The one thing no one has mentioned is you really have no idea what Brooklyn will look like next season. Sure we can all presume they aren't going to be very good, but you just don't know that for sure. Who knows, maybe it has always been ____ dream to play in NY/Brooklyn. Maybe signing that player, other players follow suit. Maybe Phil Jackson convinces Anthony to go across town and play in Brooklyn with Brook Lopez and they end up as a 30+ win team. Sometimes it is better to go with the known vs. the unknown. Sometimes it is not.