Just hours after small forward and free agent Carmelo Anthony met with the Los Angeles Lakers, the New York Knicks had their own meeting with the player and offered him the most any team could – a five year contract worth $129 million, according to ESPN Sports.
If Melo accepts the offer, he would be one of the highest paid players in the NBA. The meeting ended with no word from Carmelo on whether he would accept the offer.
The Lakers are offering Carmelo $98 million for a 4 year contract, the highest offer they are allowed to make.
Accepting the Knicks offer would equal roughly $25.8-million a year for the NBA star, compared to around $24.2-million from the Lakers. With a little over $1 million a year difference, Melo’s decision on where to play rests more on the potential of winning a championship than the finances.
What will he do? We wait for his decision.
