Came across this info on a paid site (gah). Seems that the rumors are not dead yet, no matter how much I try to kill them.

"A handful of team executives consulted this week by ESPN.com believe there are more than a few teams in circulation that would be willing to trade for Melo without getting his name on an extension, even though the risk of losing Anthony without compensation in July is precisely why countless league observers believe the Nuggets will eventually have to give in and give him up. How is that possible? As another GM explains, there are always teams willing to bet that a star like Anthony will like their situation if they can just get him to town. I know of two such risk-taking teams in Texas alone -- Dallas and Houston -- that would take on Anthony sans extension if their assets proved sufficiently attractive to construct a three-team (or more) deal palatable to Denver. Orlando is also presumed to be another such risk-taker, given the obvious lure of pairing Anthony with Dwight Howard. And Charlotte, with Melo's buddy Michael Jordan in charge, has been suggested as another willing Melo dice-roller by various front-office sources. The Nuggets, if and when they reach that point, would obviously prefer to trade with a team Melo wants to join long term because they'd get more in return. Assets of the highest quality will be harder to score in a deal that isn't an extend-and-trade, as the GMs call it. The fact, however, remains that the extension is not everything as I once believed, too."

I'm done dreaming of Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul in Charlotte. D.J., Jax, and Crash are what we're working with. Let's let it "Do What It Do" before making a weird deal like this.