Houston Rockets: Why Carmelo Anthony will join team before camp

The Houston Rockets are at it again with the New York Knicks to land Carmelo Anthony, hopefully before the start of training camp.

This ongoing rumor in regard to the Houston Rockets pining for Carmelo Anthony services continues to have legs despite us being more than a month into the free agency season. But it’s not just us — Melo wants to be here and has apportioned his no-trade clause to only include us as the only team he could be traded to.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported earlier today that talks between both teams have resumed after a stalemate had occurred while determining who’d be the third team to take on Ryan Anderson‘s over-inflated salary of $60 million over the next three seasons. That still continues to be the sticking point in negotiations. Any deal involving the movement of Anthony will have Anderson as an important variable to it.

And hence the reason as to why things have moving as slow as of molasses as of late. But you know what? This situation is playing right into the Houston Rockets as time goes on because the Knicks are going to get desperate as they edge closer to the season. Scott Perry, the general manager of the Knicks, has made a push for Melo to stay but with his refusal to acquiesce, a deal will have to be done.

Woj points out that the Knicks plan is to get younger and build around Kristaps Porzingis and Tim Hardaway, Jr. and that Anthony would impede on that notion. So with all of these variables mentioned, the Knicks are going to get desperate as time moves on because they know the inevitable will happen. Melo will opt-out after this upcoming season to become a free agent and the Knicks will get absolutely nothing in return.

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That’s why it’s prudent for those Knickerbockers to go on and trade him now so that way they get a quality return to help their team rebuild. I think the 28-year-old Anderson is great candidate because although his defense is less than desired, his marksmanship from behind-the-arc is second to none. And they’ll want Clint Capela but the Rockets won’t be that foolish to give him up. Capela is a new-age center that has all the tools to survive in today’s NBA. Did I mention he can block shots with both hands?

That should be enough to not include him in any swap with multiple teams. As the clock ticks, so does the tension in the front office building up like a pressure cooker, it will be a matter of time before the lid pops. Perry will pick up the phone with clammy hands to strike a deal with Daryl Morey with some give and take. Trust me — there will be more giving by the Knicks than taking.

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And that’s why Melo will be in Rockets red at the start of training camp and all of us will be happy. Now for this to happen, it’s going to take a lot of ingenuity, a little luck, sprinkled with hope in heavy doses which is the perfect recipe for a blockbuster deal like this one.

See you in H-Town Melo — I’m calling it right now.

Go Rockets.

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