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      Living Lighter: Hate your fantasy team? Don’t fret — it could be worse.

      September 28, 2010 /

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      Staring at an 0-3 start in your fantasy league? Hey, it could be worse, you could have this group of fantasy busts, based on some seriously faulty preseason analysis:

      QB: Kevin Kolb
      Forget those preseason struggles, it’s all about the system and Kolb looked pretty good in a couple of starts last season. One quarter against the Packers and Eagles’ fans will forget about Donovan McNabb. You think Mike Vick is a threat? The just-got-out-of-jail, can’t-pass-from-the-pocket Mike Vick? Ha!

      RB: Maurice Jones-Drew
      I personally guarantee that MJD will score at least two touchdowns in his first three games. What more can you ask from your #4 overall pick? The guy hosts a fantasy football radio show, for Pete’s sake! Of course he’s going to be a stud!

      RB: Ryan Grant
      You’re worried about injury? Are you crazy? Grant simply doesn’t miss games due to injury. The guy is as durable as the day is long. Count on it.

      WR: Michael Crabtree
      This guy is so good that he can miss all of preseason and still catch 48 passes in the final 11 games. He’s a veritable shoe-in for a 90-catch, 1,200-yard season. Dude is gonna go off in Jimmy Raye’s high-octane passing attack.

      WR: Sidney Rice
      Bah, hip injury, shmip injury. There’s no way Brett Favre comes back without a guarantee that Rice is good to go. No. Freakin’. Way.

      TE: Brent Celek
      He has future Pro Bowler Kevin Kolb throwing to him. What more do I have to say?

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      Carmelo disingenuous when talking about potential trade

      September 27, 2010 /
      Denver Nuggets Carmelo Anthony (C) breaks free from San Antonio Spurs Matt Bonner (C) and Ime Udoka during the second half in a matchup between division leaders at the Pepsi Center in Denver on February 3, 2009. Denver beat San Antonio 104-96 as Spurs Tim Duncan and Tony Parker did not play. (UPI Photo/Gary C. Caskey) Photo via Newscom Photo via Newscom

      Carmelo Anthony showed up at the Nuggets’ media day on Monday and fielded a few questions.

      “I’m here today. Whatever the future holds, it holds,” Anthony said Monday. “I’m leaving my options open right now.

      “At the end of the season, I’ll sit down with my team, I’ll sit down with the Nuggets, and we’ll talk about it. This has been a long summer. I’m just excited to get back to the court.

      “I’ve never said I wanted to be traded. I never once said anything about trade talk.”

      While that may technically be true, I’m waiting for the follow-up question where some capable reporter asks him if he directed any of his representation to tell the Nuggets that he was interested in being moved to another team. Reports have run rampant for the last month that his agent, Leon Rose, has been pressing the Nuggets to make a move quickly.

      By using his agent to make behind-closed-doors trade demands, Anthony has been able to keep his image pretty much intact, since he’s not out running around talking to the media about how he’d like to play elsewhere. It’s a savvy strategy, but to stand there and say that he hasn’t talked about being traded is disingenuous.

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      Nuggets dragging their feet in the Carmelo deal

      September 27, 2010 /
      Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony scores against the Utah Jazz during the fourth quarter of the first round playoffs game two at the Pepsi Center on April 19, 2010 in Denver. Utah beat Denver 114-111 to even the series at 1-1. UPI/Gary C. Caskey Photo via Newscom

      According to the New York Post (a bastion of honest, sober reporting if there ever was one), the Denver Nuggets are taking their sweet time committing to the four-team trade (discussed here in more detail) as they see if there are any better offers out there. As it is currently constructed, the Nuggets would received Derrick Favors, Andrei Kirilenko and two first round draft picks, which isn’t a bad haul all things considered.

      Marc Stein of ESPN is reporting that the deal is in neutral and that the Nuggets are going to hope that Anthony shows up to the team’s media day on Monday and “beg him to stay.”

      It’s not even clear if Anthony has signed off on the Nets by agreeing to sign the three-year extension required to get New Jersey to give up Derrick Favors and Devin Harris to acquire his rights.

      Rumored four-team trades have a way of falling apart, but this story seems to have legs, so I’d peg the chances of this getting done at around 40%. This week should be interesting as the Nuggets’ camp opens and Anthony has to decide whether or not he wants to report to work.

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