After hinting on Sunday that a meeting with the Knicks’ brass might be useful, Carmelo Anthony will get that meeting this week, according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com. Sources tell Shelburne that Knicks president Phil Jackson intends to meet with Anthony within the next few days to discuss the forward’s feelings toward the organization.
This week’s drama in New York stemmed from a column by Charley Rosen of FanRag. Rosen, a longtime Jackson confidant, was extremely critical of Anthony, writing that the forward’s legs are “going, going, almost gone,” and adding that the nine-time All-Star has “outlived his usefulness” in New York. While Rosen clarified that those were his views alone, and didn’t come from Jackson, the close relationship between the two created some uncertainty for Anthony, necessitating a meeting.
Anthony has indicated that he hasn’t thought at all about waiving his no-trade clause to go to another team, telling reporters on Monday that he wants to remain with the Knicks. So, unless Jackson has other ideas, the two sides will likely make an effort to mend fences during this week’s meeting.
Here are a few more notes out of New York:
- Although Jackson will speak to Anthony in the wake of Rosen’s column, head coach Jeff Hornacek said on Monday that he doesn’t feel the need to talk to his forward about it, per Al Iannazzone of Newsday (Twitter link).
- Speaking of Hornacek, he made some interesting changes to the Knicks’ starting lineup on Monday, including plugging Ron Baker in at shooting guard in place of Courtney Lee. Lee, who signed a lucrative four-year deal with the Knicks in the offseason, posted pictures from the movie Dumb and Dumber on his Instagram account shortly after being benched, as Fred Kerber of The New York Post details. Lee quickly deleted those posts and explained in a subsequent message that he didn’t intend to criticize the coaches, the rotation, or the lineup change.
- While Lee backed off his apparent criticism, Brandon Jennings didn’t hold back after Monday’s game, per Marc Berman of The New York Post. Asked about the lineup change, Jennings said that players “don’t know what’s going to happen” with the rotation when they show up for a given game. “Every day is something new,” Jennings said. “There’s kind of no consistency. It’s tough.”
No reason for Melo to leave he’s not the issue. The Knicks are really not a bad team at all they just need to keep Melo at the 4 and Porzingis on the bench.
What. Porzingis is they’re best player and melo is a ballstopper who is about a 19-21 point scorer at this point in his career. Porzingis is the franchise
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If melo wasn’t the problem then why haven’t the Knicks done anything since he been there. How can you blame one of the best young players in the game. Melo not a player that can lead a team to the finals Kobe went to the playoffs with a below avg team and look who lerbon went with in the early years of his career.
Because they’ve had a terrible GM? Just spitballing here but isn’t it the GMs job to assemble a good team? That hasn’t happened. Literally Joakim Noah got 72 mil and a starting job.
Dude. The Knicks are terrible.
Sounds like Lee and Jennings are the problem not Anthony. You can’t build a team with self centered mules. And that’s on Jackson.
At some point, Melo fanboys are going to have to face reality and realize that this guy just isn’t good for your team.
I’m a DRose fan and I had to come to that realization in Chicago, despite being a huge fan.
Melo is agin fast, his knees aren’t good, he’s not a team leader, he’s a drama queen, and aside from dropping 23 ppg, he’s a ghost in every single other aspect of the game.
He’s, by far, one of the most overrated players in the game.
He didn’t win anything while Phil wasn’t in NY, and he isn’t winning anything now. He can’t lead, and he stalls the offense. Cut ties.
Anthony is the problem and here is why.
He makes 25 mil and he is the #1 guy as of right now on the team. It’s not that Melo isn’t a good player anymore he just isn’t a star player anymore and he can’t lead a team. If you put him on a team where he doesn’t have to do so much he’s great. The Knicks have Porzingis who may be a #1 guy some day but probably not while Melo still has decent years of basketball and with Melo, Noah, etc making so much money the Knicks can’t sign a real #1 player. So they basically are stuck until they finally realize they need to rebuild.
But who gave him 25 mil? I don’t think Carmelo drafted his own contract. If someone else was stupid enough to overpay him, that’s on them, not on Melo. You’re right he’s not a superstar but that doesn’t make him the problem. That just makes it a bad team.
It funny you say rebuild because they were before they took a risk on melo that back fire. Melo a good player but was never a one you could trust to lead a team. Knick need to cut their lost and I say get whatever they can for don’t try to overvalue him just get hi. Out if town. It time for the Knicks to move on for the better
Phil jackson is a clown
The spurs should make a trade for melo..
Knicks get Danny green, kyle anderson 2017 1st round draft pick maybe some cash consideration to make this trade work
Spurs get Melo and brandon jennings
Both teams upgraded knicks get a solid defender and 3 point shooter that will spread the floor and a decent floor general in anderson that also can shoot pretty great…
Spurs get a offensive ball handler in melo that will make it easier for kwhai and lamarcus open and brandon jennings coming off that solid bench for the spurs…
Your thoughts….
lol no
There is a ton of consistency!
They lose consistently.
The point guards can’t run the offense consistently.
They consistently fail on the defensive end.
Why would anyone have a consistent line up when they haven’t found any that can play consistent basketball?
I admit it isn’t easy to win when you have things changing all the time but does anyone think we’ve seen any lineups that have earned consistent playing time?