Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears has a source that thinks the Carmelo deal is almost done.
Is this finally over?
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NBA fans would like to know why LeBron didn’t enter the Slam Dunk Contest (like he said he would at last year’s contest), but he spent the Saturday before the All-Star Game doing some charity work for the Boys & Girls Club in Los Angeles before co-hosting a “TWO KINGS” dinner with Jay-Z at Craft Restaurant. Here are a few pics from the day’s events:
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Marc Stein reports that the Nuggets would trade Ray Felton if he’s acquired in the Carmelo trade.
Meanwhile, Chris Broussard is reporting that the Nets and Nuggets are working on a post-Carmelo deal for one or two (former) Knicks.
If the Nets and Nuggets are discussing a post-Carmelo deal, it seems like the writing is on the wall. Carmelo will become a Knick over the next few days, and it sounds like Timofey Mozgov, Ray Felton, Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler could all be included in the deal.
The New York Post has the story:
Carmelo Anthony is expected to inform the Nets by today at the latest whether or not he will accept a trade to New Jersey and sign an extension to play there, sources told The Post last night.
There were reports that the Nets’ meeting with Carmelo didn’t go all that well, but owner Mikhail Prokhorov called the meeting “fantastic” and thinks his team has a shot. (Doesn’t this sound like “The Decision: Carmelo Anthony” at this point?)
Per ESPN, Prokhorov seemed content with having driven up the price for the Knicks.
“I think we made a very good tactical decision to force [the] Knicks to pay as much as they can,” Prokhorov said. “So it’s very good, it’s very interesting, it’s very competitive.”
I mentioned that this might be his strategy in a post from last Thursday.
This could turn out to be a savvy move by Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov. He felt like his team was getting played by the Nuggets and/or Carmelo, and he ordered management to back off. Now that the trade deadline is quickly approaching, he sees that the Knicks may get Anthony for nearly nothing, and by reentering trade talks, at the very least he should be able to drive the price up on any forthcoming Knicks/Nuggets trade, hurting the rival Knicks long term.
At the very least, Prokhorov’s involvement upped the ante for the Knicks and hurt them long term by forcing New York to give up an extra starter or two.
The Nuggets have a game on Tuesday, and if Carmelo suits up and plays, it means that nothing is close to getting done. I’d expect the Nuggets to hold him out of Tuesday’s game just to be safe. After all, the trade deadline is on Thursday — why take on the injury risk?
While the vast majority of NBAers are in Los Angeles for the All-Star Game or at home enjoying a few days off with the family, newly-single Tony Parker was in Las Vegas for a party at LAVO. Here are a few pics.
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