Carmelo Anthony isn't sure if he will play for the Nuggets on Wednesday night against the Grizzlies, according to the Denver Post.

The All-Star forward will decide if he will play during the team's pregame warmup. Anthony has missed four games since injuring his ankle against the Lakers last Monday.

Memphis is forcing Stromile Swift to sit against Denver on Wednesday night, suspending the forward for one game for what the Grizzlies are calling 'conduct detrimental to the team', the Associated Press is reporting.

Swift apparently had a disagreement with Grizzlies' Coach Marc Iavaroni during Monday night's 103-84 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.

Carmelo Anthony missed his third straight game on Monday when the Nuggets lost to the surging Hornets, according to the Associated Press.

He tested his sprained left ankle before the game in New Orleans, but his movement still appeared to be severely hampered by the injury.

It is not known when he'll return to the team.

According to the Denver Post, George Karl called the Hornets' Tyson Chandler "a young Marcus", in reference to defensive stud Marcus Camby, and said that the Nuggets were "very interested" in trading for Tyson Chandler, then with Chicago, in the summer of 2006.

"This is a young Marcus (Camby) who can get 20 rebounds," Karl said of the Hornets center. "There's about 90 percent of big guys in the NBA who you could lock in a gym all night long and they couldn't get 20 rebounds."

Chicago traded Chandler to New Orleans instead, receiving P.J. Brown ? as well as J.R. Smith, who the Bulls shipped to Denver for Howard Eisley and two second-round picks.

Having the hottest team in the NBA today is not enough for the Hornets fans.

During the first half of Monday night's game between New Orleans and Denver, the crowd booed ex-Hornet J.R. Smith every time he touched the ball.

Smith, while talented, acted immature and seldom spoke with Coach Byron Scott in his two seasons with the Hornets.

"I always stood by that ? talent was never the question," Scott said. "He has tremendous athleticism and tremendous shooting range. That was never a question."

Jason Kidd has confirmed that his agent Jeff Schwartz has talked to Nets' management about moving him by the Feb. 21 trade deadline, ESPN's Ric Bucher is reporting.

"Sometimes, when you ride a wave, you get to the end and that's all there is," Kidd said Monday. "That's where we are."

"It used to be if I got a triple-double, that was an automatic win," he added. "That's just not the case now. We tried to make this work. We've found out it doesn't. It's time for us all to move on."

While Kidd wants to move to a contender, he also knows that there are no guarantees. Bucher writes that Dallas and Denver have already reached out to the next in the past week about Kidd.

Could the Nuggets be trying to acquire Nets' point guard Jason Kidd?

According to the Rocky Mountain News, who cites an article on ESPN, an unnamed source says the Nuggets have expressed interest in Kidd, who said his agent Jeff Schwartz has had continued conversations with the Nets about possibly dealing him by the Feb. 21 trade deadline.

According to Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald, Damon Stoudamire's agent says his client is interested in joining the Celtics, Suns, Spurs, Raptors, or Nuggets now that he has been bought out by the Grizzlies.

?We want to have him to be able to join his new team and be ready to go the following day,? Goodwin told the paper. ?This isn?t about money or anything. Damon knows he?s going to be getting the veteran minimum. He just wants a chance to play and an opportunity to go for a championship. That?s all that?s important to him at this point. The clubs we?re talking about all afford him that opportunity so we?re confident he?ll be in a good situation by Thursday.?

Stoudamire has a per 40 FIC of 10.9 in 29 this season.

Nuggets forward Nene, who is recovering from testicular cancer, issued an apology and a thank you Sunday, according to a Associated Press report.

In his first public comments since discovering he had cancer, Nene said he's sorry that his Web site posted an incorrect statement saying his tumor was benign when it was actually malignant and added that he's thankful for an outpouring of support from across the world.

The Denver Post has reported that the Nuggets will be without Carmelo Anthony for at least one more game.

It's likely that he'll sit out the team's game against the Mavericks on Sunday and try to return against New Orleans on Monday.

"I don't think I'm going to be able to go," Anthony said after Saturday's practice regarding his sprained ankle. "It will give me one more day of rest and hopefully be back on Monday against New Orleans. If not (Sunday), then definitely Monday."