<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>As trade rumors swirl around his team, Nuggets all-star forward Carmelo Anthony said he is behind whatever the organization decides to do. "I like the team right now," Anthony said Sunday morning at the Nuggets' shootaround. "But if we have to do something to make us better, then I'm all for it." "I don't really know at this point what we need or what we're looking for," Anthony said. "It's been a lot of trade talk out there with Mike Miller and Ron Artest and things like that. I don't really know how true that is. But I try to tell my team, let's just keep our heads, stay together and don't try to worry about trade rumors. Ain't nothing happened yet."</div> The Denver Post
The Nuggets Front Office is among the best at wheeling and dealing, but not necessarily among the best at evaluating talent objectively, or putting the pieces together, and without a doubt it is not among the top 20 franchises in evaluating coaching staffs and understanding the critical importance of coaching. I'll have the full report later (late, unfortunately), but the Jazz' 118-115 overtime win over the Nuggets in Denver, where they staked their claim to the division win, appears at first review to be a clear Sloan over Karl coaching mismatch. Because Boozer did not play well and yet the Jazz still won. But Karl will almost never win a game where any one among Camby, Melo, and A.I. play poorly. He has to have all 3 of them playing good or better than good to win games.
