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posté par Anonyme : | With an unofficial but very real deadline coinciding with the start of Nuggets media day and training camp, talks of a blockbuster trade that would send Carmelo Anthony to the Nets picked up steam Monday, two people familiar with the negotiations told CBSSports.com.
One person briefed on the complicated, four-team talks described them as "moving along" after a weekend of inertia fueled by Denver's indecision about trading its franchise player and Anthony's desire to make sure he was doing the right thing by signing off on a deal to New Jersey.
"Talking and waiting," was how another person with knowledge of the negotiations described them.
On Sunday, a person connected to the talks told CBSSports.com that there was a "more than 50 percent chance" Anthony is traded in the next 24-48 hours. The momentum gained Monday bolstered that prediction, with most of the focus on the original framework of the deal also involving the Bobcats and Jazz.
As part of the scenario being discussed for weeks and tabled over the weekend while Denver executives strategized privately and sought other offers, the Nets would send No. 3 pick Derrick Favors and two first-round picks to Denver for Anthony. The Bobcats would get Devin Harris from New Jersey and send Boris Diaw to Utah, which could send Andrei Kirilenko and his $17.8 million expiring contract to Denver. Quinton Ross would go from New Jersey to Utah.
The Nuggets, who accelerated trade talks in response to ominous predictions of problems that would result from Anthony staying in Denver, convene for media day at noon PT Monday. Though that hurdle is far from a drop-dead deadline, it is nonetheless ideal from the Nuggets' standpoint to make considerable progress before being saddled with controversy and drama.
After spending the weekend trying to determine if a better deal would emerge -- or if better assets could be acquired from the three other teams currently involved -- the Nuggets appear to have reached a tipping point in the most difficult decision a franchise ever has to make. That is one reason Denver tried to explore every angle and wanted to meet in person with Anthony before agreeing to trade him. As of Monday, hours before Anthony was scheduled to appear at media day, it wasn't clear if Nuggets officials had met face-to-face with Anthony yet. Sources say his representatives, particularly CAA agent William Wesley, have been warning Denver executives that there would be consequences if Anthony wasn't traded before the start of camp.
One avenue Denver pursued earlier in the trade discussions was getting Gerald Wallace from Charlotte in the deal, a person involved in the talks told CBSSports.com Monday. But the Bobcats have insisted throughout that they'd only trade Wallace if it meant getting Anthony in the deal, and that's not happening based on Anthony's lack of interest in playing in Charlotte. For the same reason, Denver's interest in the Sixers' Andre Iguodala is a non-starter.
As the Nets' deal moved closer to completion Monday, one team sources say is more involved than commonly thought is the Knicks. After New York fell short in its pursuit of LeBron James and/or Dwyane Wade, it would be devastating for the Knicks to watch Anthony go to their cross-river rival -- especially since that rival is moving into the city limits to Brooklyn in two years. While Knicks president Donnie Walsh has been in far from panic mode, he has been "working every angle" in an effort to get back in the game with Anthony, according to a rival executive familiar with Walsh's approach.
"He's the master," the executive said. "I'll put it this way: If there's any way to get something done that he feels good about, he'll get it done. He'll leave no stone unturned." |
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