NBA Players: 5 Biggest franchise-superstar fallouts in recent times

#4 Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks

Carmelo Anthony final years with the Knicks were dominated by off the court drama

The 2013-14 NBA season was one the best of Carmelo Anthony's career as the then All-Star averaged 27.4 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. Anthony entered the 2014 offseason as a free agent, and while the Knicks fanbase were desperate for him to remain in New York, team president, Phil Jackson infamously stated that he wasn't losing any sleep over if Anthony would leave.

Melo eventually signed a new deal with the Knicks, although the then-superstars relationship with Jackson quickly deteriorated. Over the next three seasons, Jackson and Anthony clashed repeatedly, and by the time Jackson was fired in June of 2017, Melo desperately wanted out of New York. The veteran even went as far to waive his no-trade clause, and Anthony eventually completed a move to the OKC Thunder.