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Nuggets want 5 first round picks for Melo

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http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-anthonynuggets123010

Didn't see this posted... I think Denver is going to get shafted in the end and either trade with NY or Melo will walk for nothing..

The Denver Nuggets believe the New Jersey Nets are so desperate to make a deal for Carmelo Anthony(notes) that they’re holding firm on a trade demand of five future first-round draft picks as part of a package to land the All-Star forward, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

“Denver needs to get real,” one front-office executive said. “That’s not happening.”

Even so, Nuggets owner Josh Kroenke and general manager Masai Ujiri privately insist they’re going to make a team pay a steep price for their franchise player. After a moratorium on Anthony talks because of the death of his sister and the holidays, the Nuggets and Nets will resume discussions next week. There’s still too much posturing to believe a deal can be consummated in the short-term.

The Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers have been part of the multiteam talks, but so far nothing has come together. Nevertheless, the Nets won’t back away: They’ll chase Anthony until they get him or Denver moves him somewhere else.

Ujiri came to Denver from a scouting background, and rival front-office executives believe he’s more comfortable trading for draft picks than veteran players. So far, that’s the advantage the Nets have over the New York Knicks – the control of several more future draft picks.

For now, the Nuggets want New Jersey to take Al Harrington(notes) and Renaldo Balkman(notes) as part of a package for Anthony, but they want the Nets to find another team for Troy Murphy(notes) and his $12 million expiring contract, and that’s proved fruitless so far. The Nuggets would love a package that includes New Jersey’s rookie forward Derrick Favors(notes) and Portland forward Nicolas Batum(notes), but Blazers GM Rich Cho has shown no inclination to include him in a deal.

Cleveland is part of the talks because of its $14.5 million trade exception, and one rival front-office executive says, “they want [a lot] for it.”

The Nets would have to move Devin Harris(notes) to a third team as part of a bigger deal, but league sources say they’ve had trouble finding an arrangement where they could get a quality point guard in return. Andre Miller(notes) has been discussed, but that probably isn’t happening without Batum as part of a bigger deal.

The Charlotte Bobcats had been eager to trade point guard D.J. Augustin(notes) – and had considered separate deals with the Los Angeles Clippers and Blazers – but league sources say owner Michael Jordan has backed away from moving Augustin in the short term because new coach Paul Silas likes him and has been willing to let him play faster and looser than Larry Brown did.

The Knicks are still in the picture for Anthony – and remain his preferred destination – but the Nuggets believe the best possible deal for the disgruntled star will come from the Nets. Anthony would have to be willing to sign his three-year, $65 million extension for the Nets to agree to a deal for him. The Knicks have salary-cap space to sign him as a free agent this summer, but that could cost him millions in future earnings once a new collective bargaining agreement is reached between the owners and players.

One way or another, Anthony will be traded before the Feb. 24 deadline and will sign an extension with his new team.
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#1 viertelasiat, Dec 30, 2010

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bahahahaha

New Jersey is about a year away from being a playoff team... they will be better off without Melo

#2 mugrakers, Dec 30, 2010
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viertelasiat said:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-anthonynuggets123010

Didn't see this posted... I think Denver is going to get shafted in the end and either trade with NY or Melo will walk for nothing..
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"One way or another, Anthony will be traded before the Feb. 24 deadline and will sign an extension with his new team. "

O rly? I find that a hard stretch for any team not named the Knicks.

#3 Entropy, Dec 30, 2010
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that last sentence really jumped the gun....

#4 J-Tang, Dec 30, 2010
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I hope he's stuck with the Nuggets the entire season. This way, the Nuggets get shafted for driving too hard a bargain and Melo doesn't get his precious $65 million.

Of course, there is little chance that will happen. Melo's and his entourage will declare war on the Nuggets if they sense any chance a trade won't happen. Melo's talk that he'd be happy to play the entire season in Denver is a complete lie.

#5 A_3PO, Dec 30, 2010
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#6 Ziggy, Dec 30, 2010
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A_3PO said:

I hope he's stuck with the Nuggets the entire season. This way, the Nuggets get shafted for driving too hard a bargain and Melo doesn't get his precious $65 million.

Of course, there is little chance that will happen. Melo's and his entourage will declare war on the Nuggets if they sense any chance a trade won't happen. Melo's talk that he'd be happy to play the entire season in Denver is a complete lie.
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I don't understand the Melo hate...for a guy who doesn't want to play for his current team he's been balling out of his mind. No BS T-Mac/Bosh/Carter/etc treatment. He made his intentions clear from the beginning and has been giving his all to the fans. What more can you ask from him?

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I'm confused. Do they want 5 1st round picks from just NJ or from every team?

No way in hell you do that.

Hopefully they come to their senses and trade him before it's too late, preferrably to Houston. :grin:

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That's a MIGHTY long bridge they're building with that last sentence.....

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They really wanna screw NJ for getting their franchise player. Nets are probably better without Melo. And IF that last sentence is false and melo doesn't sign an extension with NJ the nets are f****ed in the draft for the next 5 years if they don't decide to move their players for draft picks.

Or any other team that aquires melo for that matter, so now with the nuggets announcing this I really don't want melo and I say f*** melo to Houston

#10 J-Man, Dec 30, 2010
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How ironic is it that the Nuggets trippin in LaLa land.

#11 gah, Dec 31, 2010
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I have a feeling a team that no one expected to get Melo

#12 T-Slack, Dec 31, 2010
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idk kno but it seems that the team that lands melo will likely have to overhaul their rosters and mortgage their future via draft picks and all btw for a player that they aren't really sure will sign the extension! this is a huge gamble!!

#13 mrjuandiego1988, Dec 31, 2010

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And I want to marry Natalie Portman. Some things just aren't realistic.

#14 rockbox, Dec 31, 2010
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T-Slack said:

I have a feeling a team that no one expected to get Melo
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Rockets?

#15 QPower, Dec 31, 2010
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I hope they don't trade him before Monday! I'm going to the game!

#16 moose, Dec 31, 2010
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I hope they don't trade him before Monday, unless they trade him to us, I'm going to the game!
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Fixed that for you.

#17 gah, Dec 31, 2010
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Yeah, well, I want world peace, and that nor what the Nugz want is happening either.

DD

#18 DaDakota, Dec 31, 2010

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LOL, five first round draft picks for the privilege of possibly signing a second tier star to a bloated contract.

#19 JCDenton, Dec 31, 2010
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ha! thats what denver says now, by the trade deadline in crunch time everything changes

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