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Carmelo Anthony Trade - The towering, smirking portrait on 34th Street was painted over long ago. The clever quips — “America, I come in peace” — seem quaint now, seven months later, amid another gloomy December in New Jersey. The Nets are mired in another listless season of bad basketball. Their new owner, Mikhail D. Prokhorov, who projected his swagger in billboards and press conferences last spring, has faded into the background as his team has faded in the standings. Charisma, it seems, could only carry the Nets so far. And that anticipated rivalry with the Knicks — which was supposed to be stoked by that Midtown billboard — will have to wait another year. Carmelo Anthony Trade The Knicks are 16-10 and celebrating a happy revival with their new star, Amar’e Stoudemire. The Nets are 6-19 and still searching for a comparable savior. The best they can do for now is generate intrigue. The Nets fueled a speculative frenzy Wednesday when they made a deal to acquire a pair of f...

Carmelo Anthony Wants To Go To New York Nicks - Carmelo Anthony has told the Denver Nuggets he will not sign the nearly $65 million contract extension he has been offered unless he is traded to the New York Knicks, a source told ESPN.com on Sunday. The source, using the most definitive language possible, confirmed what has been widely speculated around the NBA over the past two months as Anthony has been at the center of trade talks involving numerous teams. The source spoke to ESPN.com after Denver's 129-125 loss to New York on Sunday afternoon as the Knicks won their eighth straight game. Anthony was again coy in discussing his future, but he did move the needle somewhat in making a prediction that the Nuggets will not trade him to a destination that is not on his wish list. "I don't think so. I don't think that will happen," Anthony said. Asked why he would make such a definitive statement, Anthony demurred "I don't want to answer that. I do...