So, too, did Carmelo Anthony, Kyle O’Quinn, Courtney Lee, and Brandon Jennings (who knew the Knicks had so many assets?), all of whom were rumored to depart New York via the trade deadline, vociferously so with Melo, who has weathered a relative maelstrom from the club’s president of basketball operations, Phil Jackson.
Around 3:30 on Thursday, reporting live on The Michael Kay Show, ESPN’s Ian Begley, a beat writer for the Knicks on the Worldwide Leader in Sports, told Kay and Don LaGreca that several iterations of a Rose-for-Ricky Rubio were on the table, including (a) Rose for Rubio straight up and (b) Rose and a fringe player for Rubio and a rotation player or a pick.