Reports are that Carmelo Anthony is staying with the NY Knicks.  I guess the new folks (Phil Jackson & Derek Fisher) had the best pitch.  I'm a little surprised -- I thought he would sign with Chicago.

Next year, the Knicks will be meh -- they don't have a lot of salary cap room, but after next year, they can start dumping people.

All this activity -- Melo, LeBron, Bosh, trades -- doesn't seem like the Lakers are making any progress whatsoever.  And sooner or later, Kobe will just be old.

the Lakers painted themselves into a corner by mortgaging the future to
keep Kobe long term. They will be the second best team in LA for a while.

I think when it all came down to it the amount of money he would have been leaving behind killed the Chicago deal, it was reported to be a $60 million dollar difference between NY and Chicago.