We're close to seeing a huge 4 team blockbuster in the NBA (Melo to Nets)

[charlie and algernon]

Carmelo Anthony trade talks heat up

The Denver Nuggets remained on the brink Saturday of completing a four-team megatrade that would land All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony with the New Jersey Nets, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations.


The proposed deal, as ESPN.com reported earlier Friday, would also involve Utah and Charlotte and is poised to deliver prized Nets rookie Derrick Favors, Jazz veteran Andrei Kirilenko and multiple future first-round picks to Denver in exchange for their franchise player.


Sources told ESPN.com that the deal, which has yet to be finalized, would send former All-Star point guard Devin Harris to Charlotte, with Bobcats forward Boris Diaw moving to Utah. The Bergen Record reported Friday afternoon that the Nets would also receive Bobcats guard D.J. Augustin, with New Jersey's Jarvis Hayes accompanying Harris to Charlotte in a sign-and-trade. Nets swingman Quinton Ross would go to Utah and Denver would get a 1-to-7 protected first-round pick in 2012 that New Jersey received from Golden State.

"Everyone is waiting" on Denver, not Melo, a source close to the trade talks told ESPN's Chris Sheridan on Saturday.

The trade's completion hinges in part on Anthony's willingness to sign an extension with the Nets as part of the deal, as Kevin Garnett did to clinch the blockbuster trade that sent him from Minnesota to Boston in July 2007. One source with knowledge of New Jersey's thinking told ESPN.com that the Nets will not part with assets such as Favors (selected No. 3 overall in the June draft) and Harris (an All-Star in 2009) and go through with the trade unless Anthony commits to the extension, no matter how ready Denver is to pull the trigger.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5610989

As a Jazz fan, I REALLY hope this goes through. It'll destroy the Nuggets and give the Jazz a younger, healthier upgrade over AK-47. But it's a shame that one player can suddenly hold four teams' futures in his hands.

[qazplm]

1. huh?

It's a shame that Carmelo isn't required to sign a contract extension whether he wants to or not?

That's effectively what you are saying with that last sentence since the extension is what is holding things up.

[charlie and algernon]

2. i meant overall

one player decides he wants to leave a team and suddenly four teams' future are in his hands. We saw it with Lebron and Co earlier. His decision to look at other options beside Cleveland put the futures of several teams in limbo until he finally picked a team. Melo is now doing the same thing. By suddenly demanding that he traded RIGHT F#CKING NOW!!1! He's put the futures of Denver, Jew Jersey, Charlotte, and Utah in limbo. If he has a change of heart and stays with Denver, things go back to normal. If he decides to accept the offer from New Jersey, those four teams have potentially drastically different futures.

My point is, one player shouldn't have that much power, which is the sad part. It SHOULD be a team sport, at least in theory.

[Iggo]

4. If I was trading the #3 pick plus an all-star for Melo...

...I would require that he sign a long term deal as part of the trade, or no deal.

I don't see anything wrong with that.

[Iggo]

3. oops...wrong spot