Carmelo Anthony is in no rush to sign that $65 million dollar extension the Denver Nuggets have offered him. He says he wants to weigh all his options and then played the proverbial, “I have to do what’s best for me and my family” card? Really? Because if you really want to do what’s best for you and your family, you’ll take that guaranteed $65 mill. Right now. Especially with a new labor agreement looming. I’m guessing this has more to do with wanting to be the LeBron of the 2011 Free Agent class. And when you say, LeBron had never been recruited and you’ve already done that and don’t need that. That tells me one thing; you want to be recruited and wooed. And that if I were to offer you an hour one night on ESPN to announce your decision, you’d jump at that too.

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I still think he’s not going to want to risk leaving any money on the table, and ultimately will sign that extension. But if he really wanted to be there, he would have signed it already. He’s clearly in a bad spot right now with that organization. Not Chris Paul bad, but certainly not good. And it’s his time, he knows it and he’s going to milk it just as LeBron did. Why just roll over and sign the deal, when you can make it all about you, have teams suck up to you, wine and dine you and then after sweating your current team for a bit, then sign the deal. It’ll get done:; but on his time, not theirs.