The New York Knicks are expected to meet with free-agent Carmelo Anthony in Los Angeles on Thursday after he spent more than two hours with the Los Angeles Lakers earlier in the day, sources told ESPN.com. The Lakers contingent was originally supposed to include star Kobe Bryant, but the guard was not present because the time of the meeting was moved and Bryant was not able to make it back to California from a European vacation in time, sources told ESPN.com's Ramona Shelburne. Anthony left the Lakers' practice facility after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting to hear their pitch as to why he is the right man to become the next face of the franchise but declined to comment on the meeting. Bryant intends to meet with Anthony after the star forward's meeting with the Knicks, a league source tells ESPN.com. Read more http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/11173392/new-york-knicks-meet-carmelo-anthony-la
