All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony has finally been traded to the New York Knicks after months of talk and speculation.
The trade was a 3-team deal between the Knicks, the Denver Nuggets, and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Knicks get: Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams, Anthony Carter, and Renaldo Balkman.
Many people are saying that the Knicks might have given up too much, but here are 7 key points that show that the Knicks have made a decent trade.
1. They got the best player in the trade, Carmelo Anthony, and that will probably inspire Chris Paul to join the Knicks after his contract with the Hornets runs out.
2. The Knicks had expressed interest in getting a back-up center and a back-up point guard and center Shelden Williams and point guard Anthony Carter can fill that void.
3. They lost Danilo Gallinari, but Carmelo Anthony will more than make up for that.
4. Chauncey Billups is aging and isn't as good as Raymond Felton, but he'll probably only be starting until the Knicks hopefully get Chris Paul and there is one thing Billups has that Felton doesn't: a championship ring. And that's what the Knicks want.
5. Corey Brewer came out of nowhere and is now joining the Knicks. He will help soften the blow now that Wilson Chandler is a Nugget.
6. The Knicks finally got rid of overpaid center Eddy Curry and Anthony Randolph, who they weren't even using.
7. The Knicks also got an extra player in the trade, an X-Factor, or kicker, you could say. Renaldo Balkman is returning to the Knicks! Balkman averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds in his 2-year stint with the Knicks who drafted him in 2006.
