For a night, Carmelo Anthony's desired destination was Jellystone Park. While trade speculation continued to swirl around the Nuggets' all-star forward, he spent Wednesday night at a downtown movie theater, hosting 200 schoolchildren at a showing of 'Yogi Bear.' 'I'm in good spirits right now. Nothing is affecting me,' Anthony said. 'I've been hearing rumors all summer ... since last year. My mind is clear, I'm here, having a very Melo Christmas.' Yes, but will he even be here for Christmas? While Anthony desires to play for the New York Knicks, it's the New Jersey Nets -- who will move to Brooklyn for the 2012-13 season -- who are being extremely aggressive. The Nets made a multiteam trade Wednesday that landed them multiple first-round picks, potential assets to acquire Anthony. But a league source said Anthony's camp hasn't made it clear to New Jersey whether he would sign a contract extension in order to play for the Nets. And it's unlikely New Jersey would agree to a trade without being convinced Anthony would sign an extension. Otherwise, the Nets would be trading valuable assets while gambling they could get Anthony to sign a long-term contract. Bottom line, a complicated trade of an NBA superstar involving several teams is never easy. Here's where things stood on Wednesday: --Because Anthony hasn't signed the three-year, $65 million contract extension the Nuggets has had on the table since June, the team is determined to move him before season's end, when he would become a free agent. With the next collective bargaining agreement likely to be more favorable to owners, Anthony knows that he would probably lose money if he signed a long-term contract as a free agent this summer. Therefore, he wants to sign an extension this season but with his new team. --The Nuggets have until the Feb. 24 trading deadline to move Anthony. Nuggets executive Masai Ujiri, who was with Toronto last season, watched that club lose all-star Chris Bosh for basically nothing. As the Nuggets entertain offers, antsy teams, notably New Jersey, are making maneuvers to enhance the pot. The Nuggets want young, affordable talent, draft picks and salary cap space in return. --While the Knicks are Anthony's first choice, the Nuggets haven't yet received an offer from New York that makes sense for them. While the Knicks are playing well, they don't have a bevy of draft picks or young players that they're willing to give up. --The Nets have one of the more enticing young trade pieces in the league, rookie big man Derrick Favors, and they're aggressively stockpiling draft picks following the trade of Terrence Williams on Wednesday. New Jersey now owns five first-round picks in the next two years. The league source said, however, that New Jersey likely would have made its Wednesday trade even if it weren't trying to get Anthony. --Nuggets management -- Ujiri and team president Josh Kroenke -- continues to talk to teams. 'I kid (Ujiri) all the time. I say, 'It's really intense playing NBA poker,' ' Nuggets coach George Karl said Wednesday after practice. 'Do we have two aces under there? I think he's doing his homework and is well-prepared. Josh and he are hardworking guys. I don't know what's going to happen, but I think we're all in it together.' Karl, of course, also is in contract talks with the Nuggets, who have stated they would like to sign their coach to a long-term contract. As for Anthony trade rumors affecting the team, Karl said: 'Some people always think it will be a negative; sometimes it can strengthen you to be disciplined, that you can be focused better than ever before. I think that's what our guys need to do, and I think they've done some of it. I can't deny that there have been certain days where I thought we had a bad practice or a bad quarter, but in the same sense, we're ahead of the curve from where I thought we'd be. With all the injuries we've been dealt with, I think we need to healthier and tougher -- and I think we can do both.' 