Of all the big-name signings that highlighted this summer’s frenzied free-agency period, none are riper for second-guessing than Carmelo Anthony’s decision to ink a fresh five-year, $124 million deal with the New York Knicks.
In so doing, Anthony walked away from a chance to join the more contention-ready Chicago Bulls, albeit at a significantly lower price.
Time will tell if Melo made the right move in hitching the last of his prime basketball years to Phil Jackson’s Ring Express.
For his part, Jim Boeheim—who coached Anthony during the latter’s lone year at Syracuse University—thinks the Bulls should’ve been a no-brainer.
"Just from a basketball point of view it would have been better to go to Chicago because they've got better players," Boeheim told ESPN New York’s Ian Begley Monday afternoon. "But he wanted to be in New York and he wants to see if they can turn it around there. I think that's a great thing."
File this one under “operating in the realm of reality.”
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