Memo to Josh K.....do nothing and smell like a rose

And if there’s issue, you just tell Melo to stay home and get paid while the FO explores trade options, T-Mac and Starbury style.

I have come to the conclusion that this is the way to go after seeing the type of deal Melo would garner if traded now, way below his true value. It may mean a crap 2011 season(if there is one) but the FA class is much better after that year I believe and we can still put out the best Nugs team this year and maybe do some good stuff.

with the current core players that got us so close just two seasons ago - assuming KMart and Bird come back healthy sometime midseason.

if we play hard ball (tell him we won’t extend and trade him) then it leaves Melo to two options:
1. Opt out and lose over $30 mil
or
2. Re-sign with Denver

Particularly if losing Melo means George Karl walks at the end of the year.

Karl walking at the end of the year would be an argument for moving melo, not keeping him!

Provided we get the cap space, my understanding is next year’s potential free agent class is slim and if there is a lockout, then it’s a mute point since no one will be able to sign anywhere anyways. So I am guessing the idea would be to be able to sign guys 2012, who would you think would be available and would they want to come to Denver.

Good post though

I always knew Wal-Mart would destroy the world. I guess we can now look forward to cut-rate players at cut-rate prices

I don’t agree about the Billups part; he’s not going to re-structure in order to stay with the Melo-less Nugs. He’ll work his way out of town too. Likely not restructure which will cause the Nugs to waive the final year then Billups goes back to Boston or to another team (oh, dear god the HEAT would have the MLE to chase him) for maybe not more money but for another legit chance at a 2nd ring.

Anybody catch the latest with the Washington Expos? That franchise can’t catch a break even when they are trying to do things right.

what’s goin on? I heard today’s topic was i care about being a Hollywood star over basketball. I guess they running outta shit to say. Lol

Melo & Co. have demanded a trade. So what? People make demands all the time – it doesn’t mean you have to meet them, particularly when their only leverage is the knee-jerk fear of losing Melo for “nothing” (which, as jpage astutely points out, has its own upside). What’s Melo going to do if Kroenke just says, “Nope, not happening.”? Is he really going to sit out or dog it & risk driving his value down beyond what he’s already giving up in terms of max $ heading into a potential lockout year? Not unless he and his management are complete idiots. The Nuggets get a year of Melo on his best behavior and then rebuild, which we’re probably doing no matter what.

I think Melo & The Wonder Twins have made a serious tactical error here – they want him moved this season via sign & trade for max money, but they can’t do it without the Nuggets help, and by trying to strong-arm it, they’ve removed any incentive for us to give it. The only leverage Melo ever had was when we thought he could be convinced to stay. That’s over. Why do him any favors? Unless we get a truly blockbuster offer, make him play out his contract, and let the brain trust at CAA worry about where he lands and how much (less) he gets – it is officially not our problem anymore.

Please post this fanpost on the front page. It is an alternate view worth front page readership.

signing to the max extension and then trading Melo for table scraps is a cop out. Melo knows that he won’t see that type of money if he just leaves via free agency….so he’s trying (in part) to work a sign and trade. However, from everything I’ve seen he CAN be persuaded if he thinks that the Nuggets can be a contending team.

So all in all…..the Nuggets get cap space if Melo leaves (along with Kmart’s expiring contract which is untradable now…and JR’s troubled contract) OR we surprisingly contend, the FO makes a move at the deadline to get better….and Melo stays.

Both things wouldn’t happen if the Nuggets trade for other teams CRAPOLA

First time on denverstiffs and I already like it.

I came here after reading Kings Fan try to cook up their poop platter for Melo the last few days just to see what the take on this was, and I’m pleasantly surprised to see some honest thoughtful points. I came here with a trade idea that I haven’t seen before, but instead I’ll ask about the Denver management and their relationship with Melo. I expect you guys would know than I would, and certainly know more than any national columnist…

Is the relationship with Carmelo and the Nuggest really THAT fractured? He’s always seemed pretty solid (not as a player, where he’s special, but as a person where he’s obviously a guy that a team can build around and sell to the fans), and the Nuggets are a solid playoff team with him at SF. I’m honestly shocked that it’s gotten as bad as my national columnists tell me it is. Sometime tells me that there are other options for the team that to trade dump.

I guess my point was that there’s a lot of time to think about this and no need to rush into anything. What I think is a possibility is that while the elder K will certainly be unofficially running things for the Nuggets, the younger K could be the “voice of reason” that might be able to reach Carmelo Anthony and fix this whole thing. I really don’t know much about either the younger or elder, but I’m kind of hoping that the Nuggets don’t suffer themselves from CAA in this at all. If CAA is going to go the gutter like they have, let them lay there, and as some of you have pointed out, “call their bluff”.

but i am going to give my opinion on the situation in this post. If Melo does indeed want to be traded then let him walk in FA and take the cap space if you cant get one of the 3 listed payers via trade; Blake Griffin, Favors, or Brook Lopez.

Now if you let him walk then I would sit down with birdman and Billups and see if they wanna lave or stay and respect whatever decision they make. After that Denver needs to build from the draft and when I say draft I don’t mean foreign players which is why i hate the signing of Ujiri because he is all about foreign players.

The future of the Denver Nuggets will rest upon the luck of the next 3 drafts and the ability of Ujiri being able to not only replace Melo, but bring the team back to high seeded playoff contention. With all of that said, I believe this is the start of about a 5 year down period with the Denver Nuggets. I hope I am wrong, but I believe it is imminent.