Melo to NJ looks likely

[NickAnderson 14]

The Sixers and Denver are talking about a potential trade that would bring Carmelo Anthony to Philadelphia and send Andre Iguodala to Denver, a Western Conference executive has confirmed to the Daily News.

 

The executive said Nuggets GM Masai Ujiri has spoken with Ed Stefanski.

 

Other players would need to be involved in the trade to match salaries.

 

The Sixers are not among the four teams that Anthony has said are his preferred destinations, with Chicago and New York at the top of his list.

 

The Sixers also would need to get Anthony to sign an extension. His contract expires after the season and he has not signed a 3-year extension offered by Denver.

 

Iguodala agreed to a 6-year, $80 million contract with the Sixers in August 2008.

 

Reports late last week had Anthony close to going to New Jersey in a complex four-team deal that also involved Utah and Charlotte. The New York Daily News is reporting that the Bobcats are holding up the deal, unwilling to include point guard D.J. Augustin. Charlotte was expecting Augustin would replace Raymond Felton, who left this offseason via free agency.

 

Indications are that the Nuggets would like a deal done before they begin training camp tomorrow.