The New York Knicks have made their pitch for Carmelo Anthony. And that's as far as they're going to go, according to a report in Newsday. "We're not going any further now," a source told Newsday. "It's out of our hands." The Nuggets now have to decide if they take the Knicks' current deal, which has them prepared to surrender the likes of Danilo Gallinari and Raymond Felton along with Wilson Chandler in a trade package for Anthony, according to sources, or if they continue to try to make a deal with the New Jersey Nets. Anthony met with the Nets late Saturday afternoon at a Los Angeles-area restaurant, according to sources briefed on the discussion. Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov and minority owner Jay-Z spent the 40-minute session informing Anthony of the club's short-term and long-term vision, centered upon the Nets' scheduled move to Brooklyn for the start of the 2012-13 season and their confidence in building a championship-caliber team around him, largely through free agency. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/news/story?id=6141981
There's a rumor that the Nets and Nuggets have agreed upon a deal, and it just needs Carmelo's approval. Supposedly it has Favors, Murphy, Harris, and 4 draft picks going to Denver in return for a re-signed Melo. One of the picks belongs to NJ, and the other 3 were acquired in trade, and will probably be much lower. As a Bulls fan, I'd hope Melo agrees to that deal. I'm not sure it really makes either team that much better, and it'll mean the Knicks don't get a Valentine from Carmelo in the offseason.
