Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysMon Jan 10 07:11am EST
Amar'e doesn't want to add Anthony
By Mark J. Miller
Amar'e StoudemireNew York Knicks president of basketball operations Donnie Walsh has asked the Denver Nuggets would it take to get Carmelo Anthony(notes) to the Big Apple. It appears highly unlikely that Anthony will be headed to the Knicks anytime soon and the New York Daily News repor
ts that Amar'e Stoudemire(notes) is feeling fine about that.
Stoudemire has said publicly that he'd love to have Anthony on the team, the Daily News notes, but a former Phoenix Suns teammate tells the paper, "Amar'e will embrace any teammate, but if it were up to him, I know he'd rather just see the Knicks stay the way they are. Amar'e likes being the guy. He likes the players that are around him. I know he's thinking, 'Why would we want to change this?'"
It is looking like Stoudemire, who is averaging 26.2 points, 9.1 assists, and 2.6 assists per game and has basketball lovers in New York feeling hopeful again, will get his wish and not have Anthony on his team
Papabear Says
I just can't believe this! Come on too many rumors.
Rebuttal:
Melopalooza reaches ludicrous speed
By Alan Hahn
http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/the-knicks-fix-1.812055/melopalooza-reaches-ludicrous-speed-1.2598826
LOS ANGELES -- When Jim Gray strolled by, I knew the night was headed for disaster. The Master of Ceremonies -- and, apparently, mastermind -- for LeBron's "Decision" was hovering at the exact time the NBA world was now wondering what yet another star was going to do about his future.
Would Carmelo really sign that contract extension with the Nets?
So far, he hasn't, but it shouldn't be long now before we find out. One thing I can tell you is despite suggestions elsewhere that Amar'e Stoudemire doesn't care either way, let me assure you that people close to him have told me he is very much interested in teaming up with Carmelo in New York.
But he, like the entire Knicks organization, doesn't want it to come at a cost that would ravage a roster that Amar'e believes has great potential.
"Amar'e never said as has been reported that he does not want Carmelo," a person close to Stoudemire said last night. "He thinks he would be great in New York . . . [Carmelo] just has to be patient and wait it out."
That is what the Knicks want, but Carmelo's party wants something else. They want that $65 million over three years (plus next year's salary of $18 million) that is tangible money, rather than risk going into free agency under an extremely restricted new CBA system.
It's a mess in Denver now and the cloud that has hung over the team all season as a result of Carmelo's uncertain situation has the team in an emotional tailspin. The Nuggets have been listening to offers -- at least from everyone but the Knicks -- and considering options, but a source told me things took a serious turn over the last few days and suddenly there was a greater motivation to get something done sooner rather than later.
Things got very hot with the Nets over the weekend, but by Sunday night Josh Kroenke started pumping the brakes. George Karl's misery can be overwhelming for those close to him, but Kroenke started to reconsider a rash move just because the coach lost his patience. It also didn't help that CAA -- the fellas that rep Melo (you remember them from the LeBronathon) -- started applying their own full-court press.
Denver may not get a better offer than what Billy King has presented to them with seemingly inexhaustible effort. But what we still don't know is if Carmelo will sign that extension. Will he? Won't he?
Didn't we do this dance already once before?
Those close to Carmelo have said one thing he wanted to avoid was winding up in the same situation as LeBron. Well, guess what? You're almost there.
The Knicks are closely monitoring the situation with some anxiety. At this point it seems the Knicks just want some type of conclusion to emerge just so they can move forward. If Carmelo does take the deal to go to the Nets, Donnie Walsh and his staff are ready to quickly transition into using those assets they have horded over the last few months -- Eddy Curry's expiring, Anthony Randolph's potential -- and fill some actual areas of need on the current roster, with nothing more important than finding a starting-quality center.
