Bleacher Report · Jun 28, 2015
Are New York Knicks Preparing for Long-Term Future Without Carmelo Anthony?
There's a prevailing belief that NBA players need to go to memorable franchises to maximize the effect of their legacies. That strategy may not have worked for Carmelo Anthony.
The talk with big-name free agents every year is that they want to head to large markets to expand their basketball reach. But Anthony's situation with the New York Knicks has quickly become dreary.
It's more awkward than anything else. The Knicks clearly thought they were better than they actually were heading into last year when they signed Anthony to a five-year, $124 million contract.
