Carmelo - "It's time for a change"

[Ridders]

Melo's doing everything but saying that he's going to leave. You'd think the Nuggets would have learnt from the Bosh situation. Get what you can for him.

Carmelo Anthony: 'It's time for a change'​

Sporting News​

The Carmelo Anthony get-out-of-Denver saga continues, with the Nuggets star telling Yahoo! Sports that “it’s time for change.” ​

Before the team’s season opener against the Jazz Wednesday night, Nuggets coach George Karl, tongue at least partly in cheek, said the team is “going to keep him here whether he knows it or not.” Anthony, according to the website, “laughed off his coach’s attempt at humor.” ​

Anthony added that he has no intention of signing the three-year, $64 million contract extension that has been offered to him by the team, despite believing that this Nuggets squad is more talented than the one that went to the 2009 Western Conference finals. ​

”They want to sit down and talk, but my thing is it’s way beyond this year,” Anthony said after scoring a team-high 23 points in the Nuggets’ win over Utah. ”It ain’t got nothing to do with the new GM, [Nuggets president] Josh [Kroenke], the players. For me, I feel it’s a time for change. ​

”If I do nothing now, I’m never going to do anything. I feel like my time is now to make a decision if I want to leave or if I want to stay.”​

While many expect the Nuggets to try to trade Anthony instead of letting him go for nothing at the end of the season, Anthony is worried about being traded to a team that has to gut its roster to acquire him, sources told Yahoo! Two additional barriers to a trade Anthony has a $1 million trade kicker in his contract, and potential trading partners will likely want assurance that he’ll sign an extension with them. ​

Meanwhile, the New York Post is doing its part to propagate the story that Anthony wants out, as the Knicks are reportedly one of his preferred destinations. While the Knicks won their home opener Wednesday night behind a double-double from new acquisition Amare Stoudemire, the Post leads the sports section on its website with the Anthony story, along with the headline, “Time for a change: Anthony’s message to Nuggets.” ​

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[Tiger Hawk]

He's taking his talents to.........?

Will be interesting to monitor. If he's traded, Billups is a lock to be traded as well (and hopefully the Hawks can throw something together but doubtful). New York has everything except draft picks, but they might be able to do a side trade for a pick to package with Randolph / Galinari and Curry.