Nets Are Scorching

"Then there are the fear mongerers around the legitimate media etc who believe if Anthony ends up a Knick then Brooklyn fails".............................That's not the attitude of the media, it's the thinking of the front office/ownership.

Nets must be too smart to take on Harrington... I just can't believe they think there is any future for a melo led team in seriously competing for a championship if they don't sign cp3/howard in 2012. They make the trade and take Harrington's contract, we get three years of melo with little/no real help around him, 8 seeds or low lottery picks, and then he leaves town, and we're left exactly where we are now, but after three more years of "rebuilding".

A few notes- 1. Who says Carmelo doesn't want to go to the Nets. I saw on ESPN NY video of a man from Brooklyn saying he would prefer Melo at the Garden then at the Prudential Center. Is he not aware of the arena being built in his back yard? 2. Not everyone is LeBron. Amare was good in Pheonix, but better in NY. He likes his spot to shine. Melo is the same kind of player. He wants his own place to shine with a good cast, but not to be overshadowed. 3. The Knicks have a "top free agent" in Amare and a good one in Felton, with an easy schedule so far. They are not THAT GOOD, a lot of the league is just either Great or Bad and theyre at the top of the inbetween. 4. Melo is from Brooklyn. Brooklyn and Manhattan are WORLDS APART as far as attitude. Any guy from Brooklyn who could choose Brooklyn more money and the spotlight over Manhattan would choose it in a minutes.
Besides Carmelo digressions... We are giving up Derrik Favors. This leaves us with Kris Humphries. I understand the Chris Paul cap space we are trying to leave free, but I think Harrington would be a good fit. First, Carmelo hardly needs to transition with 3 players from his team on a new roster. 2nd, who are we gonna get to make an immediate impact at PF who is better and cheaper? I don't think it would be the worst thing in the world to take on the contract and make sure this deal goes down.

I think we need to just cut it off right now. Say it publicly back the team we have right now. Commit to the youth movement and take your positives and negatives for the rest of the season. Prep for the draft and try to improve your players. I would also have outlaw on the bench until he shows he can play the game of basketball. You need to send him a message that he is not getting it done. Focus on the team we have now and move on.

Denver is upset over leaks? I'm so tired of this! They need us more than we need them! We need to leak this:

"New Jersey Nets officials have had it with Denver's antics in the handling of Carmelo. Having already worked tirelessly to put multiple deals together to maximize Denver's return on the proposed trade, only to leave empty handed, they are no longer willing to consider Carmelo as an option and will focus their assets elsewhere, to improve. They will listen to offers from Denver, but will not let these offers deter them from other deals with teams that have a more serious interest in making something happen.

Denver is free to negotiate with NY's and their limited assets, as well as Chicago and Houston.

They no longer have the option of using the Nets as leverage for other teams, which it has become clear is their end game.

This non-deal has come at a vast expense to both organizations.

New Jersey has entered into trade talks with Sacramento, Portland, Memphis, and Dallas, to look towards their future."

Denver is acting a little too cocky for me. They are treating the nets like little children. They are disciplining them before the entire sports world. So now the front office has to be good little boys or Denever is going to punish them. Melo isnt worth the organizations self respect.

king and Avery need to grow a pair and tell proky, Carmelo ain't coming. This whole ordeal is destroying an already fragile team fanbase....

Again, make final take it or leave it offer to the Nuggets. Let them know you have other directions you can and will take. End this comedy, it's not very funny.

The curtain has closed...no need for an encore

"Take a bow, the night is over
This masquerade is getting older
Lights are low, the curtains down
There's no one here
There's no one here, there's no one in the crowd
Say your lines but do you feel them
Do you mean what you say when there's no one around [no one around]
Watching you, watching me, one lonely star
One lonely star you don't know who you are"

Houston should offer CLee, TWill, Jared Jeffries, Jordan Hill and the Knicks' 2012 pick for Melo. That would be the funniest trade ever.

Mel Brooks (The Producers) would be proud of this fiasco. Denver knows Carmelo does not want to go to the Nets. The Knicks know this as well. Denver keeps the Nets in it to try to get the Knicks, Bulls, Houston etc. thinking that they must give Denver something "good". Denver is also hoping Carmelo changes his mind as the deadline approachs and signs with them, or maybe accepts the Nets deal. In the end you know the Nets will lose out, or worse yet make a very bad deal, so why continue making a laughing stock out of your organization. No wonder our players play the way they do. The Nets front office are looking like amateurs in this charade.

Are you telling me that the Nets basketball team future in Brooklyn lies solely in Carmelo Anthony's hands