To start what is Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets thinking lets start with the labor strife that may happened after the season and Carmelo Anthony wants a max contract of 3 years and 70 mil which the Nuggets would have no problem signing him to this contract but Carmelo Anthony really does not want to stay in Denver. Then Carmelo Anthony wanted to be in New York City and play for the Knicks but the Knicks know this and has decided to just sign him in the off-season while the New Jersey Nets and their owner Mikhail Prokhorov has decided to bring Carmelo Anthony to New Jersey and then relocate to Brooklyn a year from now which is in the area of New York City but does not have any interest in going to New Jersey. If Mikhail Prokhorov was ever able to convince him to come to New Jersey for a season the Nuggets would end up set for the next few seasons getting 4 first round draft picks while basically trading the Nets to Denver and the Nuggets to New Jersey. The Lakers also tried to trade for Carmelo but Denver does not like the Laker deal while Carmelo would have no problem signing the deal with the Lakers as he has a house in LA and Carmelo came out last week and said that he would maybe resign with Denver as he is not very confident going into the uncertainty of the off-season labor strife. Carmelo Anthony may decide to go with the Nets today and this may be a good idea for him because he would be close to New York City and after 3 seasons he could end up going to the Knicks and in the end he has scored an average of 24 points a game but it is the defense that has kept the Nuggets down in the playoffs and not get anywhere near the NBA championship.
What is Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals is thinking and it is that his ego has gotten in his way as he is wanting to be the highest paid player in baseball as he is asking for 10 year deal for the huge amount of 300 millions while Pujols may also have the player union in his ear. On the other hand it sounds like the Cardinals have not come even close to his demands as their contract offer does not even put him in the top 5 of yearly salary and Albert Pujols has asked that no contract after the beginning of Spring Training so he does not have to deal with contract question throughout the baseball season but in the end he will still have a lot of reports asking him the question basically after every game he plays this season. He has had 10 seasons of 30 homers which is the only player to start a career with these amount of homers while he also has a 100 rbis and 310 batting average in all of his 10 seasons and for the Cardinals it is all about that he would be like 41 years old by the end of the contract. He could end up with a team like the Cubs who is the top rival of the Cardinals and the Cubs sound like they want him because the owner came out and said that he would give a guy a 10 year deal but he could also end up back with the Cardinals in the end because he has no problem with the Cardinals or their fans.
This drama may be over soon or may keep going on for the whole season with constant talk about it
Tom Mehegan
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