New York Knicks president Steve Mills maintains the team will not buy out the contract of star forward Carmelo Anthony and could consider a future with him as part of the team moving forward, according to ESPN's Ian Begley.
Anthony still has two years and a beefy $54.1 million left in his contract, which is protected by a no-trade clause — proving to be the ultimate impediment for his departure.
The Knicks and the Houston Rockets have been working on a blockbuster trade for the past weeks despite sitting on two completely different ends of the spectrum.
The Houston front office has been utterly aggressive, netting All-Star point guard Chris Paul and bolstering the team with quality free agent acquisitions to get the team a peg ahead in the Western Conference in hopes to compete for a title.
New York on the other hand, has fired its generously paid former president Phil Jackson, assigning Mills as his replacement and recently hiring former Sacramento Kings vice president Scott Perry last week. New York has only made two free agent acquisitions this summer, shooting guard Tim Hardaway Jr. in a four-year, $71 million deal, and Ron Baker in a two-year, $8.9 million sum.
Despite the vast contrast between the two teams, the interest remained the same for both parties, reportedly ceasing talks of a potential trade after the arrival of Perry in the organization.
The Rockets' signing of Luc Mbah a Moute could have been a safeguard deal after the Knicks reportedly took Anthony off the trade block, but Mills remains intend that the organization would be willing to trade him if the opportunity arises, per Begley.
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