New York Knicks Hestitant to Start Kristaps Porzingis Right Away

Anthony is in the second year of a five-year, $124-million contract. They won a franchise-worst 17 games last season, and they struck out on all the big-name free agents on the market this summer. If he does that, then Carmelo Anthony can at least play at a high level while his Knicks continue to search for relevance.

The Knicks could also decide to go with Kyle O’Quinn or Carmelo Anthony at the four, but hopefully we will get a few clarity at the position soon. “I don’t even come across my mind at this point”.

“Hell no”, Anthony told the New York Daily News when asked whether he’d consider a trade. After the season, Anthony admitted he briefly “second-guessed” his decision to re-sign last winter before Jackson set him straight during a London dinner in January. Anthony has denied it, saying on several occasions that he’s excited about Porzingis. Should that end up happening, Anthony insists it won’t be per his request. The biggest question mark could be the point guard spot.

“There’s a long list (of rumors)”. (Me being upset with Knicks drafting Porzingis) was one, me waiving my trade clause was two, me not wanting to be here is three. Since he has a no-trade clause, he can disapprove any trade involving him. “Though I’m cleared to play and had no setbacks, I’m still continuing to rehab every day”. I was in everybody’s trade this offseason, so after a while, at first it’s like, ‘OK, I know it’s not true, it’s stupid’. Then after a while it just kind of gets annoying. You gotta walk around and gotta hear people fans are asking me. “Whether you’re with your family, or whether you’re downtown, it starts getting overwhelming at times”. With the right team around him, Melo can carry any squad into the playoffs and compete for a title, but the Knicks are not the right team. Anthony said that was what he envisioned.

Team is going through a rebuilding project – The Knicks, even though they have Carmelo Anthony still on the team, are clearly rebuilding. “I knew the direction the team was going in already based off conversations we had previous to the draft”. “So it wasn’t about the draft pick”. I already knew the vision and the plan.

“This is part of the plan, ” Anthony added. So to see the plan coming to fruition is a good thing. Just every day it was another team that I was going to be traded to.

Citing MovieNewsGuide.com, the recent from the rumor mill tells of a trading plan that would solidify Phil Jackson’s, the NY Knicks president, resolution to enter the new season with a totally renewed line-up.