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kingmalaki wrote:^^^^^^
No, I'm saying I don't expect Melo to risk the $65M extension with a new CBA and potential lockout. Just my guess. I'm no expert. I'm just saying that's a lot of cash to walk away from.
Any truth to this? They are posting it on the Nuggets board:
http://www.netsdaily.com/2010/12/19/188 ... -extension
kingmalaki wrote:^^^^^^
No, I'm saying I don't expect Melo to risk the $65M extension with a new CBA and potential lockout. Just my guess. I'm no expert. I'm just saying that's a lot of cash to walk away from.
Any truth to this? They are posting it on the Nuggets board:
http://www.netsdaily.com/2010/12/19/188 ... -extension
Anders wrote:The sweetest revenge is living well! Darius Rucker said it, so you know its real!
knicks9784 wrote:kingmalaki wrote:^^^^^^
No, I'm saying I don't expect Melo to risk the $65M extension with a new CBA and potential lockout. Just my guess. I'm no expert. I'm just saying that's a lot of cash to walk away from.
Any truth to this? They are posting it on the Nuggets board:
http://www.netsdaily.com/2010/12/19/188 ... -extension
most likely taken out of context, if you read the next lines they ask directly about the nets and he says he doesnt know if he would sign there. funny how nobody asks if he would extend in ny.
he's assuming "wherever i go" is a place that he has agreed to beforehand.
BLACKFEET 2010 wrote:http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/knicks-still-in-thick-of-pursuit-for-carmelo-1.2605367
Hahn is the ultimate waffler.
SALT LAKE CITY - The Knicks' pursuit of Carmelo Anthony remains very much alive, as the highly publicized trade talks between the Nets and Denver Nuggets have yet to produce a result.
In fact, a person with knowledge of the situation said that while the Nets "are obviously a player in this," the Knicks are "more in the game than people think."
The Knicks are returning home after a four-game West Coast trip that ended Wednesday night against the Jazz.
Newsday reported Wednesday that Donnie Walsh has been quietly working to put pieces together - likely involving at least one other team - to come up with an offer to present to the Nuggets before the Feb. 24 trade deadline. The Nuggets reportedly were frustrated with the Nets allegedly leaking information about their trade talks, which included the Detroit Pistons as a third team. The Knicks are trying to keep their efforts in strict confidence, but there has been a change in attitude about the Knicks' chances to land Anthony.
One NBA source said the Nets are "overstating their case a little bit" with how far their negotiations with Denver have progressed.
And according to a report by Yahoo! Sports, Amar'e Stoudemire sent a text message to Anthony earlier this week to dispel any misconceptions made by at least one media outlet that Stoudemire doesn't want Anthony in New York. Stoudemire on Monday was asked if he still believed it will take another star to join him for the Knicks to be championship contenders and he replied, "No question, absolutely."
A person close to Stoudemire confirmed that the players talk regularly. Stoudemire declined a request for an interview before yesterday's game.
After he signed with the Knicks in July, Stoudemire spoke openly about recruiting other stars such as Anthony to join him in New York. But once the season started, Stoudemire has downplayed that kind of talk mainly out of respect to his current teammates and to avoid the appearance that he was making any demands or putting pressure on Walsh to get a trade done.
The caveat to any deal is that Anthony would have to agree to signing a contract extension and multiple sources have told Newsday that Anthony never has given any indications that he would - or would not - sign with the Nets. No one involved has ever denied that his preferred destination is the Knicks and Madison Square Garden.
What remains to be seen is if Anthony will use the leverage of the extension as a way to force the Nuggets to exclusively deal with the Knicks. Anthony could opt out after this season to become a free agent, though he is being advised by his representatives that it could cost him millions of dollars because a new contract would come under what is expected to be a very restrictive new collective bargaining agreement. But Anthony also knows the Nuggets do not want to risk losing him for nothing.
Coco Martin wrote:We need a legit C.
Johnny_Depth wrote:Coco Martin wrote:We need a legit C.
Or even an unlegit Center would do. Paging Earl Barron...
KnicksGod wrote:Good job Nets. I feel that they're just Carmelo ... and MAYBE a back-up point guard ... away from contending.
GONYK wrote:Johnny_Depth wrote:Coco Martin wrote:We need a legit C.
Or even an unlegit Center would do. Paging Earl Barron...
LOL at Earl Barron helping
Johnny_Depth wrote:Coco Martin wrote:We need a legit C.
Or even an unlegit Center would do. Paging Earl Barron...
TrueWarrior wrote:You dont even need those stats to be able to tell that Melo isnt all that. Dude is a glorified Glenn Robinson and nothing more.
defjux21 wrote:Johnny_Depth wrote:Coco Martin wrote:We need a legit C.
Or even an unlegit Center would do. Paging Earl Barron...
Screw that, lets go after Jackie Butler instead.
