Chauncey Billups does not want to be a member of the New Jersey Nets if they are able to acquire Carmelo Anthony. Billups made it known Saturday to the Denver Nuggets, his agent said. "If he is traded, he'd want to be bought out to he could survey the landscape and re-evaluate what he wants to do going forward," agent Andy Miller told ESPN.com in the wake of numerous reports the Nets had engaged the Pistons in three-way trade talks with the aim of bringing Anthony, Billups and Richard Hamilton to New Jersey. As reported by ESPN.com's Marc Stein, the talks between Denver, New Jersey and Detroit have not progressed to the point where anything is close to being finished, and ESPN.com's Chris Broussard has reported that the deal, as currently constructed, is not amenable to the Pistons. Nor would it be to Billups. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/news/story?id=6002679
I agree, Shake. I don't see why Melo would want to leave Denver, a much better team, and go to NJ, a way worse team even with Rip and Billups. There's only one team for Melo: NYK.
