Knicks Morning News (2017.01.27)

Westbrook, the N.B.A.’s leading scorer, will join his former Thunder teammate Kevin Durant on the West team, while Gordon Hayward, DeAndre Jordan and Kemba Walker will make their All-Star debuts.

Rondo, the Chicago Bulls guard, fired back at Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler in an Instagram post the day after they had criticized younger members of the team.

Anthony was denied the small respite he is usually afforded from his struggling team. And the talk was heating up that he may be playing elsewhere.

Knicks F Carmelo Anthony was not named to the list of Eastern Conference reserves for the NBA All-Star Game announced Thursday by the league, ending Anthony’s string of seven consecutive appearances.

The Knicks are ‘determined’ to trade Carmelo Anthony prior to the Feb. 23 deadline and have reached out to the Celtics and Clippers, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical.

Anthony Donahue and Moke Hamilton are ready for the Knicks to trade Carmelo Anthony. The guys discuss where Melo could be headed and what they would receive in return. Later, Ant and Moke get into the issues surrounding Kristaps Porzingis.

Point guards Derrick Rose and Brandon Jennings struggled on Wednesday night as the Knicks lost to the Mavericks, 103-95, in Dallas.

Marc Malusis and Jon Hein debate what the Knicks should do with Derrick Rose.

Phil Jackson continues to try to find a new home for Carmelo Anthony.

For the first time in eight years, Carmelo Anthony will not be playing in the NBA All-Star Game.

Debating NBA All-Star snubs and future picks

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Carmelo Anthony’s seven-year All-Star streak snapped

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Al Harrington has been a longtime friend of Carmelo Anthony, his former teammate in Denver. Despite Knicks president Phil Jackson stepping up the urgency to seek a trade, Harrington said he still doesn’t see Anthony waiving his no-trade clause. “The fact he loves New York so much, I think he probably stays for the rest…

The momentum is tangible now, seemingly unstoppable. The Knicks and Carmelo Anthony are steaming toward a divorce that, for years, seemed almost as inevitable as Brad and Angelina’s, and every bit as complicated. Hard feelings abound now, and things only promise to get uglier between now and exile. That’s how these things go. But Phil…

Can the Gotham Ballers beat the Knicks? Former Knick Al Harrington won’t go that far, but thinks the new Champions Basketball League product will serve as summer itch for NBA-starved fans. The concept of the upstart 16-team semi-pro league to debut in July has changed over the past year. Instead of dawning as an over-30…

Carmelo Anthony received another blow to the ego Thursday night. He won’t be going to All-Star Weekend for the first time since 2008-2009. Anthony was passed over when the seven Eastern Conference reserves for next month’s game in New Orleans were announced Thursday night — left off a list that included four guards and three…

From LeBron James in Cleveland to Chris Paul in Los Angeles, Knicks president Phil Jackson is working in earnest to find a new home Carmelo Anthony would approve of. A source confirmed the Knicks contacted the Clippers about an Anthony trade, but any deal would have great complexity because Blake Griffin can’t be on the…

When the All Star reserves were announced Thursday it was like another punch to the gut for Carmelo Anthony.

It’s a good thing they brought the team psychiatrist on their latest road trip.

Thursday night provided a hint of Carmelo Anthony’s trade value: the NBA coaches do not view him as an All-Star.

Three teams that Phil Jackson contacted to try to shed Melo — that we know of — are the logical suspects: Cavs, Clippers & Celtics.

The Knicks reportedly tried to ship Carmelo Anthony to cities other than Cleveland.