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Sources: Carmelo Anthony leaning toward leaving Knicks; Bulls, Rockets in
contention

By Adrian Wojnarowski

New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony is leaning toward leaving in pursuit of
immediate championship contention, and awaits the Chicago Bulls and Houston
Rockets to clear the necessary salary-cap space to sign him in free agency,
league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Yahoo Sport得到的消息透露，甜瓜目前傾向離開尼克去追逐總冠軍，他在等公牛和火箭
清出足夠的薪資空間來簽他。

As re-signing with the Knicks continues to fade as his priority, Chicago and
Houston have emerged as the clear frontrunners to acquire Anthony, league
sources told Yahoo Sports.


Anthony's meeting with Knicks officials on Friday night had little impact on
his state of mind, league sources said, because there remain too many
uncertainties about how quickly president Phil Jackson can reshape the team
into a championship contender.

安東尼在本周五與尼克高層的會面對他的心態沒有太大影響，消息人士說，因為禪師能
多快把球隊打造成總冠軍級別的球隊存在太多變數。

Chicago and Houston front-office executives are working diligently on
contingencies to clear the space to sign Anthony outright – or engage
sign-and-trade scenarios with New York, sources said.

公牛和火箭的管理層正在盡力清出薪資空間來直接簽下或通過先簽後換的方式得到甜瓜
，該消息人士說道。

"His heart is in New York," one source familiar with Anthony's thinking told
Yahoo Sports, "but he wants a chance to win now."


Jackson has turned off Anthony with his public proclamations of wanting the
seven-time All-Star forward to take less money to stay with New York, league
sources said.

說道。

Around Anthony and the NBA, there's some doubt about whether Jackson truly
wants to keep him on a five-year, $120 million-plus extension, or simply is
giving the appearance for public relations' sake. Jackson has been somewhat
cavalier in his public declarations of wanting Anthony to stay, and it's been
noticed.



Anthony has said he's willing to take less than the maximum-allowable
contract, but league sources said that involves situations where he can be
shown how his financial concessions can result in the immediate acquisition
or retention of talent. Anthony hasn't expressed interest in taking less for
hypothetical signings in 2015 or '16, as New York wants him to do, sources
said.


Anthony isn't as concerned over a novice head coach in Derek Fisher as he is
a roster barren of assets and talent to move toward contention.

甜瓜不太相信菜鳥教頭Derek Fisher能把尼克帶向有競爭力的球隊。

Anthony, 30, has been intrigued with the chance to join the Bulls for several
months, but Houston has gathered significant momentum as a preferred
destination for him, league sources said.


For Chicago to make its bid for Anthony, it will need to amnesty the contract
of Carlos Boozer and unload forward Taj Gibson and at least one more player.
The Bulls could enjoy an easier path to the NBA Finals than Houston, which
competes in the much stronger Western Conference. Anthony has an affinity for
Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, but ultimately Anthony must also weigh in his
decision the future health of guard Derrick Rose.


Houston has Dwight Howard and James Harden prepared to recruit Anthony as the
third star in a championship chase. The Rockets need to shed the contracts of
Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin to clear most of the space to sign Anthony to a max
contract. Because those players are moving into the expiring year of their
contracts, they could potentially appeal to New York in sign-and-trade
scenarios that would deliver Anthony his full max contract of four years, $90
million-plus.


In trade talks, New York has told teams it doesn't want to take on contracts
beyond the summer of 2015, although Asik, a center, could ultimately be a
player the Knicks would want to sign long-term. There's a market for Asik to
be traded into salary-cap space elsewhere for draft considerations, but
Houston may have to package a draft pick to move Lin.

儘管Asik最終可能是尼克希望長期簽下的球員。Asik在市場上可以交換到選秀權來清出
薪資空間，但要交易林書豪的話火箭也許得搭上個選秀權。


The Rockets have the flexibility to sell Anthony on a full-max contract in
the range of $22 million-$23 million per year, or can offer him the chance to
keep teammates like Chandler Parsons, Patrick Beverley and Terrence Jones on
the roster by accepting less money on the deal. Nevertheless, most scenarios
that would hold the Rockets' nucleus together would still find Anthony with a
starting annually salary in the range of $19 million, league sources said.


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尼克不想要拿到到期時間超過2015年的合約

怎麼辦 我覺得林書豪回歸尼克可能要成真了XD

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