Dikembe Mutombo: Carmelo Anthony Should Remain With Nuggets

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DENVER -- Dikembe Mutombo said it wouldn't be appropriate to tell Carmelo Anthony he should stay in Denver since he now works for the NBA office.

That's OK. Mutombo will just tell the media.

"I don't think himself, (Anthony is) really ready to give his kingdom and to move to somebody else's kingdom,'' Mutombo said.

The longtime NBA center who played for the Nuggets from 1991-96 and concluded his 18-year career in 2009, was in Denver for a ceremonial first tip before the Nuggets' Wednesday night opener against Utah. Mutombo is now an NBA global ambassador and special assistant to commissioner David Stern.

Most of the talk about the Nuggets these days is whether Anthony, who has yet to sign a $64.47 million contract extension offer and who can opt out of his contract and become a free agent next summer, will end up being traded. There is fear from the Nuggets about losing Anthony after the season for nothing.

Well, Mutombo can speak from experience. After becoming a free agent in 1996, he bolted from Denver for Atlanta, leaving the Nuggets with nothing.

 

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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/10/27/dikembe-mutombo-says-carmelo-anthony-should-remain-with-nuggets/

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