It's been a slow news day on the three-team trade talks. Reporters complain the Nets in particular are locked up tighter than a drum holding a Mafia rubout victim. Mum's the word following complaints from the Nuggets that someone was leaking unfavorable comments about their owner and GM's competence. Not pleased.
So absent news, there's been a wave of speculation about whether the Knicks, the presumptive favorite landing spot of one Carmelo Anthony, could end 'Melo Drama 2011 with a Garden Party.
Not that anyone is reporting the two sides are talking. No one is. Has Donnie Walsh even made an official offer? No one's saying that either.
Still, Chris Sheridan is rocking the ESPN Trade Machine, Chad Ford is chatting it up; other ESPN writers are offering helpful advise to Walsh...and Billy King; Frank Isola is taking odds on whether it will happen; Ric Bucher is whispering it's all about a vengeful Stan Kroenke; Ken Berger is tweeting "I told you so", and Adrian Wojnarowski seems to be tapping into Amare Stoudemire's text stream. We summarize.
- Stoudemire tries to recruit Anthony - Adrian Wojnarowski - Yahoo! Sports
- If Knicks get Melo, at what price? - Chris Sheridan - ESPN
- Chat with Chad Ford - Chad Ford - ESPN
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How Carmelo Anthony could move - Ric Bucher - ESPN Insider
- Where do the major players in the Melo market go from here? - ESPN
- Knicks still alive in Carmelo Anthony trade talks, chances are '50-50' - Frank Isola - New York Daily News
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The Carmelo Anthony Trade Buzz, Now Starring Amar’e Stoudemire - Joe DeLessio - New York Magazine