If the Denver Nuggets want to keep All-Star Carmelo Anthony, hanging on to their other All-Star would be a good start. Chauncey Billups is a modest fellow. But he couldn't deny Tuesday that the Nuggets assuring his contract will be fully guaranteed for 2011-12 would aid the chances of Anthony signing a contract extension to remain with the team. "I'm sure that would help,'' the Denver guard said in an interview with FanHouse. Billups, as chronicled by FanHouse in June, is under contract next season for $13.15 million and is due to make $14.2 million in 2011-12, the final year of his deal. But the Nuggets would be on the hook for only $3.7 million of that final season if they waive him by June 20, 2011, a potential savings of $10.5 million. Read more: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/08/10/...s-denvers-chances-to-retain/?sms_ss=tweetmeme
