• Although details of a formally scheduled meeting have yet to emerge, Denver officials are operating under the assumption that Melo and Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov will finally meet face-to-face during All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, according to sources close to the process. The Nuggets encourage that meeting, sources say, because trading with New Jersey has always been more favorable to Denver than dealing with New York and because the Nuggets -- who still like New Jersey’s Derrick Favors better than any player who’s been made available to them in the months-long Melo trade saga -- know that the Nets remain unwilling to participate in a trade unless Anthony also commits to an extension in New Jersey.

• Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni and Knicks president Donnie Walsh are understandably hesitant to give up too much of New York’s depth to get Melo, as Chris Sheridan spelled out Wednesday night in this piece, but one source well acquainted with both teams’ strategies echoes the rising notion that Walsh might have no choice if Knicks owner James Dolan takes a Melo-at-all-costs stance, as many observers anticipate. The source said: “Don’t forget Donnie is still trying to get a contract extension.” Translation: Getting Melo now, no matter what the cost, might be the clincher to get that extension.

• Entering All-Star Weekend, New York and New Jersey are the only two teams seriously engaged with the Nuggets in Melo talks. Sources say that the Dallas Mavericks, long considered right there with Houston at the top of the list of teams willing to gamble on trading for Anthony without his signature on a contract extension, have been sufficiently convinced that Melo is so determined to ultimately get to New York that they’ve decided there’s no way they could include prized young guard Roddy Beaubois in a trade with Denver because keeping Anthony beyond this season will be so difficult.

• The Nuggets, sources insist, were the ones who called the Nets to resuscitate dialogue between the teams for the first time since Prokhorov publicly pulled his team out of the running on Jan. 19. Word is that Prokhorov made it a condition not to re-engage Denver unless the Nuggets made the initial call

http://espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/post/_/id/24935/latest-carmelo-anthony-trade-buzz

I get the feeling the only thing we're really gonna have to worry about here is Mark Cuban...Something tells me this guy just might be crazy enough to trade for Anthony even if he refuses to sign an extension there..He really might wanna get him regardless, team him up with Dirk, make a run and then try and convince him to stay afterward..I mean if that happens, we're screwed..Just how crazy is Cuban? Can anyone see something like this??

CrushAlot wrote:WojYahooNBA Denver-NJ in advanced talks on Anthony, Billups, Balkman, Ely, Williams for Favors, Harris, Murphy, Uzoh and 4 1st rounders, source tells Y

loweyecue wrote:And Melo would agree to this why? He can get the money in Denver and his situation (team) just became worse. Plus he will be going to ateam with no firts round picks left.

CrushAlot wrote:

loweyecue wrote:And Melo would agree to this why? He can get the money in Denver and his situation (team) just became worse. Plus he will be going to ateam with no firts round picks left.

I don't think he should agree to it but I can see why Denver is pushing the Jersey angle again. Those players plus 4 first rounders and taking back some contracts?

wow..No vasiline just pound me

CrushAlot wrote:

loweyecue wrote:And Melo would agree to this why? He can get the money in Denver and his situation (team) just became worse. Plus he will be going to ateam with no firts round picks left.

I don't think he should agree to it but I can see why Denver is pushing the Jersey angle again. Those players plus 4 first rounders and taking back some contracts?

The rookie GM is proving why he is a rookie. The guy has no concept of how to negotiate but oddly enough he may make out like a bandit. And that's becuase he is peddling his wares in a system that overvalues "stars" at the cost of everything else. Just look a the russian's despration for proof. This is a sytemic problem that runs across the NBA, and it never ceases to amaze me.

knicks1248 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

loweyecue wrote:And Melo would agree to this why? He can get the money in Denver and his situation (team) just became worse. Plus he will be going to ateam with no firts round picks left.

I don't think he should agree to it but I can see why Denver is pushing the Jersey angle again. Those players plus 4 first rounders and taking back some contracts?

wow..No vasiline just pound me

1. Denver-NJ in advanced talks on Anthony, Billups, Balkman, Ely, Williams for Favors, Harris, Murphy, Uzoh and 4 1st rounders, source tells Y!

BRIGGS wrote:WojYahooNBA

1. Denver-NJ in advanced talks on Anthony, Billups, Balkman, Ely, Williams for Favors, Harris, Murphy, Uzoh and 4 1st rounders, source tells Y!

When it reeks of BS it usually is.

TMS wrote:come on bros... Melo orchestrated this whole move out of Denver to land on 1 of the worst teams in the NBA?

I pray you're right... We need Melo as much as he needs NY.

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By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports
55 minutes ago

tweet0EmailPrintThe Denver Nuggets and New Jersey Nets are once again in advanced talks on the framework of a blockbuster trade for Carmelo Anthony(notes). And once again, Anthony must be sold on agreeing to a three-year, $65 million contract extension to push these long, winding negotiations to completion.

More From Adrian WojnarowskiNets resume talks for Anthony Feb 16, 2011 Anthony distances himself from Nuggets Feb 16, 2011 The Nets and Nuggets are discussing a deal that would send Anthony, Chauncey Billups(notes), Melvin Ely(notes), Renaldo Balkman(notes) and Shelden Williams(notes) to the Nets for Derrick Favors(notes), Devin Harris(notes), Troy Murphy(notes), Ben Uzoh(notes) and four first-round draft picks, a league source with knowledge of the talks told Yahoo! Sports on Thursday night.

Now, the pressure could be back on the New York Knicks to sweeten their offer and get Anthony before the Feb. 24 trade deadline. Knicks president Donnie Walsh has seemed willing to let Anthony go into free agency, when New York can try to sign him in the summer. The Knicks and Nuggets have negotiated steadily in recent weeks, but Denver has been frustrated with New York’s reluctance to part with key young players in a deal.

For the Nets, the next step would be for owner Mikhail Prokhorov to meet Anthony in Los Angeles during All-Star weekend and sell the Nuggets star on a future with the Nets. It’s still unclear whether such a meeting would happen. Prokhorov has continued to publicly say he’s no longer interested in trying to acquire Anthony.

“Mikhail has not changed his mind,” Prokhorov’s assistant, Ellen Pinchuk, told the Associated Press Thursday.

Sources said Anthony’s agents didn’t even know until Tuesday or Wednesday that the Nuggets and Nets had restarted talks. The teams resumed negotiations over a week ago when Denver called back the Nets in the aftermath of Prokhorov’s abrupt ending of talks on Jan. 19.

This is still a steep price for the Nets to pay for Anthony, and far more than the Knicks seem willing to give up. Among the draft picks the Nets are expected to give the Nuggets are their own 2011 first-round selection, the 2011 first-round pick they acquired from the Los Angeles Lakers, a future conditional first-rounder from the Golden State Warriors and another future first-rounder.

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