Once Anthony expanded his list of teams to include Cleveland and Oklahoma City within the past 10 days, Perry had more flexibility to move Anthony. Perry remained in contact with Portland Trail Blazers president of basketball operations Neil Olshey, who had the most versatile array of assets for New York and motivation to make the deal -- but, ultimately, Anthony would not accept a trade to the Pacific Northwest.
Anthony was intrigued with a potential partnership with Damian Lillard , CJ McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic , and the stability and track record of the front office and coaching staff in Portland, but did not want to make such a dramatic geographic shift, league sources said. New York had been willing to do an Anthony deal with his preferred choice, Houston, that included Eric Gordon and Trevor Ariza , but the Rockets consistently rejected that idea, league sources said.
Houston had become the focus of Anthony's trade request after the Rockets acquired All-Star guard Chris Paul , a close friend, in late June. Cleveland's package included Iman Shumpert and Channing Frye , and would've needed to be supplemented with minimum veterans, league sources said.
Cleveland would never have considered including its first-round pick via Brooklyn, league sources said. New York had been pursuing a future first-round pick from Oklahoma City, but the Thunder were unable to acquire one as part of a larger deal for New York, according to league sources. Gibson signed a free-agent contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves in July. New York inquired about the Thunder's first-round pick at No. With the Bulls projected to be one of the worst teams in the league, that pick could be in early 30s of next June's draft.
The Thunder's odds to win the NBA title went from to at the Westgate after news of the trade. Their projected win total went from This is the second major deal Presti engineered this summer. Kanter, 25, was a first-round pick of the Utah Jazz in He averaged But no move occurred until the last moments possible. With the clock ticking down to the trade deadline, the Nuggets had several deals on the table, as Anthony outlined. However, the New York Knicks swooped in late, as Anthony explained, and ultimately became a contender in the trade talks.
The infamous meeting -- 3 o'clock in the morning -- and it's just like, 'What are we gonna do? We have to figure this out. The Nuggets and Knicks were able to do that, with a little help from the Minnesota Timberwolves. The teams finally pulled the trigger on a player deal that was headlined by Anthony and Chauncey Billups going to the Knicks.
The good times ended abruptly. The Knicks were eliminated by the Indiana Pacers in the conference semifinals in and have failed to make the playoffs since. On July 10th, , the team made one of the worst deals in recent memory when they traded for Andrea Bargnani from the Toronto Raptors. There has been a lot of stupidity over the years involving the Knicks, but the Bargnani trade is in a class of its own.
The Knicks received Bargnani in exchange for a first-round pick, Steve Novak, Quentin Richardson, Marcus Camby, and a pair of second-round picks and To say the trade was a disaster would be an understatement. Watching the trade come to fruition was like watching the Titanic approach the iceberg.
Even in the moment everyone knew this would go poorly, and go poorly it did. Bargnani played 71 forgettable games, at least giving us one of the greatest lowlights of all time before he disappeared. This remarkable gaffe was compounded by James Dolan a few months later when the owner killed a deal that would have netted the Knicks Kyle Lowry in exchange for Iman Shumpert, Metta World Peace, and a future first-round pick.
Lowry and the Raptors have not missed the playoffs since the nixed deal, Lowry is an NBA champion, and the Knicks have been frequent visitors to the draft lottery. Following the —14 season, Anthony opted out of his deal, Chandler and Felton would be traded to Dallas, Stoudemire would be bought out in , Phil Jackson would be brought in, and you know how the rest goes. One move that Anthony can take fault for is his decision to re-sign in It is hard to fault Anthony for taking the extra money, but also hard to have much sympathy for the mess that ensued until he was dealt to Oklahoma City.
It is important to refresh our memory on the deal itself and most importantly all that followed. The team did everything wrong it could possibly do after acquiring a top player in the prime of his career.
That snowballed into the owner killing a good trade, in fear of another visceral reaction from the public. These missteps have led some Knick fans to become squeamish about superstar trades. If the goal is to ultimately win a championship or even to enter the title discussion, your team is going to need a star player to entice other star players eventually.
Drafting and shrewd trades is the utopian road to glory; acquiring as many elite players is the more practical approach. Beal is the latest superstar to become available, and just like in , the Knicks are in a great position to make a play.
The price is actually more palatable than what the Nuggets asked for. Thanks to the Kristaps Porzingis trade—another example of why you must wait before declaring a winner of the trade—the Knicks can get away with including one of their own first-round picks. Which young player the Wizards would want is the key to all of this.
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