Thunder’s Anthony reportedly talking to Rockets, Heat

The Thunder wants to help Carmelo Anthony find a new home. To that end, the team is reportedly allowing the veteran forward to speak with other teams ahead of his expected departure from Oklahoma City.

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, those teams include the Rockets and Heat. He reported Tuesday that among the Houston officials who met with Anthony was coach Mike D’Antoni, who has said in the past that the forward undermined him when they were both with the Knicks.

However, The Post reported Monday that, according to multiple sources, D’Antoni “would be fine with Anthony coming to Houston.” Anthony has a close friend on the Rockets in Chris Paul, as he does with the Heat, in Dwyane Wade. In addition, another potential suitor for Anthony, the Lakers, also features the lure of playing alongside a close friend in LeBron James.

First, though, Anthony must be moved off the Thunder, either by trade or by being released. The latter option could be exercised by Oklahoma City if it decides to stretch the remainder of his contract, one season at $27.9 million, over the next three years, thereby gaining some short-term salary-cap relief.

That could be enticing, considering the Rockets are over the cap and staring at a massive luxury-tax bill from the NBA. However, they may also opt to swap Anthony for players on longer deals who they deem more useful, with a trading partner possibly eyeing the cap space his contract expiration would offer in 2019, when there could be several big-name free agents on the market.

Some New York Knicks fans already are reconsidering their feelings about first-round pick Kevin Knox.

The No. 9 selection out of Kentucky was booed by some Knicks fans on draft night, but the 18-year-old is already showing great potential. He ended pool play as the No. 3 scorer in the Las Vegas summer league with 23.3 points per game, and he averaged seven rebounds per contest.

Social media is abuzz with Knicks fans hoping the forward is the right player to team up with Kristaps Porzingis and help the Knicks return to glory.

Knox had 29 points and nine rebounds Tuesday in a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. He made 5 of 7 3-pointers against the Lakers after struggling from deep in the first two games in Las Vegas.