Carmelo Anthony said in an interview with the New York Observer recently that he wants to become an unrestricted free agent.
"I think everybody in the NBA dreams to be a free agent at least one time in their career," he said. This doesn't necessarily mean he wants to leave the Knicks, as they can pay him $129 million over five years if he opts out early next summer and then re-signs, while another team could pay him 'just' $96 million over four years. Whatever decision he makes, you can expect the "Summer of Melodrama" when he likely opts out in July of 2014.