Hey Everyone, Hey Everyone! Here Is My Take On The ‘Melo Trade!

Yep, that's basically happening. Well, other than the number as the Knicks have retired No. 15 twice -- Earl Monroe and Dick McGuire. Carmelo's high school number, 22, belongs in the rafters to Dave DeBusschere

Praise Jesus, we can finally move on!

That was my first thought when I heard the news at about 7:15 p.m. Monday in California. It’s comforting that Nuggets head coach George Karl agrees.

All sports have trade and free-agency rumors that linger way past the nation’s attention span. They are largely tolerated and I can put up with most of them in my most beloved sport, baseball. But there comes a time where everything turns into overkill. You are left to scream at your TV, “SOMEBODY JUST FREAKING DO SOMETHING  ALREADY!!! Gaaaawd!” Can you tell I’m watching Napoleon Dynamite right now?

Anyway, that’s what the past month became with Carmelo Anthony.

Now, did the Knicks completely cave to the Nuggets’ demands? You bet. I love how the package of players from New York mutated seemingly every day:

“Wilson Chandler and either Raymond Felton or Danilo Gallinari, but not both, plus some draft picks.”

Followed by:

“OK, Chandler and Felton, but not Gallinari, got it? We’ll throw in the picks.”

Followed by:

“Fine! Chandler, Felton, Gallinari and some picks, but there IS NO WAY we are going to give you Timofey Mozgov. No, sir. Nuh-uh.”

Finally ending with:

“Here is Chandler. Here is Felton. Here is Gallinari. Here is Mozgov. Here are three draft picks and we’ll even toss in $3 million for giggles. Now give us Carmelo and get the hell out of our house.”