In a forthcoming documentary, Carmelo Anthony made it clear that even though he met with the Bulls, Rockets, Mavs and Lakers in addition to the Knicks this summer, his final decision was between New York and Chicago. ‘Melo’s camp concluded that they’d need to have the Knicks sign-and-trade him to Chicago for him to end up on the Bulls with a max deal and his manager says that the Bulls could only offer a $74MM deal otherwise. More from the week that was..
- The Cavs, Wizards, Bulls, and Spurs are among the teams interested in Ray Allen. The Cavs appear to be the frontrunners.
- Hawks GM Danny Ferry doesn’t believe it’s possible that he’d return to his job under new ownership.
- The Lakers were granted a disabled player exception in response to Steve Nash‘s season-ending injury.
- The Lakers are looking to add Earl Clark to replace Xavier Henry. Henry’s season appears to be over thanks to an Achilles tear.
- The Wolves signed Jeff Adrien.
- The Rockets have interest in Al Harrington after he left his Chinese club.
- There was talk that the Jazz were interested in Andrei Kirilenko, but that might not be the case. Meanwhile, we might not see a deal take place for a while as the forward tends to a family matter.
- The Pacers waived guard A.J. Price.
- The Thunder waived Sebastian Telfair rather than dumping Ish Smith.
- The Sixers and Furkan Aldemir are discussing a deal. Aldemir left his Turkish club earlier in the week.
- James Nunnally is set to sign with Israel’s Maccabi Ashdod.
- Dexter Pittman signed with a Turkish club.
- The Heat signed Hassan Whiteside and said goodbye to Shannon Brown.
- Jordan Hamilton is headed to the D-League.
The Lakers have neither signed Clark nor waived Henry yet.
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