ESPN is reporting that the Nets are the leading candidate to acquire Carmelo Anthony from the Nuggets this season. The proposed deal is for the Nuggets to receive Derrick Favors, Troy Murphy, Kris Humphries, and a draft pick in exchange for Melo. How exactly does this deal work for either team?
For the Nuggets, it does get you two expiring contracts but the free agent sweepstakes are over so that doesn't really help you. More than that, you no longer have a ticket selling star and any elite level player who becomes available isn't going to want to go into a losing situation. So for the Nuggets, this is a losing situation unless they force the Nets to give up either Devin Harris or Brooke Lopez.
As for the Nets, if they can get away with keeping Harris and Lopez to team with Melo then this would be a colossal win for them. They would still have a glaring hole at Power Forward, but as the Eastern Conference doesn't have many elite PF's thats not as bad as it seems. Morrow may prove to be an adequate option at SG but I don't see him being able to defend the likes of Dwayne Wade, Ray Allen, or Joe Johnson either way, he's a liability. The bench won't be much help either, so even with Melo this is a borderline playoff team so why would Melo go there over remaining in Denver.
As for forming Big 3 to combat the one in Miami, likely candidate Chris Paul is under contract for three more years, Amare just signed with the Knicks so he's out, and there really isn't another name out there who could form the third point of that triangle.
Its obvious Melo is leaving Denver, but I still think the best case scenario for both parties is to send him to either Houston or Orlando. However, the season has yet to start so we'll see how it plays out.
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