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Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:35 am
by el loco
While some believe it's a foregone conclusion free-agent point guard Anthony Carter will re-sign with Denver, that might not be the case.
A source told Pro Basketball News that interest between Carter and Memphis is "pretty strong." The Grizzlies wouldn't give Carter more than a one-year minimum deal, which is all the Nuggets will offer him.
However, the source believes the Grizzlies could steal Carter away because he's worried about his playing time being cut after the Nuggets last month traded for rookie point guard Ty Lawson on draft night.
If the Nuggets don't re-sign Carter, there's a strong chance they would sign point guard Marcus Williams, who is averaging 15.0 points and 9.0 assists in the summer league for Memphis, and had a league-record 17 assists in his first game.
"I think that's the plan," Williams said of going to Denver if Carter leaves. "They only have two (point) guards on the roster. Hopefully, I can make a push there if things don't work out here."
The Grizzlies are considering signing Williams. However, if they sign Carter, they wouldn't need Williams, and he would be in line to bolt to Denver.
Williams, who has career statistics of 6.1 points and 2.9 assists over three seasons, also said Indiana is looking at him "a little bit."
http://probasketballnews.com/story/?storyid=647I doubt he would bolt to Memphis for the minimum if he can make the same amount here. Why wouldn't Memphis just sign Williams for that matter, he is already on their summer league team and doing quite well. I hope it is true, but I doubt it.
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:16 pm
by Teens On Acid
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:55 pm
by Gogo Babaroga
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:12 pm
by The Rebel
el loco wrote:I doubt he would bolt to Memphis for the minimum if he can make the same amount here. Why wouldn't Memphis just sign Williams for that matter, he is already on their summer league team and doing quite well. I hope it is true, but I doubt it.
There has to be more to the story, maybe he feels like the Nuggets don't really want him back, which is something I agree with, he would not be a priority for me at this point. In fact I actually would prefer Williams at this point, he is a young PG that has shown flashes in the past and would probably work well on the Nuggets.
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:13 pm
by corona
how many gallons of gas will it take to drive that lime green hulk hummer from denver to memphis?
whatever it is....i'll chip in $100
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:17 pm
by MHZ
I follow Anthony Carter to the Memphis board if he leaves.
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:05 pm
by berserker
MHZ, that makes it an even better deal for the Denver fans! LOL LOL LOL
just kiddin~
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:13 pm
by J Smitty
MHZ wrote:I follow Anthony Carter to the Memphis board if he leaves.
Lies! I don't recall you flowing Mark Pope to the WebMD message board when he left.
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:38 pm
by Shady08
corona wrote:how many gallons of gas will it take to drive that lime green hulk hummer from denver to memphis?
whatever it is....i'll chip in $100
Count me in for another $100
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:57 pm
by el loco
corona wrote:how many gallons of gas will it take to drive that lime green hulk hummer from denver to memphis?
whatever it is....i'll chip in $100
Are we chipping in to get it painted while we are at it?
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:00 pm
by el loco
Shady08 wrote:corona wrote:how many gallons of gas will it take to drive that lime green hulk hummer from denver to memphis?
whatever it is....i'll chip in $100
Count me in for another $100
Dang, you guys have almost paid for about 1/2 of the trip
Are you going to help flip the bill for MHizzle as well?
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:19 pm
by The Rebel
el loco wrote:corona wrote:how many gallons of gas will it take to drive that lime green hulk hummer from denver to memphis?
whatever it is....i'll chip in $100
Are we chipping in to get it painted while we are at it?
It will be in Memphis after we get the money together, let them worry about seeing that ugly ass thing.
By the way I could throw in another $100 but only if he agrees to take MHizzle with him as I would hate to have to see our mod beg for the gas money to follow him.
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:48 am
by MHZ
I think AC clearly has the kind of team jumping following on these boards that AI had. Memphis should expect a ton of AC trolls who could care less about the team, and just want to see AC get enough touches. I can see the battle lines being drawn already for the OJ Mayo/AC feuds on that board.
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:24 am
by el loco
MHZ wrote:I think AC clearly has the kind of team jumping following on these boards that AI had. Memphis should expect a ton of AC trolls who could care less about the team, and just want to see AC get enough touches. I can see the battle lines being drawn already for the OJ Mayo/AC feuds on that board.
I know that I am one of the very few Nuggets fans that actually like AC as a backup pg for Denver, but I don't want to see him taking minutes away from Ty Lawson, so if he can find a job playing elsewhere, I wish him the best of luck with his new gig.
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:35 pm
by The Rebel
MHZ wrote:I think AC clearly has the kind of team jumping following on these boards that AI had. Memphis should expect a ton of AC trolls who could care less about the team, and just want to see AC get enough touches. I can see the battle lines being drawn already for the OJ Mayo/AC feuds on that board.
Damn MHZ, it is time to share some of what ever you are on. There is no way Mayo even comes close to being good enough to compare to AC.
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:36 am
by Meloshow
Why the hell would you want to play in Memphis lol. Nice town.
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:13 am
by MHZ
Because they're willing to pay him money to play basketball?
Re: Carter Leaving Town?
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:22 am
by The Rebel
MHZ wrote:Because they're willing to pay him money to play basketball?
Agreed, I would move to Iraq if they pay me over a million dollars a year to play basketball.
