Its finally over after being the 3rd overall pick and spending 7.5 years in Denver the Nuggets finally dealt the disgruntle SF to the Knicks to play in the most overrated stadium in the league (Madison Square Garden). The Knicks gave the Nuggets a pretty penny as well as they parted with Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov and a 2014 first-round draft pick to the Nuggets, who would get additional picks and cash, the sources said. Along with Anthony, New York would acquire Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams, Anthony Carter and Renaldo Balkman.
In a second deal New York will send Anthony Randolph and Eddy Curry to Minnesota as part of the deal in exchange for Corey Brewer.
So once the dust settles the Knicks starting line up will be Billups, Landry Fields, Carmelo, Amare, and Ronnie Turiaf with Toney Douglas, Corey Brewer and Bill Walker coming off the bench. A decent team, but nothing thats going to win a championship this year. This is a 2 or 3 year rebuilding phase that the Knicks have to deal with. They are competitive enough to make the play offs and Melo should have an easy time transitioning into Mike D'Antoni's system as he doesn't play much defense either.
I think the Knicks gave up a lot, but like I said last week they needed to do this. This will make the missing out on LeBron pain go away and instantly make them a much more credible team then a .500 ball club. I do think they need to get a more defensive minded coach because the D'Antoni system will not work, but this move was great. Anyone who says they gave up too much is an idiot.
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