The AP has the details, via ESPN.
And yes, that was Thunder center Nenad Krstic who threw the chair.
Author: John Paulsen (Page 177 of 937)
Frank Isola of the New York Daily News writes that the Knicks may not have the assets to coax the Nuggets into a trade:
“What do they have?” a Nuggets source said. “That makes it tough.”
There are reports that the Knicks’ offer would include Eddy Curry’s expiring contract, a future first-round pick and Danilo Gallinari, although Donnie Walsh and Mike D’Antoni will try to replace Gallinari with Wilson Chandler in a proposed trade for Anthony.
No, I don’t think Gallinari and Curry are enough. And I certainly don’t think that Chandler and Curry are enough. But what upping the ante with Anthony Randolph, who has displayed some considerable potential in two up-and-down years playing for the schizophrenic Don Nelson?
If I’m running the Nuggets and the Rockets offer Kevin Martin and the Knicks’ two first round picks (acquired in the T-Mac trade), then I’m leaning Houston, even if they’re in the same conference. Of course, Rockets GM Daryl Morey won’t make that kind of an offer unless Anthony agrees to sign an extension as a part of the trade.
I just added Mike Williams to my list of sleeper WRs:
The reviews have been rave for the rookie out of Syracuse. He has already won the starting split end job and has impressed Peter King, Pete Prisco and even Adam Schefter, who says that Williams “has star written all over him.” Now it’s important to keep in mind that Williams is a rookie, but when a player is impressing this much for a team in desperate need of a playmaker at WR, fantasy owners should take notice. I’d definitely look to draft Williams in the later rounds, but don’t wait too long.
Just the fact that Williams is the Bucs’ WR1 gives him a certain amount of value. Throw in the rave reviews from this summer and we have a very interesting pick once the 10th round arrives.
My money is on Etnie.
I love three things about this video: 1) they’re on the same team, 2) everything is in slow motion, and 3) they stop when mom calls.
Classic.
Karl, Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Nene and — I’ve decided, upon further review — Martin, Andersen and J.R. Smith have earned one more turn together.
Let’s find out if they can pick up where they left off six months ago and win again. If they can’t, six months from now, people can break up the Nuggets.
Carmelo can be traded.
At the end of the season, Martin and Smith’s contracts will expire; the Nuggets will have the option on Billups’ final year, and Anthony can walk away as a free agent if he’s not been traded by then. Let him go. Don’t burn jerseys. He will have given the Nuggets eight entertaining, controversial and winning seasons.
The Nuggets would be freed of almost $65 million in cap space (and Nene will have only one more season of an $11.6 mil salary) — and could start over, and go sign free agents and draft players in the first round once more. Besides, who knows what will become of the collective bargaining disagreement by then?
Sure, the Nuggets may be a 55-win team when everything goes their way, and maybe they have another Western Conference Finals run in them, but the big question is — are the Nuggets really a threat to the Lakers?
Because I know how this wait-and-see strategy is going to go. In February, the Nuggets are probably going to be somewhere in the #2-#4 range in the West, and they aren’t going to want to trade their best player away. Anthony will be happy because the team is winning and he’s resigned himself to another few months in Denver, and he won’t be talking about free agency.
But when the Nuggets inevitably lose in the playoffs, it will all start up again. At that point, the franchise will have lost whatever leverage they had. They will not be able to get anything (or much) in return because the Knicks will have the cap space to sign him.
So why not get the best deal you can now?
Want good young players? The Knicks have reportedly offered Danilo Gallinari and Eddy Curry’s expiring contract. Would they add Anthony Randolph to the deal if it meant they could lock up Carmelo long-term? I think they would.
Want draft picks? The Rockets could offer Kevin Martin and two first rounders that they got from the Knicks as part of the Tracy McGrady trade. If the Knicks don’t land Anthony, there’s a good chance that both of those will be lottery picks. If it all works out, there’s a chance the Nuggets could add three good players to a core that would presumably include Ty Lawson.
Knowing when to start the rebuilding process is one of the toughest things for a franchise to do and it’s often a painful, confusing process. If the Nuggets don’t trade Carmelo this summer, they may very well come to regret it.
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