Nets Stockpile Picks for Carmelo Anthony Push in Three-Team Trade

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The New Jersey Nets are about to get one step closer to landing Carmelo Anthony.

Or at least that's how they see it.

According to a front-office source who spoke to FanHouse midday Tuesday, the Nets had been actively pursuing additional draft picks to "sweeten the pot" in a prospective trade for Denver's star small forward and, in essence, make it even harder for the Nuggets to say no to their next proposal.

That deal appears to have taken form, as league sources confirmed the particulars on a trade that was first reported by Yahoo! Sports and is expected to be finalized Wednesday: Nets guard Terrence Williams will go to Houston, Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic will go to the Nets, and Nets forward Joe Smith will go to the Lakers. More importantly for the Nets, Houston will send its lottery-protected 2012 first-round pick to New Jersey, and the Lakers will send the Nets their 2011 first-round pick.

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