Peter Vecsey, the once retired sports writer and TV analyst, is back at it with his Patreon website, which has broken a few story for its paying customers. On Sunday, he decided, with the aid of one Billy King, set the record straight on how the Knicks trade for Carmelo Anthony back in 2011 was driven by a competing bid from the Nets.
A number of long time Nets fans will remember the MeloDrama. In 2010-11, after Melo announced he wanted to play somewhere other than Denver, the Knicks and Nets went round and round with the Nuggets and Melo’s agent, Leon Rose.