Knicks Morning News (2017.07.14)

Sources: Knicks put Melo trade talks on hold

Sources: Rose, Bucks to set up 2nd meeting

Sources: Knicks to install Kings’ Perry as GM

Interesting day for the Knicks, Thursday. First, they went and hired themselves an actual general manager with actual chops, with a proven acumen to do the job and a résumé to strongly suggest he can do it well. How surprising was this? A text message arrived late Thursday night from an old friend of Scott…

It looks like the Knicks are on the 2-yard line with Carmelo Anthony trade talks — with 98 yards to go. According to a source close to trade talks with the Rockets, the Knicks, with no deal on the table with Houston that makes sense, are hitting the reset button, regrouping and have stalled talks…

Scott Perry, the Sacramento Kings’ vice president of basketball operations, has agreed to become the Knicks general manager — the No. 2 job in the front office under acting president Steve Mills. Perry agreed to a deal with the Knicks after meeting with Mills on Thursday, an NBA source confirmed. As The Post has reported,…

Former Knicks coach and current NBA TV analyst Stu Jackson talks to The Post’s Howie Kussoy about a potential Carmelo Anthony trade, Phil Jackson’s departure and the winners in free agency. Q: If Anthony ends up on the Rockets, how would he fit with two other superstars — James Harden and Chris Paul — who…

Steve Mills has found the person to help him work through the Carmelo Anthony situation and assist with future Knicks personnel decisions. Longtime NBA executive Scott Perry reached an agreement Thursday to become the Knicks’ general manager, a league source confirmed.

DeMarcus Cousins of the New Orleans Pelicans, Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors and Kristaps Porzingis of the New York Knicks will play for Team World in the NBA Africa Game.

Perry is coming after just a few months in Sacramento, and Steve Mills will take over the president role vacated by the departure of Phil Jackson.

Shockingly, the Knicks are going outside the Garden with their GM hire.

One NBA executive said Scott Perry is “a good hire for the Knicks. I’m surprised they would do it.”

Two Knicks players will enjoy a brief vacation from the Melo-drama this summer.

The Knicks have stopped trade talks with the Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers regarding Carmelo Anthony, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne.

The team met with Sacramento Kings vice president of basketball operations Scott Perry on Wednesday and were discussing parameters to make him the new GM.

ESPYs host, future Hall of Fame QB Peyton Manning, took some shots at the Knicks in his monologue Wednesday night.

Kristaps Porzingis and Courtney Lee will both suit up for Team World in the second-ever NBA Africa Game, the league announced.

The Knicks are one of four teams interested in acquiring Shabazz Muhammad, reports Marc J. Spears of ESPN.

The NBA has accepted recommendations from the competition committee to improve the speed of the game, the league announced Wednesday.