The New York Knicks have offered Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Wilson Chandler and a first-round pick to the Denver Nuggets in a potential Carmelo Anthony trade, according to Howard Beck and Jonathan Abrams of the New York Times, who cite a team executive involved in the talks. The package is a player short of a reported Nuggets offer from last week, which also included rookie Landry Fields.
Carmelo Anthony Trade Offer From Knicks Includes Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Says Report
Chauncey Billups would also be sent to the Knicks in such a trade, if the Nuggets accept it. It would give the Knicks the star many believe they need to team up with Amar'e Stoudemire. If Billups is waived this summer, only $3.7 million of his contract will count against the cap in 2011-12. After such a trade, and assuming the Knicks unload Anthony Randolph as expected, New York would have $50 million of salary locked up for the 2011-12 season, which, depending on how collective bargaining shakes out, could allow the Knicks to add a player of Felton's caliber next offseason.
The Nuggets are reportedly still working to get 'Melo to consent to a trade to the New Jersey Nets, who have offered Derrick Favors, Devin Harris and up to four first-round picks. That trade would seem to be more amenable to the Nets, though Gallinari might be the best player on the table (though Favors and the Nets' high first-round pick have more potential). But if 'Melo won't consent to a trade to New Jersey by signing a contract extension, it's all moot.
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