On the 2011 commerce deadline, the New York Knicks have been capable of land the franchise participant they’d coveted for years in Carmelo Anthony in a significant deal.
The deal included Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman, Shelden Williams and Raymond Felton getting despatched to New York from the Denver Nuggets, who acquired again Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov, a 2012 second-rounder, a 2013 second-rounder and a 2014 first-round decide, amongst different filler.
Within the deal, the Knicks have been capable of land an All-NBA-level performer in Anthony, who carried out magnificently the remainder of that season, averaging 26.3 factors and 6.0 rebounds for the remainder of that marketing campaign, one who helped information them to the playoffs that 12 months and for the three seasons after that.
With that mentioned, Anthony was turning into a free agent the next offseason and made clear his intentions to hitch the Knicks, and but New York nonetheless gave away a ton for him. What’s extra, Anthony was by no means capable of take the Knicks to very large heights, profitable only one playoff collection with the crew, making how costly the commerce was for New York look not nice in hindsight.
Nonetheless, Anthony is an all-timer so anytime a participant of that caliber will get dealt on the deadline, it’s nonetheless an enormous deal.