LAS VEGAS - After recruiting LaMarcus Aldridge over the summer, Carmelo Anthony felt the Knicks had "a big chance" to land an All-Star running mate and one of the top free agents.
But the Knicks forward learned only recently, through a conversation with Aldridge at Team USA training camp, why a meeting never happened: as the Daily News reported, New York wanted Aldridge to play the unfamiliar position of center to free up minutes at power forward for rookie Kristaps Porzingis.
"I didn't know that. When he told me that, I didn't know that. I took my headband and threw it across.