Carmelo Anthony refused to discuss basketball at US open

Carmelo Anthony refused to discuss basketball at US open

On Saturday, Carmelo Anthony in nba jersey appeared in the U.S. Open tennis tournament with his wife La La Vasquez in nba jerseys, New York journalists caught the opportunity to ask his satisfaction with the current Nuggets,Anthony in basketball jersey said "Why do you want to ask that? I'm in the offseason right now. My mind-set is just to enjoy fashion week, enjoy this U.S. Open and that's it. I'm not really thinking about basketball right now." Obviously with training camp just a couple weeks away, Melo in atlanta hawks jersey is not thrilled to be playing for the Nuggets, who he has yet to even speak with directly about his unhappiness.

At the moment, all we have is rumors. We've heard rumors that he's bound for New York, rumors of a trade to Chicago, rumors that he wants to be anywhere but the Mile High City. Will he leave Denver? You have to think that eventually, he will. We've heard too much speculation about the Nuggets' three-time All-Star not to think that something's afoot. Either Anthony will opt out of the final year of his contract in Denver next summer, leaving over $18.5 million on the table, or the Nuggets will pull the trigger on a pre-emptive move to unload Anthony before then.

It's a sad ending to a messy story. For seven years, the Nuggets have tried to win a title with Anthony in hawks jerseys as their centerpiece, and while he's led them to seven straight winning seasons and seven straight trips to the West playoffs, they've still never been able to sniff the Finals. They're unlikely to finally get over the hump this spring. The competition out West is just too deep -- the Lakers are still daunting as ever, the Thunder are on the rise, and the depth of strong veteran teams like Phoenix, Dallas and San Antonio is just too great. The Nuggets are a long shot to shock the world and reach their first Finals now. They had as well start scrapping things and preparing for life after Anthony.

The situation might call for a good old-fashioned baseball trade. We see it all the time on July 31, when selling teams unload their superstars in joe johnson jersey at the deadline to rebuild for next season. The modern-day ubiquity of the sign-and-trade has made the superstar-selling move less common in the NBA, but Anthony might be a case where the Nuggets have to bite the bullet and make a deal. We've seen it too many times recently -- a player gets so desperate to leave that he leaves millions on the table, forgoes the sign-and-trade possibility and simply skips town, leaving the old team with nothing.LeBron James in boston celtics jersey did it this summer. Chris Bosh in celtics jerseys  did, too. Anthony in bill russell jersey might be next.

The Nuggets will have plenty of options to unload their star small forward. Anthony is an elite scorer, probably one of the league's top five, at age 26 entering the eighth season of his NBA career. He's just entered his prime years, and in the right situation, he could be the best player on a serious title contender right now. He's just got to find it.

Speculation that Anthony in larry bird jersey wanted out of Denver began to swirl shortly after Chris Paul in rajon rondo jersey reportedly made a toast during Anthony's wedding last July about forming a super team with Anthony in kevin garnett jersey and Amar'e Stoudemire with the New York Knicks. Anthony has done little since then to quash the momentum of his possible departure.