http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2723100-carmelo-anthony-reportedly-set-on-rockets-move-after-kyrie-irving-trade-request

If there is a way to screw NEw York Knicks, Melo will find it. Now he wants to only play With bud CP3 as he's figured out not only won't Kyrie be there but neither will LeBron in a year. Can't win. Yet this is far from done. Let him pound sand - sure, Kyrie may end up with Spurs but last I checked his possie is still in Cleveland and so is Love and Thompson. Here Melo Here Melo...try n get a ring

Melo has a player option next year (Phil must be the worst contract negotiator in league history). If given the choice to play a year with Lebron and become a free agent or stay in NYC one more year and become a free agent, I have to assume Melo accepts Cleveland.

YOUUUUU gotta be kidding me, Im at the point where I want melo the fck out now. I was in this guys corner, but the DIVA attitude is killing me.

Carmelo Anthony reportedly remains intent on finding his way to the Houston Rockets after Kyrie Irving requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers.

According to the New York Daily News' Frank Isola, Anthony "is focused on getting a deal done with Houston."

That echoes a July 17 report from ESPN.com's Adrian Wojnarowski suggesting the same.

At the time, Wojnarowski cited league sources who said Anthony had started "to prioritize a trade to the Rockets" over the Cavaliers so he could form a partnership with Chris Paul and James Harden.

The Rockets and Cavaliers have long been the two teams Anthony has reportedly been willing to waive his no-trade clause for, but it appears the defending Eastern Conference champions may be fading out of the picture.

According to Isola, "there is no guarantee" Anthony would waive his no-trade clause if he was being traded to "a Cavs team that didn't have Irving."

Citing league sources, ESPN.com's Ian Begley reported Friday that "some within" the Knicks front office "would be willing to include future first-round picks and Carmelo Anthony" to facilitate a deal for Irving.

But considering Anthony has veto power, it may take a convincing sell from his friend LeBron James to change his mind about a possible future with the Cavaliers.

Welpee wrote:How is it being a diva if he has a NTC and elects to use it? Whether we like it or not he has every right to exercise it. He is under no obligation to waive it to appease knick fans. If anything direct your anger at Phil for agreeing to give him that option.

Exactly. He's exercising the power that Phil and Dolan gave him. When they gave him the contract, they basically said "for the next five years, you tell us how long you want to play here and what team or teams you want to go to if you want to be somewhere else." That's the deal they gave him whether we like it or not. The time to complain was when Phil and Dolan gave him the deal and Phil and Dolan are the ones to be upset with.

Melo has a right to decide where he wants to go. He didnt give himself that NTC. At the same time, if Melo went to Cleveland he would have at least one season competing with LeBron. If LeBron leaves Melo can opt out, and the number of contenders Melo will be available to join will expand because teams wont have his contract to contend with.

He can sign one or two year deals like LeBron and be a hired gun.

I agree that the Knicks need to play hardball and tell Melo that if its just Houston, it better be a great deal or he's staying. This is a big test test of whether or not things are really changing in NY.

knicks1248 wrote:

Welpee wrote:How is it being a diva if he has a NTC and elects to use it? Whether we like it or not he has every right to exercise it. He is under no obligation to waive it to appease knick fans. If anything direct your anger at Phil for agreeing to give him that option.

Cmon it's bad enough his list only had 2 teams on it, now your narrowing it down to one forcing the knicks to take bad contacts and low draft picks. If im mills 2 can play this game, you wanna exercise your NTC, were are going to exercise our right not to even trade you..take that

It's bad enough that Phil and Dolan gave him this power. That's that crappy part. They gave him the right to pick what team he wants to be traded to and he's exercising that right. I'd do the same. He should go to a team he doesn't want to now just to make Knicks fans happy?

mlby1215 wrote:I'd rather him not going to cav. Mills WOULD trade away any picks he can trade plus some young guys for Kyrie. If he likes THjr, he must like Kyrie Irving. AND he needs a point guard badly. This will be a trade made in hell. If this deal can be made, pretty sure our 8th pick dude will be gone.

I have to admit that the thought of the Knicks making a big trade to chase a star again scares me as well. Also, Lebron is definitely gone after this year and must havelet Melo know. I was hoping that Kyrie's situation would get the Knicks a better package from Houston.

And the NTC topic. My mind is already beyond that. I don't hate him using his NTC. It is good. Come back Mr. Melo. Our shi t team needs you. Please play 48 mins and lose every game with us. We like your style. If you don't get traded, you will turn into a negative guy again. You will destroy everything. We like it. We want it. Next pick will be very great.

Meanwhile, two years later. You can be a free agent, and six years in a row without getting into any playoff game probably will hurt your next contract. But it is okay, we would have two more very good young players already. As a Knicks fan, we are doomed to be a loser. We really want to invite you to join with us, since you don't deserve better.

In before "you can't treat a HOFer like that!", no, I don't want to bench him. I want to see Melo playing every game, every single game. I want him to shot every time, every single time. I want him to earn his every single penny by playing. If he can also dance with dancers at half time, better. I would really enjoy watching every single moment of him.

He and his agent negotiated a NTC. Why is anyone surprised that they're using it. They've got a lot of leverage.

Knicks have some too, of course.

If no trade happens because we think long and hard and decide maybe Melo for Anderson just isn't that fantastic a move, then we will see if he's a Diva. If he comes back without whining and plays hard, makes the most of the situation, that's totally fair.

He wants Houston and CP3. Pushing as hard as he can for that is perfectly within his rights. If it doesn't work out, he's got to choose -- are Knicks next best option, or is there something else out there that works better for him and us.

We shall see.

Look at who is being cited