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Will Raymond Felton force his way out of Denver?
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Staff report Sporting News

Nuggets PG Raymond Felton, who was included in the package of players the Knicks sent to Denver in the Carmelo Anthony trade, isn’t happy with his role as a reserve and may try to force a trade out of Denver this offseason, Hoopsworld reports.

Felton is in sixth year in the NBA, and until the trade from New York, he had always been a starter. He played five years in Charlotte, and signed with the Knicks as a free agent before the current season. He’s currently playing behind Ty Lawson in Denver, and one of the reasons the Nuggets were comfortable packaging Chauncey Billups with Anthony in the trade with the Knicks is that they saw Lawson as their point guard of the future.

The Nuggets are 10-4 since the trade, and Felton told Hoopsworld, "It's working so far. It's something that I can't say I'm comfortable with, but at the same time, we're winning so why say anything? Why complain? Just play ball.”

But he added of Lawson, “"It's just one of those things where if this is where he's going to be (long term), then we'll see this summer where I might be," Felton said.

The Nuggets also have several free agents-to-be on their roster, including Wilson Chandler, who was also part of the Knicks trade. Sources told the website that Chandler will likely test the market this offseason as he expects to command a lucrative contract. J.R. Smith, Arron Afflalo and Kenyon Martin will also be free agents at season’s end.

I realize some of you may now like the Nuggets more than you do your own team, but get your fill of them while it lasts because Felton, Wilson, JR Smith, Nene, Afflalo & KMart might no longer be there past this season.

matt wrote:Think he'd come back?

Before Billups Thigh Contusion and the wake of trade prevailing opinion was that Billups was better and Felton was supposedly the problem for our down slide. Why are you even asking if he'd consider coming back?

Juice wrote:

matt wrote:Think he'd come back?

Before Billups Thigh Contusion and the wake of trade prevailing opinion was that Billups was better and Felton was supposedly the problem for our down slide. Why are you even asking if he'd consider coming back?

because I do not know the answer to what I am asking. I just get the feeling that we might get one of our players back from Denver somehow, just not sure which one. I don't think anyone would be surprised to see Gallinari come back, right?

crzymdups wrote:Offer Chauncey and our pick for Felton and Mozgov this summer.

i'd much rather extend Chauncey to a lesser contract & sign Deandre Jordan this summer... Mozgov is not the answer he can't even get on the court right now except in garbage time.

Juice wrote:

matt wrote:Think he'd come back?

Before Billups Thigh Contusion and the wake of trade prevailing opinion was that Billups was better and Felton was supposedly the problem for our down slide. Why are you even asking if he'd consider coming back?

I watch every game but I might have missed it...How was Felton the Knicks' problem?

holfresh wrote:

Juice wrote:

matt wrote:Think he'd come back?

Before Billups Thigh Contusion and the wake of trade prevailing opinion was that Billups was better and Felton was supposedly the problem for our down slide. Why are you even asking if he'd consider coming back?

I watch every game but I might have missed it...How was Felton the Knicks' problem?

Good question. I knew when he was acquired he was going to be the most polarizing player on the squad SANS deadline trade.

Anyway tonight Felton has played well and for the most part since joining Denver

Chandler with a possible game winner.... I know some fans have mixed emotions as this kid continues to simmer to the Top. Not to mention 5blks to go along with it, against a great team like the Spurs. Then again this shouldn't be surprising to anyone who always had peak confidence in the kid as he was the one who dropped 31 against them at the Garden for probably our best victory on the season.

holfresh wrote:

nixluva wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Juice wrote:

matt wrote:Think he'd come back?

Before Billups Thigh Contusion and the wake of trade prevailing opinion was that Billups was better and Felton was supposedly the problem for our down slide. Why are you even asking if he'd consider coming back?

I watch every game but I might have missed it...How was Felton the Knicks' problem?

Felton had a bad stretch of poor play for a while before the trade happened. That's the only thing that I remember. Felton was OK at the point. He was certainly better than CB has been. I thought CB would be good for this team with his experience and savvy.

Poor play? Define poor play please..They job of a point guard as you may be coming to realize is to make people around him better..He excelled as getting Amare the ball where he was most effective not to mention our other players..Guys please stop looking at how many point a PG scores to determine how he plays...Ghats how this entire board was duped by Billups the first few games..

Not sure you were watching the games then. He definitely had a stretch of bad play where he couldn't run the pick and roll, was making poor decisions and taking billups like shots. Had nothing to do with how many points he scored.

holfresh wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

holfresh wrote:

nixluva wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Juice wrote:

matt wrote:Think he'd come back?

Before Billups Thigh Contusion and the wake of trade prevailing opinion was that Billups was better and Felton was supposedly the problem for our down slide. Why are you even asking if he'd consider coming back?

I watch every game but I might have missed it...How was Felton the Knicks' problem?

Felton had a bad stretch of poor play for a while before the trade happened. That's the only thing that I remember. Felton was OK at the point. He was certainly better than CB has been. I thought CB would be good for this team with his experience and savvy.

Poor play? Define poor play please..They job of a point guard as you may be coming to realize is to make people around him better..He excelled as getting Amare the ball where he was most effective not to mention our other players..Guys please stop looking at how many point a PG scores to determine how he plays...Ghats how this entire board was duped by Billups the first few games..

Not sure you were watching the games then. He definitely had a stretch of bad play where he couldn't run the pick and roll, was making poor decisions and taking billups like shots. Had nothing to do with how many points he scored.

What the first month of the season..Ok ask yourself this..How many dunks was STAT getting when Felton was here and how many is he getting now?..Was Amare playing at an All Star level off the pick and roll?.. How did Gallo , Chandler and Williams look getting wide open looks? Things that are now long gone and forgotten.?

Not only the first month but the weeks leading to trade as well. Felton was good at times but lets not make him into Steve Nash 2.0 now. He had a lot of faults.

Also Gallo & Chandler..especially Chandler were slumping badly before the trade. This is some real selective memory.

Amare has already stated that he is very tired. Maybe the answer is that simple in terms of his play lately.

FoeDiddy - if you knew your job was being threatened to move to another city without you having a say in it, would YOU be sitting at your desk a happy camper?

Sensationalizing the Knuggs mean you care about them!

Knuggs are 10-4 since the trade. Dude is no cancer.

The guy had claimed he loved living in white plains, loved playing SSOL and said he would love to spend his career here.

You think he was happy to be moved the way he was? He signed here and was thriving.

Lawson was the incumbent. Usually Felton does not start but he finishes.

They do bullcrap journalism in other places too.

The writer added a lot of filler, this is all he said:

"It's working so far. It's something that I can't say I'm comfortable with, but at the same time, we're winning so why say anything? Why complain? Just play ball.”
But he added of Lawson, “"It's just one of those things where if this is where he's going to be (long term), then we'll see this summer where I might be," Felton said.

Knicks need to just take care of business. What the Knuggs do is not important if the knicks take care. Knicks and media made a big deal over the Melo trade for weeks prior and created a frenzy of expectation.

While it may be in the Knicks best interest to sign a free agent and then trade him but the kid embraced his role, made it work and then was moved. Its not good business.

Felton right or wrong does not have an impact on the Knicks. Its NY, you take the hype and the money you gotta take the heat if it does not yield the results.