Written by Ian Beagly at ESPN.com
Carmelo Anthony knows there is a possibility the Knicks could again look to trade him this offseason.
“They might,” he said after the Knicks’ season finale Wednesday. “They might.”
New York spoke to multiple teams about trades involving Anthony before the February trade deadline, and Anthony said Wednesday that he had seriously considered waiving his no-trade clause before the deadline.
“There was a point in time when I didn’t think I would be back here,” he said.
Anthony will meet with Knicks president Phil Jackson, general manager Steve Mills and coach Jeff Hornacek on Thursday to discuss his future as part of traditional player exit meetings.
Anthony said he would “love” to remain in New York but wants to make sure the club is committed to winning next season. The Knicks have lost at least 50 games in each of the past three seasons and might choose to rebuild the roster around Kristaps Porzingis rather than trying to win immediately with veteran imports, as they did this season.
“If everybody’s committed to [winning], I’m committed to that too,” Anthony said. “I want to win, and hopefully everybody else has that same type of mindset.”
Anthony scored 17 points in 23 minutes in New York’s season-ending win over the Philadelphia 76ers and said afterward he wasn’t sure if it was his final game as a Knick.
“To be honest with you, I don’t know. I’ll know more in the upcoming weeks or so,” Anthony said. “I’m pretty sure the organization has an idea, a thought of what they want to do, how they want to do it. But at this point, it’s all on me.”
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