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Carmelo Anthony's camp has tried to engage the New York Knicks on buyout talks.

While Anthony has preferred to remain with the Knicks, he's open to a buyout that could lead him to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Knicks have so far resisted the idea of a buyout with Anthony.

Phil Jackson has publicly appealed to Anthony to waive his no-trade clause.

Via Marc Stein/ESPN

Knox wrote:Good Work Phil!

digitaldropoff wrote:

Knox wrote:Good Work Phil!

Says no one ever (in his time as a FO guy)

Revived wrote:If Melo wants to leave too then why doesn't he waive his NTC rather than trying to do buyouts?

Sam195 wrote:I'm disgusted by Phil's actions but also by melo playing the victim card. They deserve each other. Melo forced a trade from Denver to Knicks when he could have signed as a ufa the following summer. The trade allowed than Nuggets GM Masai Ujiri to fleece the knicks of quality players and picks. Melo forced the trade for his own self interests - he wanted to sign a max extension with knicks before the lockout so he could cash in on his signing bonus that would not have been prorated like his earnings for the season that involved a work stoppage. This was leaked back in 2011 but people forget to bring this up now cause Melo isn't one of the top guys in the league anymore and the NY media likes hating on Phil and Dolan more than the Knicks players who are under performing aside from a few young guns like KP and Gomez. Now Melo wants a buyout and knicks will have nothing to show for the lost assets other than a bunch of under performing seasons including ones where knicks didn't even make playoffs.

Bentley1225 wrote:Id expect the Knicks and Carmelo are waiting until mid to latter part of July once the blue chip free agents are signed and Melo has an idea where he wants to go if he revises a no-trade list.

HarthorneWingo wrote:Yes, Phil did a bad job by re-signing Melo and given him both the trade kicker and the NTC. I guess he thought that Melo would think like most other players and actually want to play for a winning team, if things didn't work out in NY. WRONG. If I'm Phil, I'm not giving in to Melo anymore. Either he waives the NTC or he can rot at the end of the bench. Screw him.

Nutty Nats Fan wrote:

Sam195 wrote:I'm disgusted by Phil's actions but also by melo playing the victim card. They deserve each other. Melo forced a trade from Denver to Knicks when he could have signed as a ufa the following summer. The trade allowed than Nuggets GM Masai Ujiri to fleece the knicks of quality players and picks. Melo forced the trade for his own self interests - he wanted to sign a max extension with knicks before the lockout so he could cash in on his signing bonus that would not have been prorated like his earnings for the season that involved a work stoppage. This was leaked back in 2011 but people forget to bring this up now cause Melo isn't one of the top guys in the league anymore and the NY media likes hating on Phil and Dolan more than the Knicks players who are under performing aside from a few young guns like KP and Gomez. Now Melo wants a buyout and knicks will have nothing to show for the lost assets other than a bunch of under performing seasons including ones where knicks didn't even make playoffs.

Dude, why try and re-write history.

Melo wanted to have an extension signed before the unknowns of a lockout and new CBA. He thought he was going to be traded to the Nets at one point and was going to extend there. Blaming Melo for the Knicks FO being fleeced is idiotic. If what you are saying is true, and Melo was forcing his way to NY, then Ujiri would not have been able to get nearly as much as he did or NY's FO was that stupid... which is possible too.

deeps6x wrote:Just trade him into the Kings capspace and be done with it. Oh wait, you can't do that because you gave him a no-trade clause. Tell him you'll trade him to Brooklyn. Then he doesn't have to move (and you can screw with Boston).

deeps6x wrote:Just trade him into the Kings capspace and be done with it. Oh wait, you can't do that because you gave him a no-trade clause. Tell him you'll trade him to Brooklyn. Then he doesn't have to move (and you can screw with Boston).