CARMELO ANTHONY RUMORS

When news broke on Friday that Kyrie Irving had requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers, speculation immediately turned to whether Irving would be moved to the New York Knicks for a package that would likely include Carmelo Anthony.It makes sense. The Knicks are one of four teams Irving would prefer to be traded to. Meanwhile, LeBron James had in the past pushed for Cleveland...

Kyrie Irving asking the Cleveland Cavaliers for a trade has raised an interesting question. Where should he go? New York Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis has an apparent idea.A Knicks fan posted a photoshopped picture of Irving with a New York jersey onto Twitter. It drew many likes, including at least one notable person. It’s not as though there’s nothing to the idea. The Knicks...

That sound you hear just might be the sound of the Banana Boat pulling into the Cleveland Cavaliers’ driveway.Ian Begley of ESPN reports on Friday that some within the New York Knicks organization are open to trading Carmelo Anthony and future first-rounders to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Kyrie Irving, who recently asked to be traded. Begley also adds that the Knicks are not willing...

Carmelo Anthony appears to have his mind made up about wanting to be traded to the Houston Rockets, and he is willing to pass on $8 million to make it happen.Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN said on “The Jump” earlier this week that Anthony is willing to waive the $8 million trade kicker in his contract if the New York Knicks and Rockets can agree to a deal.“My sources tell me he’s...

Where will LeBron James play following the 2017-18 season? For multiple reasons, the Los Angeles Lakers have received most of the attention. But speaking on CSN New England, Chris Mannix of The Vertical had a different Western Conference team in mind.Mannix did make it clear that the long talked-about Carmelo Anthony trade must happen first. However, he speculated that if it did...

Could there be a new Banana Boat Crew in the works?While they weren’t floating around and exploring the open seas, we did recently see a number of NBA stars — Carmelo Anthony, Jimmy Butler and Kyrie Irving — get together for a pickup game at a local gym. And the surprising thing was that they were able to keep it under wraps, which we know because not many people were in attendance...

Reports indicate that Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks are still in agreement that his future lies elsewhere.Frank Isola of the New York Daily News reported Tuesday that stories of the Knicks wanting to retain Anthony are “overblown,” and the team still has every intention of trying to finalize a deal with the Houston Rockets to move the star forward.It is said that team...

The New York Knicks may want to pump the brakes on a Carmelo Anthony trade, but the player reportedly wants nothing of it.Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN said in a SportsCenter appearance Tuesday that Anthony has made clear to the Knicks that he wants to be traded to the Houston Rockets and has no interest in re-integrating with his current franchise.“Carmelo Anthony has made it clear...

Even with nemesis Phil Jackson no longer leading the New York Knicks, it appears that future Hall of Fame forward Carmelo Anthony has no interest in returning to the Big Apple. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Anthony himself wants out of dodge. “Carmelo Anthony has made it clear to (the Knicks): I want to go to Houston, I am not interested in talking to you about being...