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Phil Jackson Tried to Trade Carmelo Anthony

Tensions between Anthony and Jackson ended Phil's tenure as Knicks president. But before that, he tried trading Melo. "I said, ‘I don’t want Carmelo back on the team; we’ve got to find a way to trade him,'" Jackson recalls telling James Dolan. He didn't believe Anthony was going to win a championship in New York. Trading him was Jackson's solution.