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Don’t count on Carmelo Anthony coming to Lakers

By Mike Bresnahan
 and Broderick Turner
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The Lakers and Carmelo Anthony? Wouldn’t count on it.

An ESPN report that the Lakers were in preliminary talks with Denver for the Nuggets’ unhappy all-star forward was quickly rebuffed by the Lakers.

‘What’s out there is inaccurate,’ said a Lakers representative familiar with the negotiations.

The report said the deal would revolve around Andrew Bynum for Anthony, though a team source told The Times on Tuesday that the Lakers were unwilling to deal Bynum, the 23-year-old center who has been plagued by knee problems.

Bynum is considered the personal project of Lakers executive Jim Buss, the son of team owner Jerry Buss.

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-- Mike Bresnahan and Broderick Turner

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Broderick Turner

Broderick Turner is a Los Angeles Times reporter who covers the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers.

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