Carmelo Anthony told reporters Friday that he will “have to think about” whether he would sign a contract extension with the New Jersey Nets. The Nets and Denver Nuggets reportedly have a trade in place, contingent upon Anthony’s signature on a three-year, $65 million contract extension. ‘Melo addressed reporters at 2011 NBA All-Star media availability in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon.
Carmelo Anthony, On Potential Nets Trade, Will ‘Have To Think About’ Signing Extension
Ken Berger of CBSSports.com reports that upon being asked whether he’d sign such an extension with the 16-40 Nets, ‘Melo responded, “That’s something I’m going to have to think about, deeply.” The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 24 at 3 PM Eastern. The Nets and Nuggets rekindled trade negotiations over the past week, a month after New Jersey’s franchise owner Mikhail Prokhorov publically cut off the long bargaining between the team that initially began in September.
‘Melo later said he was “mindboggled” at the situation at hand, and remained as noncommittal about everything involved in his trade saga as he has been throughout the negotiations. He did, however, say, according to Berger, that he “would love to have something happen this weekend. I would love to have a legit offer to sit down and figure it out.”
The Nets will likely provide him that opportunity. Stay tuned.
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