The Cleveland Cavaliers were hoping to land Carmelo Anthony this offseason, but after trade talks between the two went nowhere, the Cavs were hoping for a buyout.
Anthony was hoping for that two weeks ago as well, but now, he expects the New York Knicks to trade him to the Houston Rockets, according to Ian Begley of ESPN.
"I'm told that Carmelo feels pretty confident that a deal will get done at this point with Houston," Begley said on a SportsCenter appearance. "But the teams to date are nowhere near the finish line because it’s so tough for the Knicks and Rockets to get a deal together one-to-one. So it looks like there’s going to have to be a third team involved. Probably Ryan Anderson is going to have to be moved off to that third team for this deal to happen. Everyone involved wants it to happen."
New York has maintained that they would prefer to trade Anthony instead of buying him out, as he has two-years and $54.2 million left on his contract. New York could simply eat the rest of his salary or use the stretch provision and take a roughly $11 million cap hit over the next five years if they choose to part ways with him.
Anthony averaged 22.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game this past season.
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