<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Carmelo Anthony’s agent will be in Denver on Monday seeking to get assurance from the Nuggets the star forward won’t be traded, a source told the Rocky Mountain News on Saturday. The source said Calvin Andrews will meet with Nuggets brass, and that Andrews is optimistic he will come away with an assurance his client won’t be dealt. The source said Anthony won’t be at the meeting. Citing unnamed sources, ESPN.com reported Saturday that Anthony has grown tired of hearing his name mentioned in trade rumors, and he initiated a Monday meeting between his representatives and Nuggets management. ESPN.com reported Anthony wants to stay in Denver, but needs an assurance or else he will ask to be traded. Messages were left for Andrews. He responded by text mail, writing he is going to Denver due to Anthony’s hearing Tuesday regarding his April arrest on suspicion of drunk driving. “I am only coming to Denver to support Melo on his DUI court case on Tuesday,’’ Andrews wrote. “Any planned discussions with the Nuggets will be about any penalty if he is charged.’’ While the source told the Rocky the ESPN.com report is “accurate,’’ additional messages were left for Andrews asking him to discuss its accuracy. They were not immediately returned. A message left for Nuggets vice president of basketball Mark Warkentien was not immediately returned. Anthony on Monday will officially be named to the U.S. Olympic team, marking his second straight Olympic appearance. Speculation about Anthony being traded heated up in May when reports surfaced in the New York area about Anthony possibly being dealt to the New Jersey Nets. Nuggets management has not publicly commented on trade rumors surrounding Anthony. Before Game 3 of the NBA Finals on June 10, Nuggets coach George Karl was asked by the Rocky about the possibility of Anthony being traded. He didn’t rule it out, but said the Nuggets wouldn’t do anything irrational. “We know we have a good team,’’ said Karl, who attended Games 3 and 4 of the Finals to support his son, Lakers guard Coby Karl. “But we also know we’re disappointed… We’re going to keep all windows of opportunity and windows of advancement and betterment… open. But I don’t think we have crazy guys in the front office who are going to do something wild.’’ There has been talk of friction between Karl and Anthony. During a lopsided loss to the Lakers in Game 3 of a first-round playoff series, Anthony yelled at Karl on the bench during the fourth quarter about what Anthony believed was a lack of moves being made by the coach. ESPN.com cited NBA executives as saying Karl wants to trade Anthony, but that Warkentien and team advisor Bret Bearup are against the move. ESPN.com reported the Nuggets recently turned down a trade offer from Detroit of guard Chauncey Billups and forward Tayshaun Prince for Anthony. The Web site said the Nuggets countered with an offer of guard Allen Iverson or a package build around center Marcus Camby, but the Pistons only want Anthony.</div> Rocky Mountain News Wow, Prince and Billups for Anthony, that would of been big. I think that would be a great trade. You have Billups at the point, with AI at the 2 guard. Then you have Prince, Camby and K-Mart.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 22 2008, 12:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I hope this is followed by "Melo demands trade to NETS". That would be sooooo sweet.</div> And demands that Vince Carter, Josh Boone, Devin Harris, and Sean Williams are still on the team.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#1_Yinka_Dare_Fan @ Jun 22 2008, 12:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 22 2008, 12:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I hope this is followed by "Melo demands trade to NETS". That would be sooooo sweet.</div> And demands that Vince Carter, Josh Boone, Devin Harris, and Sean Williams are still on the team. </div> And that Richard Jefferson, Marcus Williams, and Malik Allen are no longer on the team.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 22 2008, 01:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#1_Yinka_Dare_Fan @ Jun 22 2008, 12:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 22 2008, 12:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I hope this is followed by "Melo demands trade to NETS". That would be sooooo sweet.</div> And demands that Vince Carter, Josh Boone, Devin Harris, and Sean Williams are still on the team. </div> And that Richard Jefferson, Marcus Williams, and Malik Allen are no longer on the team. </div> And that the 10th, 20st, 21st, and 40th picks are on the NETS.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#1_Yinka_Dare_Fan @ Jun 22 2008, 01:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 22 2008, 01:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#1_Yinka_Dare_Fan @ Jun 22 2008, 12:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 22 2008, 12:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I hope this is followed by "Melo demands trade to NETS". That would be sooooo sweet.</div> And demands that Vince Carter, Josh Boone, Devin Harris, and Sean Williams are still on the team. </div> And that Richard Jefferson, Marcus Williams, and Malik Allen are no longer on the team. </div> And that the 10th, 20st, 21st, and 40th picks are on the NETS. </div> And that the NETS also received Kenyon Martin through expiring contracts and Trenton Hassel.
And then Vince Carter strangely asks to be traded back to the Raptors for Anthony Parker, Jamario Moon, and Chris Bosh. It happens.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#1_Yinka_Dare_Fan @ Jun 22 2008, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You killed it.</div>
It's great to see C. Anthony finally start to be an NBA man, by understanding that things are not right in Nuggets Land, and by sticking up for himself and his team more as opposed to just slaving for the coaches. He is no longer assuming that his Nuggets coaches all know what they are doing all of the time, which is good. You were never on a trip to Six Flags, Melo, and your team is really, really messed up. Anyone who can score the ball as well as he can must have enough brains to help coach his team, or to at least demand more from the those being paid to coach. It was overdue, but better late than never. He doesn't want to be traded because in his mind he is on top of the world in Denver and if he goes to a big market he won't be as, shall we say, legendary. But he will eventually insist on a trade if Karl doesn't mind his manners.
