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Anthony's delay in signing extension puts Denver in pickle
By: nba.comPosted On: 07/22/2010 3:22 P
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Recently hitched Carmelo Anthony is busy frolicking somewhere on a beach in Costa Rica right now enjoying his honeymoon. And, speaking of which, you wonder if that's over in Denver.
Recently hitched Carmelo Anthony is busy frolicking somewhere on a beach in Costa Rica right now enjoying his honeymoon. And, speaking of which, you wonder if that's over in Denver.
There's a $22 million-a-season contract extension sitting by his locker and starting to brown, money that plenty of players would've taken yesterday. Except Carmelo is in no hurry to reaffirm his vows to the only team he's ever known.
Usually when this happens, there's a seed of doubt. Here in these uncertain economic times, which might get downright rocky next summer when NBA owners and the players' union slug it out, it makes fiscal sense to grab the good money while you can. That's what happened this summer, with Paul Pierce, Dirk Nowitzki, Richard Jefferson and others opting out so they could cash in. Who knows what restraints might be in place when the dust clears from the labor scuffle?
By dragging his feet, though, Anthony gives the impression he isn't sold on whether the Nuggets are his best option in the future. Financial option, perhaps. But winning? Not so perhaps.
Put yourself in Melo's high tops. Would you commit yourself to three more years with the Nuggets, who face a myriad of questions and some serious concerns? Or do you reach for free agency and flexibility next summer, certainly exposing yourself financially, but making up for it with a fresh start on a new and possibly better team, and maybe in a higher-profile city (New York, wink-wink)?
Such is the tough spot Anthony put himself in three years ago when he decided not to go along with the blueprint set forth by his old Team USA teammates. LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade chose to sign three-year deals, and even implored Anthony to do the same, but as Anthony said last season when asked why he chose a different path and went for four years plus an option, "I wasn't passing up the money."
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