Nuggets Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Posted on | Sunday, November 21, 2010 | No Comments

Kobe Bryant said Carmelo Anthony has reached out to him. And Bryant's advice was simple.

"I said, 'Make sure you're sure about what you want to do,'" Bryant, the Lakers' star guard, said about Anthony, the Nuggets' star forward. "That's the only advice I gave him."

Anthony, who has yet to sign a three-year, $64.47 million contract extension that is on the table, might want to be dealt before the Feb. 24 trade deadline. He can opt out of his contract next summer and become a free agent. Bryant had wanted a trade from the Lakers three years ago, but the team eventually appeased him by acquiring star forward Pau Gasol and now has won the past two NBA titles.

"He called me up and reached out," Bryant said of Anthony, his teammate on the 2008 Olympic team that won gold in...

Willis Reed Oscar Robertson David Robinson Bill Russell Dolph Schayes

Comments