J.R. Smith tweeted this photo of Carmelo Anthony at the Nuggets’ team facilities a short while ago.
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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.
Alex Kennedy of HOOPSWORLD says that the Bulls offered Noah more than $11 million per year, and he isn’t happy with the offer.
The contract extension the Chicago Bulls offered Joakim Noah several weeks ago was actually a five-year, $57 million deal. Noah isn’t happy.
Wow, I think that’s more than fair for a offensively-challenged center who averaged 10.7 points and 11.0 rebounds per game last season. Sure, he’s great defensively and brings a lot of energy, but that’s why the Bulls’ offer is fair. When you start getting into the $12-$14 M per season range, you have to be a complete player. And as good as Noah is, he isn’t a guy that the Bulls can feed in the post and expect him to score.
Two summers ago, Andrew Bogut signed a five-year deal worth $60 million coming off of a season where he averaged 14/10. This season, he was named to the All-NBA 3rd Team after turning into one of the league’s best defensive centers and one of its few go-to post players. Would you rather have Bogut at $12 million per season or Noah at $11.4 million? Bulls fans might say Noah, but after the season Bogut just turned in, I think most people around the NBA would rather have Bogut (16/10, 2.5 blocks in 2009-10.)
With a new collective bargaining agreement looming, Noah should lock in his extension now. There’s just too much risk involved with all the uncertainty of next summer.
Marc Stein is reporting that there is a four-team deal in the works that would bring Carmelo Anthony to New Jersey.
The proposed deal, sources said, also would involve the Utah Jazz and the Charlotte Bobcats. It would deliver Nets rookie forward Derrick Favors, Jazz veteran Andrei Kirilenko and multiple first-round picks to Denver in exchange for their franchise player, potentially bringing a resolution to Anthony’s uncertain future before the Nuggets hold their first practice of the new season.
Sources told ESPN.com that the deal, which has yet to be finalized, also would send former All-Star point guard Devin Harris to Charlotte, with Bobcats forward Boris Diaw moving to Utah.
The piece goes on to say that one obstacle is Carmelo’s willingness to sign an extension. The Nets aren’t going to give up Favors and Harris if Carmelo can enter free agency next summer.
So the Nets would theoretically start Jordan Farmar at the point, Terrence Williams at the two, Anthony at the three, Troy Murphy at the four and Brook Lopez at center. That’s not too bad, but will Anthony be willing to sign on for three more years?
The deal makes some sense for Denver, who would get Favors, Kirilenko and apparently a few draft picks. After Kirilenko’s deal came off the books next summer, the Nuggets’ payroll would be right at the salary cap, and if they chose to move Chauncey Billups as well for an expiring contract, they would actually have enough cap space for a max free agent, not that there’s anyone worth that in next summer’s free agent class. Still, if they were able to get a young prospect or a first round pick for Billups, they would be loaded with cheap assets and can begin to rebuild around Favors and Ty Lawson.
I’m not sure why the Jazz would rather have Boris Diaw than Kirilenko (maybe they’ll get out of the luxury tax?), but the Bobcats’ desire to acquire Devin Harris makes sense. They let Raymond Felton go this summer and are heading into the season with D.J. Augustin and Shaun Livingston.
We’ll see if this progresses or falls apart, like most four-team trades seemingly do.
Nelson, the NBA’s all-time coaching leader in victories with 1,335 wins, will be replaced by longtime Warriors assistant coach Keith Smart, according to the sources.
Nelson, who had one year remaining on his contract worth $6 million, returned to the Bay Area last Sunday night, according to general manager Larry Riley in an interview earlier this week.
Riley said Nelson had been watching the team scrimmages and doing his usual office-type things to get ready for the season during that conversation.
But, according to two sources, it was obvious that Nelson wasn’t overly enthusiastic about leaving Maui, where he makes his home, and returning to coach the Warriors.
Several sources indicated that Nelson will be paid the remainder of his contract.
He “wasn’t overly enthusiastic about leaving Maui.” I’ve been to Maui twice, so I can relate. No one is really enthusiastic about leaving Maui.
So Nelson comes back to the Bay Area, wanders around the team facilities for a few days, grumbles about how he’d rather be sitting at a bar in Lahaina or lounging on Ka’anapali Beach and now he’s heading back to Maui with his full salary of $6 million?
What a life!
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