What Are The Nuggets Thinking?

According to the New York Daily News, the Denver Nuggets are seeking Raymond Felton, Danillo Gallinari, Eddy Curry and a 3rd player (Most likely Landry Fields, Anthony Randolph, or Wilson Chandler) and a 1st round pick in a 3 way deal that would ultimately send Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups to the Knicks. Billups has absolutely no upside as he is in the twilight of his career, and Carmelo, who the Nuggets have virtually no chance of re-signing. Why would the Knicks do this? Its looking more and more like the Nuggets are content with losing their star player for nothing this off-season. But wait, this just in, reportedly Knicks owner James Dolan has been reported as possibly going all Isiah Thomas on the deal, and possibly forcing it through despite the dismay of both his GM Donnie Walsh, and head coach Mike D'Antoni. Looks like things will get very interesting over the next week.

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Source: New York Daily News

Carmelo Re-Sign With the Nuggets?

According to Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports, Carmelo Anthony said he would "take a real hard look at" signing a contract extension with Denver if he's not traded at the deadline.

Obviously that's not a definitive answer in either direction, but a comment like this may help raise Denver management's hopes of keeping Carmelo in town. It's worth noting that Carmelo's quote comes after a Denver Post report earlier on Wednesday saying that there's a "better-than-average" chance that he won't be traded this season

Source: Marc Spears on Twitter

Why would Carmelo Anthony say this now after everything he's been saying over the past 3 months? Just as the Knicks were on the cusp of landing him cheap, leaving behind a talented squad to surround Anthony in NY, he goes and rips away any leverage that the Knicks might have had and shifts the motivation away from the Nuggets to trade him out of desperation. Not good news for Knicks fans....at all

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