Melo has a chip on his shoulder...

Carmelo Anthony put up a 27-10-1 stat line in his first game on the NY Knicks. Not a bad debut.
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Amar'e Stoudemire, put up a 19-5-4 stat line in his first game with Carmelo Anthony.
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I don't think this indicitave of the future of the Knicks as much as I think it is indicitive of the IMMEDIATE future of the Knicks.
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I think that Melo is happy to be where he (and more importantly, his wife) wanted to be all along and for the next two weeks, Melo goes on a scoring tear. Orlando, Miami and Boston had better look out.
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Melo isn't the best player in the NBA, but he's one of the best scorers. And he's got a chip on his shoulder now. This is a guy who has carried a team to a Championship before (I know, it was in college).
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But if Amar'e accepts the 1A role and Chauncy Billups can put up 21-8-6 consistantly...Well this is a team I can watch.

Melo is FINALLY on the Knicks...

All I have to say is: It is about fucking time.
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I'd like to thank Carmelo Anthony, the Denver Nuggets franchise, the New York Knicks and yes, even James Dolan, for finally putting me out of my misery and completing the trade that nobody would shut the fuck up about since last July.
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So now that they've traded away 4 starting players, the New York Knicks can go back to being the #6 seed that gets bounced from the second round of the playoffs for the next few years. It feels like 1987 through 2000 all over again.

Could Carmelo Anthony even find New Jersey on a map?

This isn't meant as a slight to Carmelo Anthony and his one year of a Syracuse education. In fact, I'd bet that most Americans who don't live there can't pinpoint New Jersey on a map (hint: it looks like your mailman).
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If Carmelo Anthony doesn't want to play in New Jersey and prefers to play at Madison Square Garden, as a Knicks fan I say God Bless him.
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But where the fuck does he think he's going to live if he ends up with either the Knicks of the Nets? New Jersey. Carmelo Anthony isn't going to live in a housing project in Bed Stuy. He isn't going to live in a rent controlled walkup building on 72nd and Lex.
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Dude is going to live in a 10 bedroom mansion in Upper Saddle River or Alpine New Jersey, regardless of what team he ends up on. Maybe he gets a house in Greenwich Conn, or Westchester, N.Y. But if he wants a back yard with a pool, 10 bedrooms, a movie theatre and a 6 car garage, he's going to live in the suburbs.
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He'll probably live across the street from CC Sabathia.
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Francesa doesn't want to talk about Carmelo for 15 minutes.

Mike Francesa started Friday's Mike'd Up by saying that he doesn't want to talk abut Carmelo Anthony trade rumors because he's sick of it. Then, he talked about the Carmelo Anthony trade rumors for 15 minutes and, aside from praising Derrick Rose, is still talking about the Carmelo Anthony trade rumors.
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Mike didn't want to talk about the Wilpon's and their Madoff mess, and then he talked about the Wilpon's Madoff mess non-stop for four days straight.
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New reports are that Melo to the Nets trade is done, pending his signing a contract extension. Bob's Blitz reports:
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Nuggets get: 4 1st round picks + Derrick Favors, Devin Harris, Troy Murphy and Ben Uzoh
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Nets get: Anthony, Renaldo Balkman, Chauncey Billups, Melvin Ely and Sheldon Williams.