Knicks revival that began last July and took hold in the fall is about to receive another significant infusion of star power. Carmelo Anthony is bound for New York.
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Along with Anthony, the Knicks will also get the veteran point guard Chauncey Billups and three nominal role players.
After weeks of haggling and intrigue, the Knicks and the Denver Nuggets finally agreed in principle on a blockbuster trade Monday night that will bring Anthony — one of the N.B.A.’s brightest stars — to Madison Square Garden, according to several people involved in the talks.

“I would say it’s virtually done,” said a team executive involved in the talks, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade had not been announced.

In addition to Anthony, a supremely athletic 6-foot-8 forward, the Knicks will receive the veteran point guard Chauncey Billups and three nominal bench players — forwards Shelden Williams and Renaldo Balkman and guard Anthony Carter.

In exchange, Denver will obtain four of the Knicks’ top players — Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Wilson Chandler and Timofey Mozgov — along with the Knicks’ first-round pick in 2014. The Knicks are also giving up two second-round picks — in 2012 and 2013, both acquired from Golden State — along with $3 million in cash.

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