Trade Update
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Trade Update
The news coming from the Denver Nuggets camp is that the franchise is now taking phone calls regarding their star, Carmelo Anthony. That's a different position than last week, when the Nuggets were reportedly still focused on convincing Anthony to sign the 3-year/$65 million extension the team has (and still has) on the table.
If you want the details surrounding the initial trade speculation involving the Nuggets/76ers/New Jersey Nets, you can scroll down to the previous blog post. Or you can click here: Trade Talk. There, you can find the potential pieces involved in the trade speculation.
But here's the latest from the Sixers' side (and the following is probably true of nearly all NBA teams): The Sixers will be contacting Denver. By the time you're reading this, the Sixers might have already contacted Denver about what it would take to land Anthony.
According to one source with knowledge of the Sixers' thinking, the franchise still believes this to be a "shot in the dark," but added that you never know what can happen in these situations. It's been reported by ESPN's Chad Ford that Denver wants "a young prospect, draft picks, and cap relief" in exchange for Melo. Can the Sixers meet those needs? Does Iguodala qualify as a 'young prospect', or would that mean Turner's inclusion?
And here's this bit from ESPN's Marc Stein and Ford:
"I'm not sure how soon, but I do think they're going to trade him [between now and February]," said one rival GM.
Said another source briefed on Denver's plans: "There's no doubt they are working on it. Eventually they're going to pull the trigger. "
Reports have persisted for weeks that Anthony, who can become a free agent at the end of the coming season, wants out.
Doesn't hurt to kick the tires on this. Don't want the young backcourt traded.- You have to have a superstar on your team to compete for a championship IMO. Anthony would give you that. Now, that said, we are years from competing for an NBA Championship but you can work on surrounding him with the right cast. You should not have to give up everyone to do a trade. You will still have a very good young and talented backcourt along with Anthony to start with and then proceed with that.— matty177
- lol— sima_down_nah
- Anthony would be worse for the Sixers than keeping Iguodala. Anthony takes more cap room and the team would still have the same problems. But if you can trade Iguodala and add Favors that could make the Sixers significantly better far more quickly. The team was stupid to draft Turner instead of Favors in the first place.— ricky
Comment removed.- I agree 100% with ricky.— cuso20
- Evan Turner, 2011 or 2012 #1, Kapono, Green, and either Lou or Nocioni...Nuggets' choice. $$ work. No brainer. If that imbecile Stefanski hadn't traded away Sam for nothing and even longer contracts, we'd have a pretty legit team going forward of Jrue, Iguodala, 'Melo, Brand, and Sam as a starting 5...or, Sam could've been included in the deal as cap relief and we could have kept Lou on board. Either way, we'd have had a more attractive asset base and greater flexibility. Ed Stefanski = Worst GM in Philadelphia Sports History. Could the guy have done any worse? Total jagoff.— Dean1
- Give them Iggy, Young, Green and Kapono(cap relief) and their 2013 1st rounder.— carlosbeltran
- Other than Iggy's role on the US team, I haven't thought about the Sixers since the season ended. It's good to read a Kate Fagan post, though. Dang good reporter.— Scorekeeper
- Iggy's my man!..But i'd take MELO over Iggy anyday!...This is the type of blockbuster trade that will Stefanski need to stay aboard ship!..This trade, along with the players named, doesn't hurt this team in no sort of way. It helps this team, revenue, & city. Sixers new Management with Thorn, must get stay aggressive in building a championship team. Melo would be a sure sign, along with Turner, Collins. We all know Iggy is not a star!..While we can't be scared of the salary of a qualified every year All star team in Melo!...He wants a chip so bad & so does this city!...So this should now be managements focus!...Let's all of us fans in our threads, let Melo we got his back as long as he's about his business!...lol & Go Sixers get Melo "LIKE YESTERDAY"!— datruth
- I'd love to have Melo Man in a Sixer uniform. Unfortunatley LeFraud, D-Spade & them ruined the culture of the league and now stars only wanna play with other established stars. So Melo would not sign with us. The LeFraud ripple-effect has already stymied our attempt at drastic improvement and the season hasn't even started. You need $$$ now (Que the Million Dollar Man's theme song). The culture of the league has changed to sissies. The only stars I admire now are KD, Dirk, & Nash. They don't cry their way out of town or leave a team high & dry. That's a competitive fire. I'm not gonna join ya, I'm gonna beat ya. Don't trade Dre unless we are getting a star in return. Not some prospect (Favors) that, by all accounts, had an even worse Summer League than Turner did. I mean wassup wit u guys? Trade Green, Kapono, & Smith to GS for Beidris.— XmarksTheSpot
Who cares? Phils and Eagles are in action. 76ers = meh- People, lets get our heads on straight. Say we do trade for Carmelo, then what? He leaves at the end of the year for more money/a better team, and we just put ourselves in the hole for one season of Carmelo, which wouldn't end up with a championship anyway. Doesn't hurt to look, but doubt this trade would do much good.— Llamaboy1375
Melo and sp8ts as the 1-2 scoring punch. 40pts and 20reb. smith stretching the floor at the 5 draining 3's A WIDE OPEN LANE FOR HOLIDAY LOU AND TURNER!!!! brand with 10 more pts and 10 boards from the bench. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!— combocancer1975- I agree with Ricky.— tgd10
John Mitchell is in his second year covering the 76ers for the Inquirer after joining the paper in November 2011. He covered the Washington Wizards for the Washington Times from 1998 to 2008. He's also worked at the Philadelphia Tribune, the Wilmington News Journal, Courier-Post, Trenton Times and Elmira Star-Gazette.Born and raised in West Philadelphia - not too far from Will Smith - he graduated from Overbrook High School the same year the 76ers won their last championship. He's a proud graduate of Howard University and the proud father of two sons, Jared and Jordan.
ABOUT MARC NARDUCCI
Marc Narducci has served in a variety of roles with the Inquirer since beginning in 1983. He has covered the 76ers as a backup and a beat writer. In addition, Narducci has covered everything from the Super Bowl to the World Series and a lot in between. Narducci also has a true passion for South Jersey scholastic sports, which he has covered for many years.
