It has been a very busy weekend for Denver Nuggets superstar Carmelo Anthony on and off the court. Besides suiting up for the West All-Stars in the annual mid-season spectacle and attending to various media conferences, the former Syracuse Orangemen standout took time out to sit down with the representatives of the two front-running teams bidding for his services, the New York Knicks and the New Jersey Nets, respectively. Nothing concrete came out of the talks but at least Anthony can now weigh his options thoroughly so that something may finally happen on or before the trade deadline of February 24.
“The Knicks have made what was described as their final trade proposal for Carmelo Anthony Sunday, pushing the months-long drama toward its merciful conclusion, CBSSports.com has learned.
“The Knicks would send three starters -- Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, and Raymond Felton -- to Denver for Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams and Anthony Carter, sources said Sunday. The Nuggets would get the Knicks' first-round pick in 2014, while Minnesota would get Eddy Curry's expiring contract and Anthony Randolph from New York. Curry would then be waived, and the Knicks would send as much as $3 million to Minnesota to pay his freight. Carter must approve the trade and waive his Bird rights for the deal to be approved.”
“Sources said (Carmelo) Anthony was noncommittal after hearing the Nets' presentation, declining to say whether or not he would sign the three-year, $65 million contract extension that New Jersey has established as a prerequisite for completing a trade with Denver.
“Anthony told the Nets he will think about the situation and reiterated his publicly stated position of hoping to have a resolution to this five-months-old trade saga by the end of the All-Star Weekend. Much of the league, nonetheless, continues to operate under the assumption that the All-Star forward remains desperate to wind up with the New York Knicks when all is said and done.
"It's up to Melo now," said one source close to the talks.”
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