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Found February 13, 2012 on NY Daily News:
PLAYERS: Carmelo Anthony,  Dwight Howard
TEAMS: New York Knicks,  Orlando Magic

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A variety of commentators are saying Carmelo Anthony and jeremy Lin won't work, and they are casting Anthony as the villain. Worse still, they made it personal. Anthony was called “selfish” and totally “ego-driven.” One scholar went as far to call Anthony “half-a-moron.” Then, of course, some had Anthony’s ticket punched to Orlando in a deal for Dwight Howard.
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