One of the hang-ups for the potential four-team trade that would send Carmelo Anthony to New Jersey is that the deal would be too expensive for the Nuggets.

The trade would require Denver to take on an additional $4.8 million of salary.  Since the team is over the luxury tax, the Nuggets would pay $9.6 million in extra cost.

"Stan Kroenke is not going to pay that much money to take a step backwards," a source said. "They'll have to find a way for Denver to take on less money for that deal to happen."