Knicks Trade Rumors: Three Carmelo Anthony Trade Proposals
By Jared Wolff
1) ‘Melo Heads West
Clippers Receive: Carmelo Anthony
Knicks Receive: Blake Griffin, Wesley Johnson
The Los Angeles Clippers are one of the teams that Carmelo Anthony would reportedly accept a trade to. The Clippers are 28-14 and a real contender in the Western Conference.
The trade would allow Anthony to contend and play with close friend Chris Paul. The team has managed to win without Blake Griffin, who has been out since the middle of December with an injury.
This is the second straight season the Clippers have had to deal with Blake Griffin missing extended time due to injury.
Even with that, why would the Clippers trade a 27-year-old star in his prime for a 32-year-old star on the decline?
Blake Griffin can become a free agent during the summer of 2017 and speculation exists that he’ll leave Los Angeles. A popular rumor is that Griffin, who’s from Oklahoma and played college basketball at the University of Oklahoma, will sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Going to the Thunder would allow him to team up with Russell Westbrook and go home at the same time.
The Clippers do the trade for Anthony if they think Griffin is going to walk. Wesley Johnson is a throw-in to allow the salaries to work. The trade allows the Knicks to pair Blake Griffin with Kristaps Porzingis and have a duo that can recruit free agents and terrorize the Eastern Conference for years to come.
As previously alluded to, however, it’s unlikely that the Clippers would accept this trade proposal.