Report: Carmelo would’ve allowed Knicks to trade him to Blazers if no deal with select 3 teams

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    Carmelo Anthony spent most of the offseason saying he’d waive his no-trade clause for only the Rockets.

    But as training camp neared and Anthony faced returning to the Knicks, he expanded his list to include the Thunder and Cavaliers.


    Just how badly did Anthony want to leave the Knicks?

    Marc Berman of the New York Post:

    Sources say Anthony would have allowed the Knicks to deal him to Portland if the Knicks struck out with the other three.​

    Apparently, the Trail Blazers’ recruitment almost worked. Of course, the Knicks traded Anthony to Oklahoma City. But this report raises a couple questions:

    How many teams would have Anthony approved in a trade? He obviously preferred to leave the Knicks, but he also had reasons to stay in New York. We now know Anthony preferred at least four teams to the Knicks, but how long is that list? Twenty-nine teams?

    Did the Knicks err by sending Anthony to Oklahoma City? Maybe the Trail Blazers would’ve never beaten the Thunder’s offer (the Bulls’ 2018 second-round pick, Enes Kanter and Doug McDermott). But if New York had played hardball, it could have at least brought Portland into a bidding war.

    https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/report-carmelo-anthony-ve-allowed-032552927.html
     
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    At least we got to keep Harkless...
     
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    By keeping Harkless?
     
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    Harkless may never be the answer at SF, but neither would Carmelo at this stage of his career.
     
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    The Melo-Drama never ends.

    And the article makes it sound like Portland is some sort of barometer for how desperately Melo wanted off the Knicks. Sheesh!
    How badly did Anthony want off the Knicks? So badly, that he would've willingly gone to Portland. OMG!
     
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    Not really I would still love to have Melo over Harkless. Melo would hit wide open 3s all day that he would have gotten being a starter with us. Harkless is trash
     
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    He would have to make a lot of threes to make up for his trash defense. It’s not an either or situation. The Blazers need to upgrade their SF talent, but Carmelo would have just been a short term expensive patch, not a long term fix.
     
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    We still need him, even more than in August.
     
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    I felt at the time that Knicks could get deal for Harkless if they wanted. It was between him and Kanter and they took Kanter. We'd be better than we are now if we had Melo instead of Harkless. Sucks it didn't work out.
     
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    Eh, I think on our team I'd prefer a healthy Aminu over Carmello, just for fit and lack of drama. If Chief doesn't get injured he's our starting SF right now, and I think we'd have a significantly better record.
     
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    I'm so done with this Melodrama...nothing good has come of it. We didn't get Melo which us maybe a good thing, but now Harkless is pouting because he didn't get traded to New York and won't put any effort in for us.
     
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