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__Nets Owner Jay-Z bringing in the Big Guns to Land Anthony__ By Joseph Natale

With all of the trade speculation surrounding the Nets in the past couple weeks, it is only appropriate that we report on all of these actions. A couple days ago, Nuggets superstar Carmelo Anthony, the centerpiece of the expected blockbuster trade, told Marc Spears of Yahoo.com that he is “still not sold” on coming to NJ.

As expected, immediately upon hearing the report, an insider in the Nets office notified us that minority owner Jay-Z flew on his private jet out to Denver, CO for an official business trip. The jet flew back to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey with an additional male passenger.

Jay-Z himself was not available for comment in the afternoon, not having returned phone calls. Everybody knew who this mystery passenger was, but wanted direct verification from the King HOV himself. Later that night, all of our thoughts were confirmed when Jay-Z and Carmelo Anthony were spotting dining at //Le Bernardin// in the city. The two were reportedly laughing and drinking wine after a half hour of stern discussion and serious business talk. Javier Hernandez, a waiter at the premier five star Manhattan restaurant told us that Jay-Z “lifted his glass and exchanged cheers with Mr. Anthony at the end of their meal”. Needless to say, the entertainer surely knew how to wine and dine Anthony in a private trip to the city, and for the sake of Nets fans, hopefully convinced Anthony that New Jersey is the place for him. This will become very important as the Nets are now pressed to get Anthony to agree to a 63 million dollar extension as part of the deal.

“Everything looks like it should fall into pieces in the coming days”, Fred Kerber of the New York Post reports. Similarly, Al Iannazone of the Bergen Record reports that “A deal between the Nets, the Nuggets, and one more unidentified team is expected to go down sometime soon”. As for us, all we can do is sit back and watch in anxiety as this whole ordeal unfolds. On behalf of all Nets fans I conclude this piece by saying, “In Jay-z we trust!”