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Ayonick07 wrote:What exactly does that mean mags?

magnumt wrote:

Ayonick07 wrote:What exactly does that mean mags?

Dolann and Denver's Ownership want to be BFFs now.

GotItNow wrote:Is Dolan the king, KING of PR disasters or what!

Rumored deal very favorable for Knicks, anything Dolan does even if it had to be done will certainly be worse for the Knicks. He's in a can't win situation. Only Dolan the Dolt would waltz right in to that buzzsaw.

Mark Berman - NY Post wrote: If the three-team deal does not work out, Minnesota and the Knicks may do a deal with Randolph for a first-rounder straight up. But Wolves president David Kahn, who once worked under Walsh, is willing to be facilitator for the Knicks to get Anthony.

Jitpal wrote:Maybe Walsh asked him to get involved for a particular reason. Maybe Kroenke reached out to Dolan. We know how the NY Media likes to go around certain details. It is Isola and he certainly has no love for the Knicks.

That said, if Dolan took the "initiative" then -Jitpal

Kiszla: Melodrama could take many turns
By Mark Kiszla
The Denver Post

Posted: 02/08/2011 01:00:00 AM MST

This might come as a shock to all-star forward Carmelo Anthony and the rest of the NBA, but the Nuggets are operating under the steadfast belief that the number of suitors for their prolific scoring forward will expand as the Feb. 24 trade deadline approaches.

"I have not stressed one day since this process began," Nuggets executive vice president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri said Monday.


While conventional NBA wisdom suggests the trade value of Anthony has suffered since a blockbuster deal involving New Jersey rookie Derrick Favors, Detroit veteran Rip Hamilton and Colorado favorite Chauncey Billups blew up last month, the optimism of Denver management is based on three factors:

1) The Nuggets stubbornly refuse to believe they will be forced to ship Anthony to the Knicks on terms dictated by New York.

2) Although the possibility of establishing a franchise tag in the new collective bargaining agreement that could bind Anthony to Denver seems a risky proposition, Nuggets management will seriously contemplate it before settling for a less-than-satisfactory trade.

3) The Nuggets are convinced the market for Anthony as a rental player contributing to a contender's playoff run is destined to be strong.


While Anthony opened this game of high-stakes poker by refusing to sign a $65 million contract extension, Denver management has believed from the beginning that it will be extremely difficult for Melo or his agents to leave that big money on the table for love of the bright lights in Madison Square Garden.

In short, the Nuggets think Anthony is bluffing about the notion of sacrificing millions to sign with the Knicks as a free agent after NBA owners seek to roll back salaries and implement a hard salary cap in the next labor agreement. As all parties involved in the protracted Melodrama hear the trade-deadline clock ticking more loudly with each passing day, will somebody blink?

http://www.denverpost.com/kiszla/ci_17324328