not attend Denver’s practice Monday, but not necessarily because a trade was imminent — it was an excused absence, as Anthony stayed in Los Angeles following All-Star Weekend to tape an appearance on the Conan O’Brien show.

 

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As Final Pitches Are Made, Carmelo ‘Just Wants It to Be Over With’

February 20, 2011   Chris Tomasson   No comments

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Carmelo AnthonyLOS ANGELES — There are multiple hats being tipped these days to Carmelo Anthony.

Last weekend, in a move not found in many etiquette books, it was the Denver forward taking a hat off “to myself” for the way he has handled this endless trade speculation. On Sunday night, it was Chicago guard Derrick Rose doing the honors.

“I take my hat off to him,” Rose said in an interview with FanHouse after his East team fell 148-143 to Anthony’s West outfit in the NBA All-Star Game at the Staples Center. “He’s handling the pressure but still playing well. Man, he’s doing good. I definitely couldn’t go through it.”

Perhaps it would elicit a chuckle if Rose was playing off what Anthony had said last weekend, but he said he actually hadn’t read that quote.

Speaking of hats, it’s still up in the air if he’ll soon be donning one for an Atlantic Division team at a press conference as Thursday’s trade deadline approaches. The hours are ticking down before the Nuggets will trade Anthony to New York, try to convince him to agree to a contract extension for a deal to get done with New Jersey, or roll the dice and keep him in Denver.

Then again, with as much craziness as this Anthony situation has had, maybe some other team will throw its hat into the ring

“I just want it to be over with,” Anthony said.

 

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The Works: The NBA Destroys All Monsters

February 09, 2011   Bethlehem Shoals and Eric Freeman   No comments

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Today in The Works: Monsters invade the NBA, and only players can save us. Enjoy!

Monster Movies

Anyone remember Godzilla vs. Barkley? It was only the most awesome Nike ad campaign of the last thirty years. But if you thought it was a fantasy, you were dead wrong. Charles Barkley was actually commissioned by Japan (back when it had money) to seek out and destroy Godzilla, once and for all — or at least until they needed him for an American remake. It was like the Hellboy series, only with more nervous owners. In this great spirit, and perhaps in the interest of taking on any future monster problems, we propose the following dream match-ups.

Blake Griffin vs. King Kong: After being captured by Clippers owner Donald Sterling during a slum-building project on Skull Island, King Kong is shipped to Los Angeles for display in the Staples Center to make Sterling an easy buck. He escapes, though, and only marauding forward Blake Griffin can save the city from certain doom. After a long chase, King Kong ascends to the top of the fake skyscraper in Universal Studios’ King Kong attraction and plummets to his death. But it’s not Griffin who fuels him — instead, it’s his love for Clippers superfan Penny Marshall, whom he bonded with during the long boat ride back from the island. (EF)

 

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Report: Knicks in Talks With Nuggets, Timberwolves for Carmelo Anthony

February 06, 2011   Brett Pollakoff   No comments

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The Knicks are once again at the bargaining table with the Nuggets in an attempt to make a deal that would bring Carmelo Anthony to New York, according to multiple reports.

The latest incarnation of a potential trade would also involve the Timberwolves, and would shake out like this: New York would get Anthony, while Wilson Chandler and Eddie Curry’s expiring contract would be headed back to Denver. The Nuggets would also receive Corey Brewer and a first round draft pick from Minnesota, which the T’Wolves would give up in exchange for the Knicks’ Anthony Randolph.

This would obviously be a dream of the deal for the Knicks, and somewhat of a nightmare for the Nuggets — especially when you consider how much more they could have gotten back for Anthony if they had continued to pursue the 15-player deal that was long rumored to be in the works involving the Nets and the Pistons.

 

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The Works: Here Comes Another Chance

December 29, 2010   Bethlehem Shoals   No comments

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Today in The Works: New Year’s Resolutions for players and your two fearless authors. Then, Eric and Shoals take time to celebrate Shoals’s 33rd birthday and talk about age in basketball.

For The Players

This Friday, the year 2010 — remember when that number alone was enough to strike fear into NBA nation? — will come to an end. Things will never be the same, the past is gone by, and it’s time to forge ahead, fearlessly. That is why God invented New Year’s resolutions, lists we make of all the things we wish we would do. They’re a handy reminder, and, at the same time, the next best thing to actually improving ourselves. The first part of recovery is admitting you have a problem.

Here at The Works, we have put together three sets of resolutions: One players should make, one for coaches and general managers, and finally, those that we as fans and writers would do well to heed.

DeMarcus Cousins: As a rookie, Cousins has proven everyone right. His detractors can point to his clashes with coach Paul Westphal and problems with fouls. Those who sang his praises have his remarkable per-minute production, and the direct correlation between Cousins playing well and the Kings winning. Too bad for him, NBA players can’t be ready to play and immature — that’s called “spoiled”, something that’s difficult to shake. In the New Year, Cousins needs to bite the bullet and make sure he’s only noticed for his basketball. After all, Westphal’s lucky if he makes it to the end of this season. (BS)

 

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The Works: Amar’e at Center (Again); Can the Blazers and Jazz Contend?

October 18, 2010   Bethlehem Shoals and Tom Ziller   No comments

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Amare Stoudemire
In The Works today, we break down our first two NBA Mid-Majors and delve into the unconscious of Rudy Fernandez.

But first, a brief history of Amar’e Stoudmire at center.

Matrix Unloaded

It turns out that New York’s amazing power forward acquisition — maxed out Amar’e Stoudemire — might be New York’s amazing center acquisition after all. The entire preseason, coach Mike D’Antoni has played Stoudemire at PF next to one of the roster’s two true centers: Ronny Turiaf or Timofey Mozgov. It hasn’t worked, because Howard Beck of the New York Times reports Amar’e could very well line up in the middle come opening night, with Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari (two true small forwards) with him in the frontcourt and Raymond Felton and Roger Mason in the backcourt.

Sound familiar? It shouldn’t, because D’Antoni never had a regular lineup that meek in Phoenix. There are two central issues at play here, at least in the context of this lineup experimentation happening in New York, where David Lee manned the middle in recent years.

The first is the difference between Stoudemire and Lee, and how the team’s identity changes with what is essentially a one-for-one swap of the two. But perhaps more importantly, given that it’s D’Antoni at the wheel and Amar’e in the front seat, the question of comparison between Chandler and mid-decade Shawn Marion looms largely.

 

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The Works: Inside the Knicks; Booing Melo; Basketball’s Ryder Cup

October 04, 2010   Bethlehem Shoals and Tom Ziller   No comments

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In The Works today: George Karl judges ‘Melo through the prism of Karl’s own fate and we invent a Ryder Cup for Basketball.

But first, we crawl inside Mike D’Antoni’s mind and leave a gift (or six).

The Works Season Previews: New York Knicks

Mike D'AntoniWhen Mike D’Antoni took over as coach of the Knicks, we all expected stuff. Not necessarily profound, eventful, or positive stuff, but at least … stuff.

So far, we haven’t gotten much of it. However, with the 2010-11 plan having gone from “take over the world with awesome free agents” to “sign Amar’e Stoudemire and some other weird people,” it’s time for D’Antoni to earn his keep. Or at least do enough to keep Garden fans happy and the New York media off his back.

How is the reigning weirdo of NBA coaching going to pull that off? Duh, by listening to us and assembling line-ups so unusual and unholy that they defile the sport and send good sons and daughters to the hills screaming. These are a few of these line-ups.

 

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Knicks Relish Carmelo Anthony Trade Hiccups

September 27, 2010   Sam Amick   No comments

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Carmelo AnthonyThe New York Knicks won this round, even if it looked for a moment like they wouldn’t last long in this fight for Carmelo Anthony.

The crosstown-rival New Jersey Nets and their new billionaire owner made a hard play, putting together a four-team deal that would land them the Nuggets star and pour salt in Donnie Walsh’s wounds after the Knicks president missed out on LeBron James this summer. Anthony — who can be a free agent next summer and is virtually untradable unless he agrees to an extension in advance — appeared to be giving up on the fight, warming to the idea of playing in Newark after making his love for the real Big Apple team so widely known.

But that bout was supposed to be over by Monday, when Denver, Utah, Charlotte and the truly new New Jersey Nets would move forward in a post-’Melo-drama world. No one would be faced with the most uncomfortable of Media Days, from the one in Denver today where Anthony is expected to the others where players on the trading block would be asked to somehow ignore the immense distraction.

Instead, hope is growing in the Garden again.

 

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Carmelo Anthony Sweepstakes Come Into Focus

September 23, 2010   Sam Amick   No comments

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Carmelo AnthonyTo steal a headline from our friends at SI.com, talk about a ‘Melo-Drama.’

There was hardly a breather between LeBron James‘ “Decision” and the saga that surrounds disgruntled Denver star Carmelo Anthony. Yet after months of speculation about the level of his discontent, it has finally been established that the Nuggets are listening to offers for the three-time, All-Star small forward after he has left their three-year, $65 million extension offer unsigned for months.

This is no free-agent process. It’s a potential trade that comes with a long list of moving parts, competing agendas and enough number-crunching to wear out even the best capologists. There is one elementary element of this equation, however, that matters above the rest: the young talent.

According to numerous league sources, the Nuggets‘ main focus in trade talks is on the quality of the young player being offered who — as the request goes — is still playing under his rookie scale contract. First-round draft picks are on the wish list, too, with the Nuggets refusing to go too far backward and looking for that new, younger core in return for Anthony.

With that in mind, we look at a few potential destinations for Anthony and discuss each team’s respective willingness to part ways with those prized assets. But first, a quick recap of the fluid situation.

The Nets are reportedly the frontrunners (more on that later). But Anthony’s preference is to be traded to New York or Chicago and subsequently sign the same extension he has resisted agreeing to with the Nuggets. Those are hardly the only suitors, though. and to know the youthful assets of each team is to know which ones have the most legitimate chance.

 

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