Carmelo Anthony News

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Over the weekend, rumors surfaced that the New York Knicks were offering a package to the Minnesota Timberwolves for their star player Kevin Love .

After the dismal 2013-14 NBA season, haunted by injuries and off-court problems, New York Knicks owner James Dolan hired 11-time champion coach Phil Jackson as the new team president.

Mar 21, 2014; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo sits on the bench during the fourth quarter of a game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center.

Perhaps a little trite, but I can't help but approach this season for the Knicks with the same hope and imagination that poor old gullible, but so, so affable Lennie does in John Steinbeck's American classic.

Knicks, star forward Carmelo Anthony defended his decision in returning to the Big Apple saying that he just wants to win and doesn't really care about the contract.

George Acker, a 1946 Dixon High School graduate who died in 2011, will have center court at Stow Stadium on the campus Kalamazoo College named after him.

Here's another argument for why there may be too much time to fill on sports television.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the New York Knicks recently attempted to trade for Kevin Love , offering young prospects and Amar'e Stoudemire 's huge expiring contract.

You know, long before Carmelo Anthony trundled into our midst in the fall of 2002, Syracuse University won the national basketball championship.

Two weeks ago, Anthony agreed to a new contract with the Knicks worth $124 million over five years.

This is what Carmelo Anthony did: Signed a five-year contract worth $124 million, one year and $33 million more than any other team could have offered, to stay with the New York Knicks, who missed the playoffs at 37-45 last season.

With the Knicks re-signing Carmelo Anthony , they have put all their eggs into the 2015 basket.

Sometimes it's the weather. Sometimes it's the scenery. Sometimes it's the nightlife or the endorsement potential or spouse-and-family priorities.

When Carmelo Anthony decided to stay with the New York Knicks instead of signing with the Chicago Bulls , it was deemed a "failure" on the part of the latter's front office.

It was No. 17 that Lin wore in his breakout season with the New York Knicks. In the lockout shortened 2011-12 season, he went from relative unknown to phenom.

New York Knicks first-year head coach Derek Fisher will have some difficult personnel decisions to make for the 2014-15 season, beginning with his starting lineup.

Here is our regular look around the NBA - links to stories worth reading and notes to check out - done in bullet point form.

No, it's not the famed triangle offense head coach Derek Fisher and team president Phil Jackson began implementing during summer league play.

Gareth Bale and his Real Madrid team-mates were just a little star struck as NBA star Carmelo Anthony paid them a visit in Los Angeles.