A week to go until preseason and the Knicks have finally made a move to send Carmelo Anthony to the Thunder
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Carmelo Anthony has finally been traded after what feels like the entire offseason being on the "about to be traded" spot. He has been traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Enes Kanter, Doug McDermott, and a second-round pick. This move makes the already overstacked West even stronger and I feel that this is starting to become bad for the competition level in the NBA and may result in the East losing interest altogether. The Thunder now have a really strong big three that will most likely cause many problems for opponents this upcoming season.
As is almost always the case, the team that loses their star loses the trade and in this case, it is all too true. The Knicks, in my opinion, got fleeced in this trade but that may also be because they themselves devalued their star to such an extent. This leaves the Thunder with a very strong big three of Russell Westbrook, Paul Goerge and Carmelo Anthony while the Knicks didn't even receive a young talent or a first-round pick. Enes Kanter is by no means a scrub but he is far below the skill level as someone with the resume of on Carmelo Anthony.
I am certainly very saddened by this trade as I am a Knicks fan, less and less every day! Carmelo Anthony has done the Knicks proud and it is sad to see him and his career pay for the mistakes of Phil Jackson. I am a huge Carmelo Anthony fan and I hope the man gets his chip one day but for now, the Knicks are in a desperate situation and this trade has in my opinion maybe just made things worse. As a Knicks fan, it pains me to see him go and especially the way he has been treated. The Knicks devalued him and now have not even received a first-round pick.
