Knicks Trade Carmelo Anthony To Oklahoma City

NEW YORK, NY — The New York Knicks have agreed to trade Carmelo Anthony to the Oklahoma City Thunder for center Enes Kanter, forward Doug McDermott and a second-round pick in the 2018 draft, according to several outlets, including ESPN and the New York Post.

The deal will be announced Monday, a source told The Post. Anthony, who will join NBA MVP Russell Westbrook and All-Star Paul George, waived his no-trade clause in order to allow the swap.

Anthony, 33, has two years and $54 million left on his contract. OKC will also incur a $27.8 million luxury tax for 2017-18, and its payroll will jump to $134 million, according to ESPN. (For more local news that affects you, sign up here to receive free newsletters and alerts from the New York City Patch.)

As the Post's Marc Berman reports:

This saga began back in January with ousted Phil Jackson deciding he couldn’t win with Anthony, but his no-trade clause prevented the Knicks from making deals. The new regime of Steve Mills and Scott Perry concurred that the club should move on without Anthony and go with youth.

Up until Friday, Anthony was not willing to open his trade list beyond the Rockets, which created a stalemate as the club had no traction on talks with Houston.

Anthony won an NCAA championship with Syracuse in 2002-03, his only year in college, and was drafted by the Denver Nuggets with the third pick in the 2003 draft. He played with the Nuggets until 2011, when he was traded to the Knicks. He is a 10-time NBA All-Star.

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