With the new-look Knicks struggling to get into a rhythm, fans cannot help but wonder if Carmelo Anthony would be the answer to their long awaited prayers for success.
Anthony left a three year, $65 million extension with the Nuggets on the table with the plan of exploring other options next summer as a free agent.
Anthony has not been shy about his desires to potentially play elsewhere. His highly preferred destination: New York. He would be the Knicks’ highly most coveted free agent since LeBron James, whom the team unsuccessfully courted this past summer.
Unable to sell LeBron on the bright lights of its big city, the Knicks were snubbed as he chose to join forces with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami.
Fortunately for the Knicks, if Anthony, the local product who played his college ball at Syracuse, chooses to use LeBron’ team selection strategy (of joining forces with serious competitors), it could this time work in the team’s favor, as they now are led by Amare Stoudemire.
However, if the Knicks were trying to sell Anthony on what he could be a part of, should he choose to don the orange and blue, ...
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