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CrushAlot
Posts: 59764 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 7/25/2003 Member: #452 USA |
2/20/2011 12:22 AM
The long-awaited meeting between Carmelo Anthony and the New Jersey Nets took place late Saturday afternoon at a Los Angeles-area restaurant, according to a league source.
The Nets owner, Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, and minority owner Jay-Z informed Anthony of the club's short-term and long-term vision -- the certainty of their move to Brooklyn for the start of the 2012-13 season, as well as their plans to build a championship-caliber team around him, largely through free agency.
Nets blog
The Nets and Nuggets recently renewed trade talks for Anthony for the third time this season. However, Anthony, who can became a free agent after this season, insisted twice Friday that no meeting was planned with Prokhorov.
The Nuggets have looked into trading Anthony since he declined to sign a three-year contract extension worth nearly $65 million this season. The Nets were close to a deal twice, and the New York Knicks are considered the other favorite to land Anthony if Denver decides to move him. Anthony wants something to happen soon, but hasn't received any indication from Nuggets executive Josh Kroenke that it will.
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Either team would have to give up a big portion of its roster to land Anthony. "If anything was to happen with whatever team, of course, I would want a team to be able to compete with," Anthony said. "As far as all the players that's in the deal, that's supposed to be in the deal, yeah, that's a lot of players for one guy." The Nuggets approached the Nets in the past week to see if they were still interested in acquiring the small forward, sources told ESPN.com. Sources told ESPN.com that the Nets and Nuggets discussed a deal that would have sent point guard Devin Harris, rookie forward Derrick Favors, the No. 3 pick in the draft, others and at least three of the Nets' five first-round draft picks over the next two seasons to Denver for Anthony, point guard Chauncey Billups and others. The Nets were close to a deal for Anthony in training camp and there was a 10-day span in January when the Nets and Nuggets appeared on the verge of pulling off a blockbuster 15- or 16-player, three-team deal with Detroit that would have brought Anthony to New Jersey. When the deal lingered without resolution, Prokhorov ended the speculation in dramatic fashion, saying the lingering talks were hurting his team. He also cited the high price the Nuggets were seeking and his frustration with the public nature of the talks. On Thursday, Prokhorov's spokeswoman insisted that Prokhorov had not changed his mind with the impending NBA trading deadline approaching. Knicks All-Star Amare Stoudemire denied a report that he was against the reported deal for Anthony. "I don't know where you heard that from. You didn't hear it from me," he said. "It's always a touchy topic because you don't want to offend anyone ... but Carmelo is obviously a friend. He's from New York, New York loves him." Marc Stein is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com. Chris Broussard is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report. ESPN Conversations Follow the NBA on ESPN: Twitter / Facebook I'm tired,I'm tired, I'm so tired right now......Kristaps Porzingis 1/3/18
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FistOfOakley
Posts: 21079 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 2/18/2010 Member: #3075 |
2/20/2011 2:47 AM
i'm pretty sure it's not melo who's afraid of the new cba... it's CAA...
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mightymatt
Posts: 20020 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 11/9/2010 Member: #3300 |
2/20/2011 2:51 AM
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/211129/Sources_Carmelo_Wont_Sign_Extension_With_Nets
Carmelo Anthony has informed people close to him that he will not sign an extension with the Nets, according to sources. Anthony has had a longstanding preference to play for the Knicks. If the Knicks and Nuggets are unable to complete a trade, Anthony must still weigh his options of whether to risk not signing an extension with the looming uncertainty of the NBA's next collective bargaining agreement.
but i'd like to keep fields and at least one of either gallo/chandler...to play alongside 'melo |
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Uptown
Posts: 31323 Alba Posts: 3 Joined: 4/1/2008 Member: #1883 |
2/20/2011 9:56 AM
mightymatt wrote:http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/211129/Sources_Carmelo_Wont_Sign_Extension_With_Nets There are just to many made-up sources and rumors passed as truth. Knicks cant pull anyone off the table nor dictate this trade unless Carmelo himself comes out and says "I'm only signing the extention with the Knicks." I know he's careful with what he says in public, but he could easliy inform Denvers FO behind the scenes..... |