NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.1. NorthJersey.com: The Nets are talking trade for Carmelo Anthony, the Nuggets are listening. [via SLAM]
2. Dime: "Hornets Shutting Up the Haters"
3. The Sporting Blog: Deron Williams has a Twitter feed. Sure he does.
4. Third Quarter Collapse: Chauncey Billups sat out Game 5, but somehow got an assist anyway.
5. Deseret News: Could Andrei Kirilenko get deported before Game 6?
6. Channing Frye's Blog: Advice on keeping the ladies happy.

Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. There's no way the Nuggets will let Carmelo Anthony go. They may be listening to offers, as the article briefly mentions, but they certainly are not listening to those regarding their franchise player for the next 10 years.
Posted at 5:39PM on May 15th 2008 by Ryne Nelson
2. I think Carmelo is not a happy camper with Denver and to be more specific with the coach ( Karl) they got this thing between them.
Posted at 6:29PM on May 15th 2008 by frank
3. Who knew the Denver Nuggets hierarchy read my blog (http://with-malice.com/2008/05/08/1/)? I kid, I kid...
But anyone who cannot see the glaring problems that Anthony creates is missing the obvious.
I would not be surprised if Denver *are* discreetly shopping Melo.
Posted at 11:03PM on May 15th 2008 by Don