Carmelo Anthony is as good as gone from Denver.  Whether it be over the next couple of weeks or over a season-long charade where Carmelo comes in to Nuggets camp as the good soldier ready for a season of battle, Melo’s time in Denver is quickly coming to a close. And, if you believe Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the feeling has quickly become mutual. That begs the question, if Carmelo leaves …

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Phoenix Suns guard Goran Dragic wants to put to rest some rumors that Arizona Republic was hearing out of Greece that had him quitting pro ball in America after his contract runs out in 2012. The paper received an email from him that assured Suns fans that he wants to stick around town for a lot longer. "This news is not correct, because I made a statement that I want to end my basketball career in Europe.

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Shooting guard J.R. Smith has just one more year left on his contract with the Denver Nuggets and it’s looking like he’ll be spending it in another town

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When the NBA season begins, Milwuakee Bucks fans are expecting center Andrew Bogut to be fully recovered from the broken arm he suffered in an on-court crash in April. But AOL FanHouse is reporting that they might want to rethink their expectations . Bogut told Australian sports network that "he still isn’t able to practice shooting and will hold himself out of the Bucks’ opening games if he’s not 100 percent," FanHouse reports.

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Rookie Xavier Henry , picked 12th overall in this summer’s NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies , remains unsigned while other teams  seek a trade for his rights , according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

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The Boston Celtics bought out the contract of 35-year-old Rasheed Wallace earlier this month before he officially retired on Aug. 10, but Paul Pierce is thinking that Wallace will be back on the roster in February before playoff rosters need to be set, according to CSN New England. Pierce tells the site, "I told him, ‘Go ahead, do all you need to do.

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Carmelo Anthony seems destined now to leave the Denver Nuggets when he becomes a free agent next summer. But the Nuggets may try to send him packing via trade earlier than that, according to CBSSports.com. The site reports that the Orlando Magic and the New York Knicks top Anthony’s list of teams he’d like to join

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Forward Louis Amundson has already played for three teams in his four seasons in the NBA and it looks like he’s about to add another. The 6-9, 238-pound free agent out of UNLV has four teams trying to sign him , according to ESPN. Amundson is close to making a decision, the site’s sources report, between the Golden State Warriors , New Orleans Hornets , Indiana Pacers and "an unidentified fourth team." The Hornets and Warriors are working the hardest to get Amundson, according to another ESPN source.

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New York Knicks fans may be extremely unhappy about the prospect, but the team’s former coach and president Isiah Thomas could end up returning to the team in April , according to the New York Daily News. The contract between Thomas and the Knicks for him to be a consultant was nixed by the NBA because Thomas, as coach of Florida International University, has contact with high school players, which is against NBA bylaws

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The Denver Nuggets would love it if forward Carmelo Anthony decided to stick around for a few more years and take a shot at winning a championship in the Mile High City. The team has shown it is serious by the three-year, $65 million contract-extension offer to him that’s been on the table for some time. But, Anthony, who is entering the last year of his current deal, isn’t signing anything too quickly, according to the Denver Post.

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When the NBA free-agent period began July 1, it was hard to predict where Chris Bosh , Dwyane Wade and LeBron James would end up due to the mixed messages they were giving off. Turns out that was partially by design. Chris Bosh told the New York Daily News that he was " playing with people’s emotions " as the process moved along from being courted by teams to actually signing with the Miami Heat with his two pals

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Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony is a free agent next summer and he has told friends that he’s "eager to explore playing" for the New York Knicks when his contract is up, according to CBSSports.com. However, with a new collective bargaining agreement expected to be less lucrative for players next year, Anthony faces a dilemma: Does he take his chances as a free agent or does he sign a three-year, $65 million extension the Nuggets are offering now. CBSSports.com sources say that team owners are determined to "clamp down" on player salaries and player movement in the next CBA after all the free-agent nuttiness this summer.

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Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah wants to remain in the Windy City for many years so he’s already got his agent talking to the team about a contract extension , according to ESPN Chicago. The site reports that the 25-year-old is hoping to have a deal signed before the season starts in October. Noah is set to make $3.1 million in the fourth and final year of his rookie deal

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Free agent shooting guard Shannon Brown (notes) has won two championships in the last two years with the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks would love to add that kind of street cred to its roster, but Brown’s agent tells the New York Post that his client is "leaning" toward returning to the City of Angels to try for a third straight title. The final decision between New York and L.A. is expected today by the man who averaged 8.1 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in an average 20.7 minutes per game.

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Guard Shannon Brown (notes) could be moving to New York City. The man who has won two championships with the Los Angeles Lakers is a free agent and the New York Knicks have made him an offer , according to CBSSports.com.

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Guard Sasha Vujacic (notes) has helped the Los Angeles Lakers win two consecutive NBA Championships but now the team is t rying to ship him out , according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Sources told the paper that the Lakers are trying to package the 26-year-old who averaged 2.8 points, 1.2 rebounds, and .6 assists in the 8.6 minutes per game he played last season with a future first-round pick in order to unload his $5 million salary for the year from the books.

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Orlando Magic reserve Matt Barnes has ended his free agency roller coaster ride as he has decided to sign a contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.  The terms of the deal are undisclosed but Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the contract is for two years and is worth $3.6 million.

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Free-agent forward Matt Barnes has agreed to a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to Yahoo Sports. Los Angeles Lakers – Matt Barnes – NBA – Sport – Basketball

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Chris Paul (notes) expressed public happiness recently when the New Orleans Hornets hired a new coach in Monty Williams and now the team has a new general manager, Dell Demps, but CBSsports is reporting that Paul is trying to get himself out of the Big Easy before the season begins.

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Looks like Kobe Bryant (notes) and Raja Bell (notes) will get to keep battling with each other and not have to become best buddies. Bryant’s meeting with Bell last night to try and sway him to join the Los Angeles Lakers never had to happen. ESPN is reporting that Bell has signed a three-year, $10 million contract with the Utah Jazz , which had just signed Al Jefferson (notes) the day before that

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