I'm not going to pretend to know what kind of underwhelming offers the Knicks received for Carmelo Anthony. I just wonder whether or it is at all possible that they decided to go with the underwhelming offer from the man who apparently spent the summer mastering the wizardry required to get teams to accept underwhelming offers solely out of spite. At first I just thought the Rockets simply didn't have enough to give up to get Carmelo, but considering what the Knicks ended up taking? I think I'm inclined to say that a lack of non-laughable return wasn't what kept him out of Houston, but rather some sick and twisted satisfaction that the Knicks got from refusing him his first choice. That might sound crazy considering Melo ended up in situation that is just as good - if not better - for his skill set and championship aspirations, but think about the organization we are talking about here. Is the possibility really that remote that they considered a defensive downgrade from their defensive liability the slightest of moral victories over the man whose no trade clause potentially fried Phil Jackson's brain beyond recognition? If so, then give me a reason that's better than "James Dolan is an insecure little man with an unproportionally-sized ego that refuses to let anyone tell him what to do" for taking on Enes Kanter's contract instead of...well...almost anything the Rockets had to offer.
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