Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony called it a "great feeling" to be selected for USA Basketball's national team. There will be 25 invitations handed out Sunday. But there are just 12 spots available for this summer's World Championships. "Training camp will be fun," Anthony said of the July event in Las Vegas. "At the same time, it's going to be competitive." Regardless of whether he makes the World Championships, Anthony will remain in a pool of players for the 2008 Olympics. Anthony would like to make up for the 2004 Olympics, when he played little. "If I get another chance, it will feel great," he said. "It will be an honor to get another chance to get out there and put away two summers ago."

--After barely moving from the end of the bench for two months, you'd have thought DerMarr Johnson's mind would have drifted to other NBA cities. Not so. The shooting guard, who has started the past two games after not playing in 18 of the previous 27, wants to re-sign with the Denver Nuggets when he becomes a free agent this summer.

"Absolutely," Johnson said. "I always want to be here. I enjoy the organization. I love my teammates... Hopefully, it will happen." More stellar play will help. Due to a knee injury sidelining Greg Buckner and Earl Watson having been traded, Johnson started last Friday at Minnesota and scored 17 points. "If I play the way I know I can play and they're happy with me, they'll bring me back," said Johnson, who, with Buckner still out, scored five points after starting Monday's 110-89 loss to Milwaukee. It helps Johnson, who's making the minimum of $835,810, that he will become an early-Bird free agent. The Nuggets can exceed the salary cap to re-sign him.