Carmelo Anthony believed he was on the verge of being traded by the New York Knicks to the Cleveland Cavaliers on draft night. In the trade scenario discussed, the Cavaliers would have also acquired Paul George.

The Indiana Pacers nearly traded George to the Cavaliers in a three-way involving the Denver Nuggets, but the deal fell through. The Pacers ultimately traded George to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

"Me and PG have a very close friendship," said Anthony. "Actually, it was funny because me and PG was supposed to be in Cleveland on draft night. We were communicating about that. The deal was actually done and it got called off on draft night, so me and PG stayed connected throughout the course of the season."

The New York Knicks asked the Cleveland Cavaliers to include Tristan Thompson in their offer for Carmelo Anthony.

Cleveland never moved from their offer of Iman Shumpert and Channing Frye.

The Knicks ultimately traded Anthony to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Cavaliers were able to agree upon terms with Dwyane Wade after he was bought out by the Chicago Bulls.

"Obviously there was a lot of speculation throughout the summer with Melo and possibly him joining us and obviously we see how that panned out," LeBron James said. "We're blessed as a franchise to be able to have a player the caliber of D-Wade join us. It's exciting."

The New York Knicks nearly traded Carmelo Anthony to the Houston Rockets in early July, but they ultimately decided to not take on the contract of Ryan Anderson.

Anthony preferred to be traded to the Rockets, but the Knicks' willingness to do so appeared to change after Scott Perry became general manager.

“Even though Scott and I battled over Houston I have to respect the fact that he inherited an extremely difficult situation and that he had to do what was best for the organization,” agent Leon Rose said. “Ultimately, he did right by Carmelo and made a deal. It all worked out for everybody.”

Anthony expanded his wish list beyond the Rockets once it became clear no deal would be made.

Marc Gasol made ambiguous comments this offseason about his future with the Memphis Grizzlies as they begin to regress somewhat.

During media day, Gasol was asked if he remains happy in Memphis.

“For sure,” Gasol said. “I’m very fortunate to do what I do and represent the city that I love. I’ve been here now for 10 years with this team. I’m really happy.”

Gasol revealed he speaks regularly with majority owner Robert Pera.

Gasol signed a five-year, $110 million deal with the Grizzlies in 2015.

The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to trade DeAndre Liggins and cash to the Atlanta Hawks.

The Clippers created a $1.67 million trade exception with the move. They'll have one year to use the exception.

The Hawks will waive Liggins, who will be owed $26,000 on his 2017-18 contract.

The move also drops the Clippers $122,000 below the luxury tax.

The Detroit Pistons shopped Andre Drummond for a large portion of last season and found little interest from other teams.

Drummond signed a five-year, $130 million contract with the Pistons during the 2016 offseason in restricted free agency.

Drummond has plateaued in his development on offense and has regressed on defense.

The Piston hope Drummond plays with more energy in 17-18.

Russell Westbrook and Paul George played significant roles in convincing Carmelo Anthony to waive his no-trade clause to join the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Both Westbrook and George are currently slated to become free agents in 2018.

Anthony has a player option for 2018 that he's expected to exercise.

The New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder are engaged in serious trade talks involving Carmelo Anthony.

The Thunder would send Enes Kanter, Doug McDermott and the Chicago Bulls' 2018 second round pick to the Knicks for Anthony.

Anthony will likely waive his no-trade clause with a trade call coming on Monday. Anthony will waive his $8.1 million trade kicker to make the trade work.

Anthony is signed for two more seasons at a total amount of $54 million.

Carmelo Anthony has expanded his list of teams he'd accept a trade to include the Cleveland Cavaliers. According to Ian Begley, the Oklahoma City Thunder are also on Anthony's list.

Throughout the summer, Anthony was zeroed in exclusively on the Houston Rockets.

The Knicks and Rockets have been at a stalemate for several weeks as they've been unable to find a trade scenario to satisfy both teams. The Knicks insisted they were unable to complete a deal with the Rockets and needed more teams to work with.

Anthony has a full no-trade clause in his contract with the Knicks.

While the Rockets remain Anthony's preferred team, he's worked to accommodate the Knicks to find a trade before the start of the season.

The Phoenix Suns have acquired Troy Daniels and a heavily protected 2018 second round pick from the Memphis Grizzlies.

Daniels had two seasons and $6.8 million remaining on his contract. Memphis was searching to unload salary from their books.

The Grizzlies will send a top-55 protected second round pick in 2018 as part of the deal.

Daniels shot 38.9 percent from three-point range in 67 games last season.