Hoops

Carmelo Anthony: Should he stay or should he go?

I think Melo may up up playing out the season as this could well be the Nugget's last chance to shine with a decent enough lineup, and then dip his feet in the FA market...

As far as I can see, Melo can jump ship anytime he wants; he has options and a termination clause. He would lose more cash terminating, but can go where he wants without an issue.

Trading doesn't mean squat; if the Nuggets don't to be "Lebroned" then they will need to take whatever offer the Knicks can make. Either that or 3-way trades need to be looked at.

Honestly, the Nuggets are a contender now; considering he may wait 3 years for a deep lineup with the Knicks, he might as well try one more season with the Nuggets. They nearly made the finals two years ago; and dipped out early last season.

Best move is to hold out until the end of the season; get that finals run with Denver and then jump ship if the Nuggets can't deliver.

The knicks can't trade first round picks, they traded the rights to swap their first rounder for 2011 and completely gave their first rounder for 2012 to Houston for Tracey McGrady....That trade was a franchise crippler for the knicks.
All they can offer is Eddy curry's expiring combined with Gallo/Chandler/2nd rounders....thats not gonna get it done.

The only way I see Carmelo ending up at the Knicks is if they sit back and hope he opts to become a free agent and signs in the offseason, which with the new CBA looming is highly unlikely.

Juror 12,

I know but I'm a Lakers fan and the deal looks good to me.

How about this one:

A sign & trade to LA for Odom & Artest.

Would benefit both teams. Lakers would have someone to take over the Kobe legacy and Denver would get good value in two talented forwards.

Thoughts?

Sturt women got up 61-54 after the Flames had the lead at half-time. Marino 15 and BBowley 13. Hurst 17/5/5, Winfield 13 and 8, Smart 12.

Men's game started fairly even and Norwood looked dangerous, but finished as a blow-out. 100-71 Sturt's way, thanks to a 52-34 disparity in the second half.

For Norwood, Krause had 18 but took 6/20 to get there while Cooper was the onl other in double figures, bagging 12 and pulling down 18 boards.

Smylie led the visitors with 22 which Ng was quieter than recent games with 18 points, but faced close defensive attention all game. Forman had 4/7 threes to finish with 19 and 17 in 32 minutes, despite foul trouble.

Refs let a lot go, but most was, in my opinion, fairly balanced. Maybe a couple of questionable calls but nothing that decided the game. There was a lot of wrestling in the post between Forman/Smylie and Cooper. Only time the game got all that unsettled was when Foster hit the floor (probable culprit: Gower), got back up and went after Todd. Bit of eye for an eye and the refs let Foster chest Gower. Then Cooper shoved Gower a couple of times - temper Coops, temper!

Supposedly a bit of action after the game with a hit on Gower in the tunnel - obviously some history doesn't help?

Sturt spent a fair bit of the game running small (Gower only 15 minutes, Forman 30, Smylie 32; while Flames saw 38 minutes from Krause and 37 from Coops) and the Norwood towers seemed as though they could pose some problems, especially on the boards (56-62 Flames way).

Sturt rallied back from an early deficit and had possession and the lead with 3 seconds left in the first quarter. Ng was brought in, but the ball went Forman - Shepherd - MBauer (who barely caught a high pass at full extension) before sticking a huge three.

Second quarter was fairly even, but by the main break the Sabres had a double-digit margin.

Norwood just weren't as good from the field (32% to Sturt's 43%, and Sturt were 47% from outside -- seven players hit threes) and didn't get to the line as often (10/17 to 21/27).

Given that the Flames are a middle-of-the-pack squad that could beat anyone on their night, the margin was a bit surprising.

I can't see how the knicks can get him in...They have already traded all of their assets and the players that they have left aren't worth it for Denver. If the nuggets are going to trade him they should just hold out for the highest bidder, they have their own franchise to think about, not Carmelo's wish to play for the Knicks or Magic or whatever.