Carmelo Anthony

Paul George. Kobe Bryant. Future teammates? Don’t hold your breath. The Indiana Pacers superstar is slated to become a restricted free agent next summer, when the Los Angeles Lakers will have a ton of cap space. See where I’m going with this? Not very far actually. Players like George don’t often make it to restricted [...]

For Kobe Bryant, less is never more. Still working his way back from a ruptured Achilles injury and facing the prospect of leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a lottery berth once he does, one would expect the importance of next summer to resonate with the Black Mamba. Steve Nash is the only player on [...]

Carmelo Anthony is right. And he’s wrong. All at once. According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, ‘Melo wanted the Knicks to trade for Rajon Rondo after the Boston Celtics dealt future Hall of Famers Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce: Anthony told friends after the Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce trade to the [...]

The New York Knicks should be afraid. Very afraid. Carmelo Anthony, the lone superstar on the Knicks’ roster can become an unrestricted free agent next summer, an opportunity he will likely seize. Then 30, this will be ‘Melo’s first chance to explore free agency, and he’s not going to pass it up. He’ll join a [...]

J.R. Smith now has more than 24 million reasons to smile. The New York Knicks re-signed two key cogs in their close-to-a-championship machine, in Smith and Pablo Prigioni. According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, Smith’s deal is worth a reported $24.7 million over the next four years. The fourth year, per Howard [...]

New York Knicks mega star Carmelo Anthony doesn’t expect to have surgery on his injured shoulder. Per Mike Mazzeo and Jared Zwerling of ESPNNewYork.com, ‘Melo doesn’t believe he’ll need to go under the knife to repair a partially torn labrum in his left shoulder: New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony told reporters that he does [...]

As if the New York Knicks weren’t in a bad enough position this offseason. Already faced with the prospect of losing J.R. Smith in free agency, the Knicks reportedly are going to have some heavy competition for rookie sensation Chris Copeland. But a team that could make a hard push J.R. Smith is the Suns, [...]

Chris Paul was never going to join Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks. Never, ever. Now that Doc Rivers has joined the Los Angeles Clippers, we can finally accept that. The Boston Celtics agreed to part ways with their long-time head coach in exchange for an unprotected first-round draft pick from the Clippers in [...]

Paul Pierce is LeBron James’ greatest nemesis. You might have expected Kobe Bryant to secure that title. Or Kevin Durant. Maybe even Carmelo Anthony would have made your list. Those are the players most often associated with James; those are the players who he is compared to most. Speaking with Ahmad Rashad of NBA TV, [...]

Could Nate Robinson and the New York Knicks be destined for a reunion? Robinson won’t rule it out. According to Jared Zwerling of ESPNNewYork.com, though Robinson’s first choice would be to return to the Chicago Bulls, he would welcome the opportunity to return to the Big Apple: Nate Robinson, who will be an unrestricted free [...]