Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports reports that Carmelo Anthony would still like to depart Denver before the season begins.

A source with knowledge of Anthony's plans told Yahoo! Sports that his preferred destinations are Chicago and New York.

The Bulls' offer would need to include Luol Deng who could be packaged along with Taj Gibson and James Johnson.  Chicago also has multiple draft picks to offer the Nuggets.

New York has limited assets to acquire Anthony via trade and officials from the team would like to pursue him in free agency.