Melo Drama Comes to a Close, or Does it?

On February 22nd, the Denver Nuggets had come to a trade agreement that would send All-Star Small Forward Carmelo Anthony to the New York Knicks in a multi-player deal. Carmelo Anthony now joins All-Star Power Forward Amar'e Stoudemire on a rejuvenated Knicks team.

But for this trade to happen, there had to be plenty of movement between the teams players. This trade also included the Minnesota Timberwolves trading players to the Knicks. So in all, the 3 team trade deal included 13 players, and big changes to each organization.

The players included in this deal include to the New York Knicks from the Timberwolves Corey Brewer and Kosta Koufus in exchange for Forwards Anthony Randolph and Eddy Curry.

The big talk about this trade is the exchange of players from the Denver Nuggets including Small Forward Carmelo Anthony, Veteran Point Guard Chauncey Billups, Guard Anthony Carter, and bench players Renaldo Balkman and Sheldon Williams for some of the Knicks key role players this year.

Players moved to Denver include rookie Center Timofey Mozgov, a rising star at the Point Guard position in Raymond Felton, and key Small Forwards in Danillo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler.

Rumors about Anthony moving to another team have been the talk of the NBA since the start of the 2010-11 season. After the blockbuster free agent signing of All-stars Chris Bosh and Lebron James to the Miami Heat to join Dwayne Wade, people were waiting to see what other big moves would occur.

And then when Amar'e went to the Knicks this off season and has been leading them to great success this year, it was thought by many that Melo would eventually end up in New York.

And on thursday night, Carmelo's Knicks debut, he did not dissappoint. Carmelo's homecoming had him score 27 points and grab 10 rebounds in the game. Madison Square Garden was cheering Melo's every move, and things are looking even better for New York right now.

At least to the public.

I personally believe that this team is going to be a threat, but I also believe that their could be some problems along the way. People seem to be over looking certain information, like his first game on a new team was against the struggling Milwaukee Bucks, and it was not a dominant victory, only winning by 6.

Stats wise, they have alot of fire power in Carmelo now and player who will try night in and night out, but the Knicks have lost 3 playes (Felton, Gallinari and Chandler) that have been solid this year, each averaging over 15 points and 4 rebounds. Felton specifically is about 18 PPG, 4 RPG and 9 APG, while Billups is only about 16 PPG and 2 RPG with only 5 RPG.

Im not saying that this team is going to be bad, but overcoming a sort of rebuild process this late in the season could possibly pose a problem.

The teams true test will be against the Miami Heat on February 27th, facing off against a new team with a number of all-stars on the same roster.

The past Knicks- Heat Rivalry only adds to the exictement of this game, and I believe the play of both teams will make a significant statement to all the teams in the league.