Very Recent Washington Post Article
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/amid-knicks-struggles-carmelo-anthony-seeking-more-from-nba-life/2014/12/18/e1f58af8-84e9-11e4-abcf-5a3d7b3b20b8_story.html
Anthony has shielded his son from those anxieties because of his ability to put a basketball through a hoop, but he is now looking to transition into other fields, to build the kind of “generational wealth” that will sustain Kiyan and hopefully Kiyan’s grandchildren.“These are the conversations that people I’m around are having,” Anthony said.
Anthony resisted the chance to play for a title contender in Chicago and re-signed with the Knicks for $124 million in July, a choice that cast him as greedy to his critics and perhaps placed him in basketball purgatory for at least one year. Though he described the decision to stay as “tough,” Anthony banked nearly $50 million more in New York than he could have made with the Bulls. By siding with the only real guarantee in the NBA — the guaranteed contract — Anthony made a long-term business decision over a logical basketball one.
“Regardless of what happened, it would all come down to the money. That’s just the life we live. You can’t escape that,” said Anthony, who admits his attitude in previous contracts was “don’t leave no money on the table.”
Anthony has averaged at least 20 points a game in every season, but he understands the team failings will inevitably fall on him. “At the end of the day, we all know what the goal is, and that’s to win a championship,” Anthony said, “I know that I’m a winner. Even though you might lose some games here or there, I know I’m a winner. I’ve won already. I’ve won off the court and on the court. I’m living the American dream. That’s winning to me. Nobody can say anything about being a loser.”Never having much growing up made Anthony eager to take all he can get from the NBA. Though he claims a lack of awareness with the collective bargaining agreement led him to sign a five-year extension instead of a three-year extension in 2006, his decision also was the result of thinking he was going to be a Nugget for the duration of his deal.
“I was happy in Denver. I was having fun in Denver,” he said. “You start getting smarter, you start getting wiser [and] you start realizing we can’t have this team forever. Key guys’ contracts are up; we can’t sign everybody back. I was thinking, ‘I don’t want to rebuild on my dime.’ ”
We've adjusted to his greed and really the greed of all players
But this is what he said the past 2-3yrs or so once he got here and embarked on getting paid again
This link here is an earlier source 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/sports/basketball/carmelo-anthony-says-hell-help-rebuild-the-knicks.html?_r=2&
“It’s been a long season, but a short season at the same time,” Anthony said when asked to reflect on the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season.He added: “For us to end the season on a good note, going into the playoffs, we want to build off that,” he added.
With all eyes on the Knicks’ future, Anthony and Allan Houston, the Knicks assistant general manager, declined to speculate on specifics.
“I think that’s why I’m not the G.M.,” Anthony said. “I can’t really pinpoint one thing. I think where we started at and what we’ve created with myself, Amar’e and Tyson, we want to build around that,” referring to Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler.
This link here is an earlier source 2013
http://www.sportsworldreport.com/articles/25756/20131223/ny-knicks-rumors-carmelo-anthony-admits-lebron-james-dwyane-wade-chris-bosh-free-agency-2014-move.htm
Anthony has been watching first-hand as the Miami Heat continue to dominate. After winning two championships, they are in the mix for a third. A large part of that is because the Big 3 cam together in free agency. While interviewing with NBA TV, Anthony admitted the move was smart and could inspire what he does."They were smart," Anthony told NBA TV's Ahmad Rashad. "I think it's smart. It was their choice."
Take that comment for what it is worth. For someone that is preparing to enter free agency, could Anthony decide to do the same. There are certainly teams that are prepared to offer him a top dollar deal and have the assets to pair up with Anything. Cough, cough, Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant.
"I'm not saying I want to go somewhere else," Anthony said. "When I first got to New York, I always told myself it would be a three- to three-and-a-half-year plan just to rebuild. I knew we took a step backwards as an organization for me to get here. So we had to rebuild. You're not going to build a mansion in a year or two years. It takes time. That's where I'm at right now."
This link here is a source from this yr 2014
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/lawrence-melo-option-remain-knick-article-1.1615638
“As far as the money, it don’t really matter to me,” Anthony said. “If I go somewhere else, I get paid. If I stay in New York, I get paid. As far as the money goes, it’s not my concern. My concern is to be able to compete on a high level, a championship level, coming in this last stretch of my career. I want to compete at that level.”
Anthony, though, is open to returning to the Knicks and revealed on Friday that he’d be willing to take a pay cut.
“Without a doubt,” Anthony said. “Any opportunity I have to build that up in New York, I’d do it. I told people all the time, always say, if it takes me taking a pay cut, I’ll be the first one on Mr. Dolan’s steps saying, ‘Take my money and let’s build something strong over here.’ ”
This link here is a source from this yr 2014
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/11263468/carmelo-anthony-talks-decision-return-new-york-knicks
LAS VEGAS -- Carmelo Anthony said it was not the money, but instead his confidence in team president Phil Jackson and his belief that the New York Knicks "aren't that far away from contending for an NBA title," that made him opt to remain in New York instead of signing with the Chicago Bulls."I want to win. I don't care about the money," Anthony told ESPN.com. "I believe Phil will do what he has to do to take care of that.
"I don't think we're that far away," he added. "People use 'rebuilding' too loosely."
In what were believed to be Anthony's first public comments since agreeing to a five-year deal worth $124 million earlier this month, he told ESPN.com that the decision was so agonizing in the final days that he could not watch TV or go on the Internet.
"It was overwhelming," Anthony said. "It was stressful in the final days, one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make."
Anthony said, though, it ultimately came down to New York and Chicago.
"I was flip-flopping," he admitted. "It was hard. It was Chicago, but then after I met with L.A., it was L.A. But it came back to Chicago -- and was pretty much always Chicago or New York. That's a situation where I could have walked in now to an opportunity to compete for the next however many years."
So he didn't like the transition Denver was going to go through[didn't want to rebuild]
Although he openly admitted he was happy there, forces his way here
A year and half into the gig he admits
When he came here the team would have to rebuild
He repeats it over the next 2 1/2yrs
And then re-ups once again at $125mil so we can rebuild on his dime for the second time
WHAT A COMPLETE EPIC TOOLERY OF FOOLERY