Lakers consider trading Bynum for Carmelo Anthony?

Well, maybe. Talks with the Denver Nuggets are in the preliminary stage, reports ESPN's Chris Broussard. Denver apparently has no interest in Ron Artest, who arguably is the team's biggest problem.

Of course, Anthony, who can opt out of his contract after this season, would likely have to agree to sign a three-year, $65 million extension with the Lakers for them to part with Bynum. But Los Angeles is believed to be a city Anthony would be amenable to playing in, as he and his wife, La La Vasquez, bought a home there last summer. Two people close to Anthony said the Nuggets superstar would sign off on a deal that would make him a Laker.

Soon after the ESPN report came out, a Lakers source told the LAT that trading Bynum was not an option.