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Carmelo Anthony had no desire to dip his toe into raging waters regarding his alma mater and former Syracuse assistant coach Bernie Fine, who was fired in the wake of allegations he molested two ballboys in the 1980s and 1990s. That was before Anthony’s one year at Syracuse in 2003, when he led Jim Boeheim’s Orange to the national championship. “My heart goes out to the families,’’ Anthony said yesterday. “That’s a sensitive situation, a sensitive topic right now. And I don’t even want to go there.” New York Post

New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony, Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 

But the reason Anthony remains the subject of trade rumors is clear, according to his former Syracuse coach, Jim Boeheim. "He wants a place he can win," Boeheim told the Daily News Friday. "And I hope he can do that. He's in the prime of his career. He'd be a great foundation to build a franchise on." New York Daily News

Denver Nuggets, Carmelo Anthony, Jim Boeheim 

"He is a winner," said Boeheim, calling Anthony "misunderstood" and his mistakes overplayed by the media. "He can help a team win a championship but you can't do it by yourself. "Saying Carmelo is not a winner is like saying Jerry Sloan and (John) Stockton and (Karl) Malone were not winners. They got places, they won playoff games just like Denver. The Nuggets just went up against tough teams in the Western Conference like San Antonio and Los Angeles." New York Daily News

Denver Nuggets, Carmelo Anthony, Jim Boeheim 

Jim Boeheim, a Team USA assistant and Anthony's coach at Syracuse, agrees with Billups. Boeheim, who expects to see Anthony on the Syracuse campus shortly before the start of Denver's training camp, could see it as prudent for Anthony to evaluate how the Nuggets look this season. "He's had a great experience in Denver,'' Boeheim, who last spoke with Anthony at his July 10 wedding in New York, said in an interview with FanHouse. "I know he wants to win and he wants to get where he can win. Denver's got a good core of players. If they can add a guy, even one guy, not necessarily a whole lot of guys, they have a chance to be very good. The NBA is so crazy now. He wants to win just like everybody. And, if Denver can win, I'm sure that he can stay there. "He's comfortable (in Denver). I think Melo's thing is to stay where he feels comfortable. He's got to see what Denver does and how the contracts go. ... He should play and have a great year and try to let that work out.'' FanHouse.com

Denver Nuggets, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Jim Boeheim 

Mike Fratello: Got a chance to talk w/ CoachK & Jim Boeheim-both are so proud of the effort their young USA squad put forth in Sunday's 1-pt win over Spain Twitter

USA Basketball, Jim Boeheim 

Do you have any idea if Darko Milicic is playing (at the Worlds)? Rose: Oh I don’t know… Hey, Love! Is Darko playing? (Kevin Love: I don’t think so… No, he’s not). Curry: I don’t think he is. Is he? Odom: I don’t really know… If I had to choose, I’d say he’s playing. Is he? Boeheim: Darko? No, he’s not playing with Serbia. HoopsHype

Minnesota Timberwolves, Darko Milicic, Lamar Odom, Derrick Rose, Kevin Love, Jim Boeheim 

Three members of the Team USA coaching staff weighed in Tuesday on the Knicks' controversial hiring of Isiah Thomas as a consultant, with Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim saying it crossed a line that shouldn't be crossed. "If it’s good one place, then it’s good anywhere," Boeheim said after the U.S. men's national team scrimmaged on the city's West Side in preparation for the upcoming FIBA World Championships in Turkey. "You throw all that out there, and it wouldn’t be good. It doesn’t make much sense to me. I just don’t think it’s a good thing." CBSSports.com

New York Knicks, Isiah Thomas, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim 

If Carmelo Anthony's college coach has any say, he'd like the star forward to stay long-term in Denver. "I would hope that Denver could make improvements like they're going to try to do and that he'll be able to stay there,'' Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, a Team USA assistant, said in a Thursday interview with FanHouse after the third day here of training camp. "I think that's the best thing. But that's just my opinion. He's there. He knows what it's like.'' FanHouse.com

"If you don't sign an extension, then you're under a new collective bargaining agreement and it's going to be a 30-percent reduction (in salary),'' said Boeheim, whose Orangemen won the 2003 NCAA title in Anthony's only season at the school. "It would seem to me that players might have to sign it. FanHouse.com