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DENVER -- February is the shortest month of the year. But it might be a long one for Masai Ujiri.
Do not envy the Denver executive. He's the guy on the front line when it comes to possibly trading a player who just scored 50 points in a game.
"If I was a G.M., that's a tough trigger to pull,'' Houston forward Shane Battier said after watching Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony tie his career high by hitting the half-century mark in Monday night's 108-103 loss to the Rockets at the Pepsi Center. "I'm glad I'm on the other side of that. That's a tough trigger to pull.''
Ujiri, Denver's executive vice president of basketball operations, has had the trigger at least slightly depressed since the start of the season. When the final buzzer sounded Monday, he had 16 days and 15 1/2 hours until a decision has to be made on Anthony by the Feb. 24 trade deadline.
Ujiri, making the decision along with Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke and team president Josh Kroenke, wouldn't comment on specifics. But sources said no deal is imminent for Anthony, who has yet to sign a three-year, $64.47 million contract extension and can become a free agent this summer.
So the suspense goes on.
"I think it's a tough situation for them but they'll figure it out,'' Rockets coach Rick Adelman said of the Nuggets.
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