Unless the Nuggets reduce their asking price or the Knicks find a sucker GM to cough up a top pick, this rumored trade will evaporate as quickly as other Melo trade rumors have.
Carmelo Anthony has been spoken for at length in recent months. To quote numerous media sources, Melo has been “on the brink†of being sent East on the trade winds since early August. But none among those purportedly in-the-know have anything better than unnamed sources to back up their claims.
On a night that veteran Chauncey Billups worked to whip his young USA Men’s Basketball squad into shape, Nuggets teammate Carmelo Anthony committed himself to the US Team for the 2012 Olympics in London.
With a suddenly glaring weakness at power forward, the Denver Nuggets need to make a move to compete in the loaded Western Conference next season.
Melo is becoming Kevin’s go-to rival in a Northwest Division that lacks any other talents of Durant’s caliber.
With Coach George Karl making it clear that cancer will not hold him back from his life, let alone coaching, the emotional and inspired Nuggets may have stamped their letter of commitment to chasing down an NBA title.
It wasn’t a great game for the Nuggets… but it’s tough to critique a solid road win against a Conference-leading team. Not perfect, but good enough for a big win out of the All-Star Break.
Just as the Denver Broncos’ season came to a grinding halt, the Colorado Avalanche finally finished making up for their hot start with so-so-to-awful play since. Now third in the Northwest Division behind both Vancouver and Calgary, the Avs don’t appear to be in Panic! mode… but they should be. The Broncos’ decline after a [...]
