Tag: Carmelo Anthony rumors (Page 5 of 8)

      Nuggets/Lakers talking Carmelo trade?

      February 8, 2011 /
      Los Angeles Laker’s Andrew Bynum poses for photos during the media day at the Lakers training facility in El Segundo, Ca., on September 25, 2010 (UPI Photo/Lori Shepler)

      ESPN is reporting that the Lakers are willing to give up Andrew Bynum in a deal to acquire Carmelo Anthony.

      The Lakers’ package would be built around center Andrew Bynum. Denver has no interest in Ron Artest and isn’t particularly interested in Lamar Odom either, sources said. A straight-up deal of Bynum for Anthony works financially, but there could be other players involved since Denver would look to shed more salary if possible.

      The Lakers are an interesting landing spot for Carmelo because there’s a chance that he could re-sign there if the team were to play well after his arrival. L.A. is not New York, but it’s a metropolitan city and Anthony’s wife, LaLa Vasquez, could pursue her entertainment career there.

      If I’m the Lakers, I do this deal in a New York minute (pun intended). I am not confident that Bynum will ever fully get past his knee issues, which seem more chronic than something he’ll eventually get over. They would lose some size, but Carmelo can play power forward and it would give the Lakers a star to build around once Kobe Bryant finally retires.

      For the Nuggets, Bynum is a risk, but if he can get healthy and stay healthy, he’s a potential All-Star and is better than any of the players that the Knicks are currently offering. Like I said, I think he’ll be battling knee issues all his life, but I’m not a doctor and I’m not privy to his medical file. Maybe the Nuggets’ doctors take a look and decide it’s worth the risk. I would have to assume that’s the case if this deal eventually goes through.

      I suspect the Lakers are one team that have the Knicks worried. Carmelo could get out to L.A., enjoy playing in the Finals and eventually decide to re-up.

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      Carmelo will only sign with the Knicks

      February 5, 2011 /
      Denver Nuggets Carmelo Anthony (R) and Chauncey Billups watch the scoreboard during the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Pepsi Center in Denver on January 21, 2011. The Lakers beat the Nuggets 107-97. UPI/Gary C. Caskey

      The Carmelo Anthony trade saga took another turn recently as Yahoo! Sports is reporting that he’ll only sign an extension with the Knicks.

      Several sources told Yahoo! Sports that Carmelo Anthony’s agent, Leon Rose, has recently begun informing teams that the All-Star forward is interested in signing a contract extension with only the New York Knicks. The stance has weakened the Denver Nuggets’ leverage in trying to deal Anthony, not only to other teams, but also the Knicks.

      The sources said the Knicks don’t feel pressed to present a substantial trade offer to the Nuggets because they think they can also sign Anthony after the season if he opts out of his contract, as expected.

      “If you’re New York, you just sit and wait until the offseason,” one general manager said. “That’s where it’s likely to go. Why give up assets to get him now when you can wait and get him next season?”

      The unnamed GM asks an interesting question, but a lot can happen in a few months. If the Knicks elect to wait until the summer they run the risk of Carmelo changing his mind about where he’ll re-sign. Maybe he gets irked about the fact that the Knicks wouldn’t trade for him, forcing him to sign a deal for less money. Maybe he gets traded to the Mavericks as a rental and the team gels and makes a run to the Finals, forcing him to rethink his priorities. Who knows.

      If the Knicks wait, they’ll also pass on having Carmelo for a possible playoff run this season, and they’ll be pushing off the inevitable chemistry development into next season.

      Ideally, the Knicks would acquire Carmelo by the trade deadline for next to nothing, but signing him outright this summer would save the Knicks assets and money, since an extension would cost more than a new free agent contract. It’s just a risky proposition to wait, because the summer is a long way away.

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      Chris Sheridan predicts the end of the Carmelo saga

      January 20, 2011 /
      Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony (L) moves against the New York Knicks guard/forward Landry Fields during the first quarter at the Pepsi Center in Denver on November 16, 2010. UPI/Gary C. Caskey

      The ESPN writer says that the Knicks are not a shoe-in to land Carmelo, but still thinks that he’ll land in New York.

      The guess here is that if the Knicks acquire Anthony, they will give up Chandler or Gallinari (not both), Fields, Walker, Anthony Randolph (or a No. 1 obtained through a Randolph trade), Eddy Curry, plus an additional No. 1 pick (perhaps New York’s own 2014 pick), with the Knicks getting back an additional big body — something they’ve been scouring the league for throughout December and the first half of January. And I’m not necessarily saying the Nuggets would be taking on all those pieces, because a three-team trade might make it easier for everyone to walk away satisfied.

      Sheridan also mentions the possibility that Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke, who is reportedly still irked about Chris Paul’s now-infamous toast at Carmelo’s wedding last summer, may be stubborn enough to not trade Anthony, and leave the three-year extension on the table until June 30 to see if Carmelo is really willing to leave all that money on the table. Anthony is up against the clock — if he doesn’t sign this extension with the Nuggets (or the Knicks or the Nets, or any other team), he stands to walk away from an estimated $83 million in guaranteed money, and it might result in a contract under the new CBA that is $30-$40 million less. The kicker is that he has to be traded by Feb. 24 to re-up with a new team. Otherwise, he’ll be under contract with the Nuggets.

      Is he willing to sacrifice all that money to play for the Knicks instead of the Nets (or the Nuggets)?

      We may find out.

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      Are the Nets better off without Carmelo?

      January 20, 2011 /

      If their first game after owner Mikhail Prokhorov announced the team was backing out of negotiations is any indication, the answer is a resounding yes. Devin Kharpertian of NetsAreScorching writes that last night’s Nets looked confident in an upset of the Utah Jazz.

      Now that the stink of the Melo saga has finally rolled off their shoulders, the Nets can focus on playing as a complete team instead of worrying about who might not be in practice the next day. It’s only one game, but the difference between the scurrying team on the floor during the previous 12 games and the confident one against Utah was staggering. Without Anthony, the Nets still have a young, solid core, which includes former All-Star point guard Devin Harris, cornerstone center Brook Lopez, 3-point machine Anthony Morrow and, of course, the prize of the no-deal, Derrick Favors.

      Kharpertian goes on to discuss Favors’ progress in his rookie season:

      Favors, the youngest player in the NBA, still has skyscraping upside and is playing surprisingly efficient basketball despite his inexperience and the swirling cloud of rumors. In just more than 18 minutes per game, he’s shooting 55.1 percent from the field while grabbing almost 16 percent of available rebounds. There has never been a teenage rookie in the history of the NBA who played up to that level. The closest? Some guy named Dwight Howard. Favors may never have the game-changing impact that Howard has, but that’s a pretty solid start to hang your hat on. I know the Nets are impressed.

      Favors is averaging 6.6 points and 5.0 rebounds in just 19.0 minutes of playing time, which results in a slightly-below-average PER of 13.99. Considering he’s just 19-years-old and has a very raw offensive game, there is a lot of upside here. Maybe the Nets are better off seeing how he develops alongside the more polished Brook Lopez. The two could make a formidable power forward/center core in a few years.

      This assumes, of course, that Carmelo was interested in joining the Nets in the first place. There have been mixed messages coming out of his camp and it sure seems like Anthony using the Nets offer as leverage to get the Knicks to make a move. If that’s the case, Prokhorov absolutely made the right move to pull out of the negotiations. He doesn’t want his team to be used that way.

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      Nets pull out of Carmelo Anthony trade

      January 19, 2011 /

      Per ESPN…

      “I’m not happy with the way … this deal has gone until now,” [Mikhail] Prokhorov said. “It has taken too long. It has been played out in public and it certainly has taken a toll on the players and I believe that it has cost us several games. I think management did a great job, but there comes a time when the price is simply too expensive. I’m instructing our team to walk away from the deal.”

      It sounds like Prokhorov is frustrated with the pace of these negotiations and even went so far as to cancel a meeting with Anthony that was scheduled for Thursday.

      I doubt this is posturing, since a meeting was supposedly already on the books. I suspect if Carmelo and the Nuggets come back to the table quickly, the Nets would listen. Prokohorov clearly doesn’t want to be played the fool and probably believes (like the rest of us) that Anthony really wants to sign with the Knicks. I respect this move, though it is surprising that he’s canceling a scheduled meeting with Denver’s star.

      It will be interesting to see what kind of deal the Nuggets eventually get, and how it compares to the offer that the Nets just pulled from the table.

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