ESPN reporting Carmello Anthony to be traded to New Jersey Nets

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Sources say the Nuggets, furthermore, remain well aware that New Jersey will not consent to an Anthony trade, no matter what is agreed upon between the teams, unless Anthony agrees to sign a three-year, $65 million contract extension with the Nets as part of the swap.

The Bergen Record, citing sources, reported on its website Friday that the Nets and Nuggets have reached a “tentative agreement” on an Anthony deal, but reiterated that any deal remains contingent on Anthony signing the extension.

If Anthony ultimately says yes, the Record reported that the Nets will get Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams, Melvin Ely and Renaldo Balkman from the Nuggets.

In turn, the Nets would send Favors, Devin Harris, Troy Murphy, Ben Uzoh and four first-round picks to Denver.

for a Super Star that is ready to contribute the second he puts on your teams jersey. Sure, you might get lucky in the draft, but a bird in the hand is worth four draft picks in the bush.

Not going to happen

and this is your second post in a row misspelling his name. It’s CARMELO ANTHONY. One L.

/peeve

He’s come this far. May as well hold out for the Knicks now or at the end of the season.

That’s what they’d have to call the team if this trade happened as reported, especially since he’d be pretty much the only player there making great money. Surely my Nuggets FO guys, bless their stress-induced-tachycardia fluttering hearts, are just trumpeting this trade in order to get the Knicks or some other team to sweeten the pot.

Our crusading sports journalists are all too happy to parrot whatever their “sources” tell them, since that’s how readers and viewers are delivered to advertisers, eh? The more sensational the better. No matter that those erstwhile reporters are being played like a drum by the leakers.

I could be wrong; maybe this huge trade will go down just like they’re outlining it. We’ll see by next week.

That’s how much money he’d have to sacrifice over the next 4 years if he has to exercise his ETO this summer.

Is Billups/Melo/Lopez better than Billups/Melo/Nene? Probably.

Furthermore, is Billups/Melo/Lopez better than Harris/Nene/Umm, JR Smith I guess. I think it is by a lot.

The really important thing is, the Nuggets will suck hard once this is done, and the Blazers may have locked up a playoff spot by default.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Aq1UUE0gJR4z9k1yIHuJbqC8vLYF?slug=mc-anthonyknicks021811

Carmelo Anthony is informing those close to him that he will not sign a contract extension if he is traded to the Nets, according to a person aware of Anthony’s preference.

http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/anthony-draws-the-line-with-nets/?hpw

Wake me up when he’s finally traded.