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After being examined by a specialist today, Carmelo Anthony learned that he'll be sidelined for three to four weeks with a "non-displaced third metacarpal fracture" -- in layman's terms, a broken hand.

The good news? He won't need surgery and may be able to shed his removable split in just a week and a half. In fact, Anthony is optimistic he'll be able to shave a week or so off his doctor's timetable. From the Denver Post:

"Four weeks, that's the doctor's statement. That's what they said," Anthony said. "They gotta say that. It all depends on my body and how fast I heal."

[...] "Two, two and half weeks, we play five games," Anthony said. "And just play it by ear after that."

There's a never a good time to lose a player of Anthony's stature, but the silver lining is that time off now may give allow for a nagging elbow injury heal. He missed a few games because of his elbow last month and has played through pain ever since. The Nuggets currently have a three-game cushion in the Northwest division, and in the long run it's better for the team for Anthony to get completely healthy now so he can be available down the stretch.

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The Denver Nuggets are among the top teams in the West. Their success starts in the locker-room, where everyone gets along and chemistry is good. In this video, after the jump, the team's players share with us some of the nicknames they've given each other, including 730, Quack, Suite 200 and more.

Renaldo Balkman, who is known as "Kool," even shows us his one-of-a-kind tattoo.

It has become a trend recently for players to openly campaign for All-Star votes, and to do so using the power of the viral video. Chris Bosh had the most memorable clip from last year, and Amare Stoudemire has kicked off the festivities for the 2009 game with this look at what life is like if you want to hang with STAT.


It would appear that there's a price to pay for living the high life with Amare, and it comes in the form of endlessly complimenting the Tall And Talented NBA superstar. Which doesn't seem so bad, actually.

If you check out vote4amare.com, you'll see that there are many more videos planned to help Amare secure a place in the All-Star lineup, with the next one scheduled to drop on 12/27. Although at the moment, Amare doesn't really need the help: he's currently leading third place Carmelo Anthony by over 43,000 votes for one of the West's starting spots at the forward position.

Carmelo Anthony tied an NBA record last night by scoring 33 points in the third quarter during the team's win over Minnesota. The Nuggets were only playing Kevin McHale's Timberwolves, sure. Even so, 33 points in a single quarter is impressive no matter who you're up against -- well, provided it's another NBA team. Here's video of the destruction.


An unnamed Timberwolf was not necessarily overheard saying, "who's got 15?!" Anthony finished the game with only 45 points, largely due to his nine-point first half where he shot just 3-of-9 from the field. Whatever they're serving for halftime snacks in the Nuggets' locker room, I'll take two please.

[via BDL]

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NBA star Carmelo Anthony is one of the brightest young stars in the NBA, which may be why he was chosen by Nike to be the face of their "Jordan" brand shoe line. In this video we catch up with 'Melo and his wife La La Vazquez at a party in Hollywood where his new "Jordan Melo-5" shoe was unleashed. 'Melo tells us which NBA player has the most street cred, and what he thinks about the Nuggets' new point guard Chauncey Billups. We also hear from Chloe Kardashian, professional wrestler Michael 'The Miz' Mizanin, and actor Pooch Hill.

Here's a little video clip that supposedly shows the real reason that Carmelo Anthony ditched his trademark cornrows this season. He and one of his boys just happened to be sitting around playing some NBA Live, just happened to bet haircuts on the game, and (oh yeah) just happened to have cameras rolling while all of this went down.



Seems a little too convenient to have captured this moment on film, doesn't it? Especially from multiple camera angles? I'm going to go WAY out on a limb and say that things didn't exactly play out like this. Although this guy Munch trying to get 'Melo to actually bet his Olympic gold was pretty hilarious.

[via You Been Blinded]

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. DenverPost.com: Carmelo Anthony already cut his hair this season, and now he'll cut yours.

2. TSB: A more candid than usual LeBron James, discussing Obama's election win.

3. Gear Up For Sports: It's all fun and games in the Lakers locker room, as Jordan Farmar clowns Luke Walton.

4. Chris Tomasson, Rocky Mountain News: Is Antonio McDyess unwilling to play in Denver because they mistreated him back in 2002?

5. Pro Basketball News: Eric Musselman wastes his time giving us five reasons why the Lakers can win it all. How about making it interesting and writing the same piece for say, anyone but L.A. or Boston?

6. Paul Coro, AZ Republic: Amare Stoudemire would like you to call him by a new nickname.

Matt Watson: The Pistons finally shook up their core and the Nuggets cashed in on Allen Iverson's expiring contract. We know this deal will give Detroit uber-cap-flexibility the next two summers, but does how does it change their status this year? Can they get back to the Conference Finals, let alone the NBA Finals, with AI replacing Chauncey Billups? Did they make up any ground on the Celtics?

Matt Moore: Give me a list of elite scorers in this league. How far does it take to get to Iverson? You're inserting an elite scorer, albeit aging, into a sound defensive squad that's made of committed, professional veterans. When Billups started to falter, the team lacked a guy who could hit the big shots down the stretch. I think Hamilton is or could be that guy, but it never hurts to have more. Is there really any question that Iverson will do whatever is asked of him to get to a championship?

Those of you that watched the Lakers play the Nuggets on Saturday night might have noticed something different about Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony. After sporting his trademark cornrows since his high school days, 'Melo showed up to his first game of the 2008-09 season with a fresh cut.

Although some might think 'Melo cut his braids as part of an image make over, I am of the opinion that he was trying to tell us something. Maybe he was foreshadowing a new beginning for the Nuggets. Or maybe he was trying to say that the guy that made cornrows popular is about to be traded.

Okay, so maybe that's a stretch. I do agree that 'Melo was trying mark a clean start for his career and his image, but it's just so weird to see him without his 'rows. Sticking with that point, if 'Melo was trying to clean up his image, is it really fair that he would even feel compelled to trim his hair in order to portray a more squeaky clean feel? Is it fair to have a stigma attached to hair?

I may just be thinking way too hard about this, as many guys have trimmed off their cornrows in the last few seasons, including Ricky Davis, Rip Hamilton, and Jermaine O'neal. I wonder if Allen Iverson will ever bite the bullet and trim his. I highly doubt it.

UPDATE: It's official.

Some shocking NBA news hitting the wire just before lunch time today, as MLive is reporting (it was also mentioned by blogging superstar Stephen A. Smith on the moving picture screen) that the Pistons and Nuggets have reached an agreement that would be an early-season trade of superstar proportion:

The Detroit Pistons have reached a tentative agreement to trade Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess to the Denver Nuggets for Allen Iverson. Neither player was at this morning's shoot-around. Team officials said that more information would be forthcoming later today.

That's pretty freaking heavy, man. And while there's plenty to discuss about the ramifications later, right now for both sides, it certainly seems as if Joe Dumars is in "blow the cover off and go young" mode, inking Jason Maxiell to a four-year deal and then shipping out his front-court playing-time blocker in the span of a few days.

The curious thing here (things, actually) are, first, how does the backcourt shake out for Detroit? Iverson will have to play point, presumably, with Rip Hamilton at the two and not really a small forward type. But Rodney Stuckey is clearly the future in Motown, so there might be a plan in place here to let the team go small at times and go with a run-heavy rotation.