[Yahoo!] Carmelo privately expressing more enthusiasm to join Rockets than Knicks

But, somehow the Lee/Ariza deal looked cap workable?

 

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Report: Nuggets Preparing To Trade Melo


According to Yahoo! Sports, the Nuggets look ready to part ways with Carmelo Anthony who has made it clear he wants out of Denver.

Anthony's camp has advised the Nuggets to deal the superstar forward since he plans to leave as a free agent next summer.

The relationship has become contentious, with Anthony's representatives making heavy-handed demands and new owner Josh Kroenke responding in kind.

"It’s almost a given they’re going to move him," said a team executive who has talked with both the Nuggets and Anthony’s agents.

The Nets and Clippers have trade assets that most appeal to Denver's management, according to the report. No mention is made of whether Anthony has agreed to sign an extension with those clubs.




http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=At5q4_F7Aq8m7B6QJmp1tb05nYcB?slug=aw-anthonynuggets082610

 

because we actually traded Andersen's Trade Exception for Lee. Not Ariza, he was sent out for a created 6.3 million exception due to New Jersey taking in more money they gave out which wound up in Houston and Indiana.

 

Obviously it was. That one I mentioned above is not. Now if you took Brooks out and subsituted Martin, it worked through trade machine.

 

Above is the Realgm article, here is yahoo's.



Anthony, Nuggets look ready to part ways

Carmelo Anthony(notes) wants out of Denver, and World Wide Wes delivered that message to the Nuggets with all the delicacy of a jackhammer at Sunday morning services. Do yourself a favor and trade him, the agent told the organization weeks ago.

Denver was furnished with a short list of teams and told to get to work. Yes, this how William Wesley and Leon Rose of CAA work now, thick with threats and ultimatums and a swagger suggesting that the sport belongs to them. After Anthony told owner-in-waiting Josh Kroenke that he still wanted out of Denver during a Sunday meeting, the Nuggets appear done trying to sell their All-Star forward on a contract extension.


This wasn’t a productive, nor particularly pleasant, meeting and multiple sources said it could turn out to be the point of no return for Anthony and the organization. Sources insist it’s no longer a matter of if the Nuggets trade Anthony, but when, where and for whom he’s traded for.


“It’s almost a given they’re going to move him,” said a front-office executive who’s talked with the Nuggets and Anthony’s agents with CAA.

Between the agents’ bullying and Anthony’s dismissive disposition in Sunday’s meeting, sources said Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke, Josh’s father, finally made a stand with CAA.

Keep it up, and the Nuggets will never do a deal for one of your clients again.

Try to dictate terms of a trade and we won’t move him.

Keep up the heavy-handedness and you’ll get a war.

Kroenke has decided to deal with CAA in a way most of the league is too fearful to try. Leon Rose, the agent who works with Wesley, backed down, sources said, and is willing to be more open-minded on potential trade destinations. Anthony wants to leave Denver and get his three-year, $65 million contract extension now. This partnership is rounding third and rapidly reaching disrepair. Denver is willing to trade Anthony, J.R. Smith(notes) and Kenyon Martin(notes), and start over again, sources said.

The Nuggets made it clear to teams they want young players and draft picks for Anthony, league executives said. The New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers have emerged as the two most probable destinations for Anthony because they have assets that appeal to Denver. The geography works for Anthony because of his wife LaLa Vazquez’s entertainment career.


Golden State and Houston are contenders, too. What’s more, the Charlotte Bobcats are a sleeper because of Anthony’s Brand Jordan shoe deal and the team’s ability to give the Nuggets a salary-dump proposal.


Back in mid-July, the Kroenkes had to travel to New York for Anthony’s wedding to finally realize he no longer intended to sign their extension offer. The reception spiraled into an evening of Chris Paul(notes) and Anthony’s brother making toasts about a future partnership for Anthony and Paul in New York with the Knicks. With nothing to trade for Anthony, though, New York isn’t considered a strong contender in the eyes of Denver management.


Few can be as strong-minded and willful as Stan Kroenke, and it doesn’t matter the Nuggets will be turned over to his son Josh by the end of the year. Stan still will be lording over the franchise, and the billionaire has shown an old-school ability to carry through on his convictions once you’ve lost him as an ally.


With the way that CAA has tried to muscle and manipulate the market this summer, a source said Stan Kroenke, freshly approved as the St. Louis Rams owner, feels further emboldened in the NBA’s collective bargaining talks to push for a “franchise player” tag that teams could slap on superstars like the one the NFL uses. NBA owners are still far from seriously discussing that issue, but CAA’s manipulation of Anthony and Paul while under contract has become an increasingly sore subject within the league.

For now, the departure of Denver general manager Mark Warkentien and the increased influence of Kroenke advisor Bret Bearup means there won’t be much of a fight within the organization to stay the course with Anthony, sources said. Denver has hired Masai Ujiri as its new GM, but he doesn’t arrive with the authority to make major moves. Things have deteriorated too fast and grown too nasty to believe Denver will turn back now. ‘Melo is on the market, and the bidding has begun.

 

I just read that article. It looks like Houston has a better chance now than later.

 

I don't think its necessary to add Brooks or Martin to the trade unless it becomes apparent that the Nets/Clippers will trump our offer.

If either are traded then I really wish we would have brought Llull over.

 

Or we could trade one of our bigs for a point guard or have Charlotte involved and send Brooks their and get back DJ Augustine.

 

But better than the Clippers or Nets? Our only hope there is that Carmelo tells those teams he isn't signing a extension. Those teams have some good prospects.

 

I always thought the Nets had the inside track on getting Carmelo, but I'm surprised he would accept going to the Clippers. I think we know who's pushing for that. Because of this new information, I think it's extremely unlikely that Houston is in the mix. We're being used as leverage, nothing more.

 

I don't see Melo signing a extention with the Clippers or the nets.

 

The RealGM is based on the Yahoo report with a more sensational title.

 

Unlikely in the mix? We have been collecting assets for the past 2 years for a scenario like this. As I said before Les and Morey are all in at this point. They know the window for Yao is closing soon.

 

Clippers, Nets, GSW, Houston, Charlotte? I guess NYK has been dropped due to the lack of assets.

 

We have the youth and draft picks that will certainly peak the Nuggets' interest. I don't see why we aren't in the mix.

 

i wouldnt worry too much. the important thing is adding a superstar like melo. morey can refill the roster next year. they'll still be good enough to contend right away.

 

Has it been reported at all that Melo would sign an extension with the Clips? Because I haven't seen that and there's no way the Clips offer a better package than us for a rental.

Stop looking for a way to make Houston look irrelevant because we are clearly right in the middle of this.

 

I don't think it's about assets. I think it's about glamor. Carmelo wants what LeChoke, Bosh, and Wade have. Just as hunch, but I think that's what is happening. The green-eyed monster has been unleashed, and it's not done feeding yet.

 

Fo sho...got to respect your opinion. Just hope you are wrong!