Trade & Carmelo Anthony are forreal this time

Carmelo Anthony(notes) demands the New Jersey Nets surround him with veteran talent as a condition for him to commit to a contract extension, his agent has been the driving force behind bringing Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton(notes) into multiteam trade talks, league sources told.

Sports first reported on Dec. 14, the Nets want the chance to use Russian billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov to personally sell Anthony on signing a contract extension. First, the teams must agree on terms of a trade. There are several scenarios still in play, including a straight-up package that includes Favors, Murphy and draft picks going to Denver for combinations of Anthony, Al Harrington(notes) and Renaldo Balkman