Sixers in talks for Carmelo Anthony, Western exec says
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Sixers in talks for Carmelo Anthony, Western exec says
Bob Cooney
The Sixers and Denver are talking about a potential trade that would bring Carmelo Anthony to Philadelphia and send Andre Iguodala to Denver, a Western Conference executive has confirmed to the Daily News.
The executive said Nuggets GM Masai Ujiri has spoken with Ed Stefanski.
Other players would need to be involved in the trade to match salaries.
The Sixers are not among the four teams that Anthony has said are his preferred destinations, with Chicago and New York at the top of his list.
The Sixers also would need to get Anthony to sign an extension. His contract expires after the season and he has not signed a 3-year extension offered by Denver.
Iguodala agreed to a 6-year, $80 million contract with the Sixers in August 2008.
Reports late last week had Anthony close to going to New Jersey in a complex four-team deal that also involved Utah and Charlotte. The New York Daily News is reporting that the Bobcats are holding up the deal, unwilling to include point guard D.J. Augustin. Charlotte was expecting Augustin would replace Raymond Felton, who left this offseason via free agency.
With that deal in peril, the Nuggets have explored other options.
Indications are that the Nuggets would like a deal done before they begin training camp tomorrow.
Send Iggy,Brand and Nutter plus 13 Hoagies for Anthony
It ain't happening.— Big#5
Carmelo plays for himself. He may be more talented offensively than Iggy, but Carmelo quickly forgets about his teammates. At Denver he and Iverson were the self-absorbed nightmare twins. Don't do it.— Throwback- Carmello is arguably a top 5 or 6 player. He would certainly fill the seats again. Do it if you can re-sign him. Iggy has never really improved. He is a nice mid-tiered player who can't really shoot. That being said, I think this deal sounds very unlikely...— jmcginle
He won't come here..- He won't come here..
- What has happened to the world when the Denver Nuggets GM is someone named Masai Ujiri?— chuckfusina
Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for more than 20 years, working in the sports department for the past 15. This is his third season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he was the La Salle beat writer for six seasons. E-mail Bob at cooneyb@phillynews.com and follow him on Twitter.
