Carmelo Anthony Trade: 5 trade packages for Carmelo Anthony that will benefit both parties

#4 Denver Nuggets

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What the Nuggets receive: Carmelo Anthony

What the Thunder receive: Kenneth Faried, Darrell Arthur, Juan Hernangomez, Malik Beasley and cash considerations

Why the Nuggets agree to the deal: The Nuggets, like a couple of other teams discussed in the slides before, lack a pure scorer with the ability to take over a game in clutch time with his scoring. Their highest scorer in most games is Jokic himself, who has too much of an offensive load on his shoulders.

Receiving prodigal son Carmelo back would restore some semblance of pure scoring ability in this team, which only looks to youngsters Jamal Murray and Gary Harris during clutch situations - neither of them is currently capable of giving you a guaranteed W with the game on the line, though they might well be able to do so in the future.

Why the Thunder agree to the deal: Kenneth Faried has become the forgotten man in the Mile High City roster after being a high-flying player during his years under the rookie contract. Currently, a number of other power forwards and centers are ahead of him in the Nuggets roster, and a move to a different team might just be the cure for the malaise that has gripped his career.

Juan Hernangomez and Malik Beasley are youngsters who have the opportunity to become reliable role players - as they have displayed in limited minutes over the course of the '17-18 regular season. Playing with the likes of Westbrook and Adams should help them on the mental side of things a lot.

Darrell Arthur carries trade value as a player on an expiring contract, rather than anything his play adds to a roster.