Carmelo Anthony just might be the most powerful figure inside Madison Square Garden — with the exception of MSG chairman James Dolan, of course.

The Daily News has learned that Anthony’s new contract with the Knicks includes a no-trade clause that allows the All-Star forward to control his future with the club. Anthony has officially agreed to a five-year, $124 million pact, which is $5 million less than the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement.

Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Dirk Nowitzki are the only other NBA players with no trade clauses. Anthony negotiated a no-trade into his contract after structuring his deal to give Knicks president Phil Jackson salary-cap flexibility next summer.

ESPN reported that Anthony’s deal also includes an opt-out clause after the fourth year. Anthony exercised the early termination clause in his previous contract with the Knicks and became a free agent on July 1. Anthony’s deal includes just a slight increase in the second year, which is crucial with the contracts of Amar’e Stoudemire and Andrea Bargnani set to expire next July.

I expect this to inspire some riviting discussion

fishmike wrote:http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/carmelo-anthony-knicks-contract-no-trade-clause-article-1.1868253

Carmelo Anthony just might be the most powerful figure inside Madison Square Garden — with the exception of MSG chairman James Dolan, of course.

The Daily News has learned that Anthony’s new contract with the Knicks includes a no-trade clause that allows the All-Star forward to control his future with the club. Anthony has officially agreed to a five-year, $124 million pact, which is $5 million less than the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement.

Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Dirk Nowitzki are the only other NBA players with no trade clauses. Anthony negotiated a no-trade into his contract after structuring his deal to give Knicks president Phil Jackson salary-cap flexibility next summer.

ESPN reported that Anthony’s deal also includes an opt-out clause after the fourth year. Anthony exercised the early termination clause in his previous contract with the Knicks and became a free agent on July 1. Anthony’s deal includes just a slight increase in the second year, which is crucial with the contracts of Amar’e Stoudemire and Andrea Bargnani set to expire next July.

I expect this to inspire some riviting discussion

You expect it? Now your initiating it!!!

There are 3-4 antiMooby's out there. Must you rile them up? Does you bringing the fight to the thread make you smarter? Or perhaps ignoring it deliberately? Melo got it and likely he wants to make sure he is not signed and next winter exiled to Minny for KLove.

Three meals of Honey Nut Cheerios is two too many!

fishmike wrote:ok... Ill admit. I just wanted to start a thread with 'Mooby' in it. Actually didnt realize the no trade part had come out yet.

are the half dozen threads that are 12 pages too long not compelling reading?

I'm happy to have Melo back, but I would have felt better if we lost him to some other team (& he ran out of options) if we had simply drawn a line with the ETO & no trade clause. I mean, Melo can have a no trade clause, but then the ETO is team, not player. You want player ETO, then no 'no trade'.

Simple. And if he and his team didn't like it, I would have suggested playing elsewhere, and moved on.

I'd be entertained watching our summer league roster lose but compete 100% of the time, land a top pick and have a $h!t ton of cap room moving forward.

franco12 wrote:

fishmike wrote:ok... Ill admit. I just wanted to start a thread with 'Mooby' in it. Actually didnt realize the no trade part had come out yet.

are the half dozen threads that are 12 pages too long not compelling reading?

I'm happy to have Melo back, but I would have felt better if we lost him to some other team (& he ran out of options) if we had simply drawn a line with the ETO & no trade clause. I mean, Melo can have a no trade clause, but then the ETO is team, not player. You want player ETO, then no 'no trade'.

Simple. And if he and his team didn't like it, I would have suggested playing elsewhere, and moved on.

I'd be entertained watching our summer league roster lose but compete 100% of the time, land a top pick and have a $h!t ton of cap room moving forward.

I would have loved to sign and trade him to Cle to go play with his buddy and get Wiggins and Bennet back or something similar, but as you realized that usually only happens when options become exhausted and the Knicks dont have the talent on their roster to play those games and risk losing a guy that gives you 25/8 a night when they are trying to build something.

I doubt the most die-hard mooby lovers would pretend Melo is on the Kobe/MJ level but he is an elite scorer in the triangle on a Phil Jackson run team and thats an OK piece to have in the fold.

When the Knicks won 54 games was it non-stop mooby worship? I dont remember that. I remember people being happy he was playing well, but just as happy to see guys like Copeland emerge and mostly just winning. Winning is the best. As this team gets better all things Melo will go to the backseat and if you dont love his game you will just see him as piece and latch on to other guys on the roster you identify with. Just my 2c

Anji wrote:When the Knicks won 54 games was it non-stop mooby worship?

^^^That's because Kidd and Chandler were the real MVP's of that 54 win team....I have the spreadsheet to prove it.

Nalod wrote:

fishmike wrote:ok... Ill admit. I just wanted to start a thread with 'Mooby' in it. Actually didnt realize the no trade part had come out yet.

If you must, do a google of "Moses and golden calf and find a graphic" then caption it......

Knicks resign Carmelo Anthony and fans rejoice!!!

Or

Phil Jax seen here offering Melo not 5 contract offers but in fact TEN via simple tablet!

Perhaps take a different twist where Moses is not depicted as PhilJax, but as a Melo hater:

Knick hater TDK seen visually upset with Melos new contract. Again.

Ah. Now I get the Mooby reference. Was wondering about that one. Obscure but fitting.

Anji wrote:When the Knicks won 54 games was it non-stop mooby worship?

^^^That's because Kidd and Chandler were the real MVP's of that 54 win team....I have the spreadsheet to prove it.

Thats ok if we have other real MVP's on a team with Melo and we win 50 plus games!!!
Then might we dare to ask: "Did Melo make others better that year"?
Uh oh! Here it comes..................

Knicksfan wrote:Haven't you read the other 1,000 Melo threads? This is old news there. Everynody hates Melo, coming toon to NBC...

All these things were covered in another thread, what was the purpose of creating this one?

Aren't some posters here tired of the vitriol slung in Melo's direction

Why stoke those fires with this.

I translate this as open sesame to vent at anytime and anyplace on him, unless mods beg to differ with Original Poster intent and how it should be received