* Offiical NBA Off-Season Thread: I'll give one of my damn kidney's for these Melo rumors to stop *

[duba169]

maybe melo realized he is about to screw himself over for the 2nd time in his career...

 

[h3at23]

[h1]Nuggets continue to weigh Anthony options[/h1]

  Sports 30 minutes ago

The final significant hurdle for a blockbuster four-team trade that would send Carmelo Anthony(notes) to the New Jersey Nets hinges on the NBA All-Star forward’s willingness to agree to a contract extension with the Nets – and Anthony was progressing toward acceptance of that scenario, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Anthony is unhappy with the Nuggets' instability.
(Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)

League sources told Yahoo! Sports on Saturday there’s some disagreement in the Nuggets organization about whether to take the present package for Anthony, or wait and try to get something better. Sources say the Nuggets were hoping the Los Angeles Clippers and Chicago Bulls would re-emerge with offers over the weekend that included Blake Griffin and Joakim Noah, respectively, but Clippers and Bulls sources insist that those players remain off limits in talks.
As of Saturday afternoon Anthony planned to return to Denver on Sunday from his home in Los Angeles, a league source said.
Meanwhile, the Nets are determined to get back a point guard to replace Devin Harris, who would go to the Charlotte Bobcats as the four-team deal is currently constructed. Charlotte doesn’t want to give up point guard D.J. Augustin to the Nets, so New Jersey has begun exploring how to expand the trade to include more teams and more players in hopes of landing themselves a point guard to replace Harris.

Agents William Wesley and Leon Rose, who represent Anthony for CAA, have been advocates for Anthony to agree to sign a $65 million contract extension with the Nets. Denver, New Jersey Charlotte and Utah have worked out many of the details of an elaborate multiplayer trade, but ultimately nothing can happen without Anthony’s willingness to commit long-term to the Nets.

An immense part of Worldwide Wes’ selling job on Anthony includes the scenario of the Nets signing New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul in his free agency summer of 2012, sources told Yahoo! Sports. In July, Anthony and Paul were toasting at the Nuggets star’s wedding about joining Amar’e Stoudemire with the New York Knicks, but that could change should Anthony accept a deal to the Nets.

In part, Paul joined Worldwide Wes and Rose at CAA for the chance to be packaged with their clientele of stars. After putting together Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh in Miami, Anthony and Paul could conceivably partner with Brook Lopez to make the Nets a formidable franchise. Paul was willing to accept a trade to the Nets over the summer, and like Anthony, wants a chance to play in a major metropolitan market.

Still, the Nets wouldn’t have the assets to make a deal for Paul in 2011, if New Orleans, like Denver, wanted to trade him a year before his free agency to try and get maximum value for him. New Jersey would have to give up too much in this proposed ’Melo deal to cobble together another package of young players and draft picks a year from now. The Nets would likely have to wait until Paul’s free agency in 2012.

Anthony still has to agree to come to the fledgling Nets who would still struggle to make the playoffs this season in the Eastern Conference. He could still hold back on accepting this deal, and force the Nuggets to deal with the Knicks, who aren’t able to put together as compelling of a package for him.

Under the trade proposal, the Nuggets would receive rookie power forward Derrick Favors, the third pick in the 2010 draft, Utah’s Andrei Kirilenko, who has an expiring contract, and two future first-round picks from the Nets. The picks include New Jersey’s 2011 first-rounder and the 2012 pick the Nets own from the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors’ pick would include some kind of a lottery protection.

The Nets would also send Harris to the Bobcats, who would move forward Boris Diaw to the Jazz. Nets guard Quinton Ross also would be sent to the Nuggets.

Once Anthony made clear he will become a free agent in the summer of 2011 and the Nuggets needed to find a trade for him, the organization decided it wanted an array of draft picks, a talented young player and expiring contracts in return. While Denver officials have considered waiting for Anthony to report to training camp, Anthony and his reps have told the Nuggets for most of the past two months he won’t re-sign and wants a trade to New York or Chicago. As it turns out, New Jersey could well turn out to the compromise choice.

One more potential hindrance to the trade is the Nets want Augustin from the Bobcats to help offset the loss of Harris, league sources said. So far, Charlotte has shown a reluctance to part with the young point guard in this trade. Still, sources say this won’t be a deal-breaker, particularly if the Nets can find another point guard elsewhere.

New Jersey desperately wants Anthony, 26, to become the face of its franchise as it prepares to make a move to a new Brooklyn arena in 2013. The Nets have reshaped the franchise under new Russian billionaire owner, Mikhail Prokhorov. They have resources unmatched in the NBA and will move out of the decrepit Meadowlands arena and into the state-of-the-state Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., this season. The Nets are likely to spend two years in Newark before moving to New York.

New Jersey is trying to sell Anthony on the promise of Lopez and the track record of new coach Avery Johnson. Still, the Nets are coming off a franchise-worst 12-70 season. For Anthony, a Baltimore-native, the prospects of returning to his East Coast roots are appealing.

By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo!

 

[vc3fan]

it is the Denver GM Blazers.



He is taking calls from indy and cleveland.




F it.



i will roll with the team I got. I said it yesteday, I would be happy to have him but from the nets stand point this is a business deal and not a player deal.

and i'm sick of hearing about last year with the nets. They have Four guys from last years team and a totally different regime in there.

 

[h3at23]

samickAOL

Good will is fading fast between Denver and everyone else. NJ, Charlotte, Utah not thrilled with how it's being handled.

 

[duba169]

the internet is the best and worst thing to ever happen to the way we obtain information

 

[Deleted member 38182]

Originally Posted by PMatic

@jadande Andrew Bynum says he hopes to play in first game by end of November

I hope the World Cup was worth

 

[steve cash]

i think the deal is dead and has been since last night. if it didnt happen yesterday then it wasnt going to happen.

 

[pr0phecy718]

yeah, usually the longer that these multi-team proposed trades take, the less likely it happens

 

[jpzx]

^ Word. That Collison, Murphy, Lee, etc. trade happened without any rumors beforehand or anything.

 

[durden7]

Originally Posted by DubA169

the internet is the best and worst thing to ever happen to the way we obtain information

It has many more cons than it does pros. 

 

[airjordan jb23]

Similar stuff to when the Kidd deal was going on.

at the Denver GM fielding offers right now... He's not going to get a much better deal.

 

[h3at23]

CSheridanESPN
  
Source tells me re C.Anthony trade, everyone waiting on Nuggets, not Melo. Nothing expected to go down tonight. Sunday looks like key day.

 

[pmatic]

Kobe advises ‘Melo to carefully weigh decision

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – As Carmelo Anthony has debated his future with the Denver Nuggets, he’s sought advice from a player who was in a similar position three years ago.

Kobe Bryant demanded a trade in the summer of 2007 before the Los Angeles Lakers appeased him by trading for Pau Gasol midway through the season. Anthony has pushed the Nuggets for a trade this summer, and the team is weighing sending him to the New Jersey Nets. The Nets first want assurances Anthony will sign a contract extension with them before they do the deal.

Bryant’s advice to ‘Melo?

Don’t leave just to leave.

“We’ll see if he signs a reasonable extension and if he’s 100 percent happy that it’s where he wants to go,

 

[mronegative]

I swear between Kobe: Doin Work, all the negativity getting drawn on ______ and this, Kobe's really trying to rewrite history. Get favorable edit when it's all over.

 

[cedric ceballos 1995 lakers]

Originally Posted by MrONegative

I swear between Kobe: Doin Work, all the negativity getting drawn on ______ and this, Kobe's really trying to rewrite history. Get favorable edit when it's all over.

  it's true though.  the way he was able to restore his image between 2003 and now is crazy though.

that's the media in a nutshell though.  smile and be accessible and they'll make you look good. be snarly with them and they'll villify you (word to barry bonds)  jordan got a free pass for all his a hole moves and gambling problems,   lebron when he finally starts winning rings  will have nothing but positive things said about him and he'll get nothing but praise for leaving cleveland when it's all said and done.

 

[lbj23navo]

Looks like this trade for Melo going to the Nets isn't going to happen 

 

[illoquent aka dsk]

Nets trade for Melo nears crossroads

As Carmelo Anthony(notes) implored Denver management to keep exploring deals that would land him with the New York Knicks, the blockbuster trade that would’ve sent the All-Star forward to the New Jersey Nets has reached a perilous crossroads, league sources told Yahoo! Sports on Saturday night.
Anthony’s willingness to accept a contract extension with the Nets has begun to deteriorate over the weekend, and sources said at least some part of his uneasiness has come from conversations with former Nets players around the league. Despite the Nets’ new ownership and a new arena, Anthony has been regaled with tales of empty seats, fan apathy and second-class citizenship in the shadows of the Knicks and Madison Square Garden. Already, he had been uneager about joining a team that wasn’t close to contention.

“He’s having second thoughts on Jersey,

 

[al3xis]

Man, Gallo, AR and Toney is a lot to give up. But, considering AR basically came for free..

I mean, you probably have to do it regardless.


Question, though...why would you rather have what's likely to be a mid to late first round pick instead of Randolph?

 

[h3at23]

NBATV is showing a Slam Dunk Contest marathon all day today.............1988 on right now!

 

[duba169]

they probably want gallo, randolph, douglas, AND a pick

or they don't want to trade him but are doing this this to pretend like they tried their hardest

 

[jpzx]

[h1]http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/69289/20100926/nuggets_sixers_discussing_melo_for_iguodala/[/h1]

[h1]Nuggets, Sixers Discussing Melo For Iguodala[/h1]

Sep 26, 2010 2:39 PM EST

The Sixers and Nuggets are talking about a trade to send CarmeloAnthony to Philadelphia and Andre Iguodala to Denver, a WesternConference executive told the Philadelphia Daily News.

The Sixers are not on the list of teams that Anthony was interestedin when he requested a trade in advance of his free agency next summer.

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi...s_discussing_melo_for_iguodala/#ixzz10f9dj9Ff

 

[h3at23]

STEIN_LINE_HQ
  
Source close to Melo trade talks: "The deal is in neutral. Denver trying to get (Melo) there for (Monday's) media day and beg him to stay."

 

[mister916]

Memphis tweaked their numbers. I am disappoint.

 

[h3at23]

WojYahooNBA
  
Denver-NJ Melo talks still alive, with Nuggets trying to dump more salary in big deal. All except Billups and Lawson on market, sources say.

 

[airjordan jb23]

Memphis jerseys looked better with the outline on the numbers...