Carmelo Anthony

Los Angeles Lakers vice president and part-owner Jim Buss apparently believed his team would land Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony and Russell Westbrook, in addition to re-signing Dwight Howard. He also probably though Jesus Christ himself would take a pay cut to play in Hollywood. Only one of these things isn’t true, according to Bleacher Report’s [...]

The New York Knicks have an aggressive free-agent recruiter in Carmelo Anthony. Though the NBA’s open-market craze doesn’t officially begin until July 1, Anthony has already started courting Kevin Durant on behalf of New York. That’s the luxury of spending time together as members of Team USA’s basketball squad, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/747495034832850946] [...]

Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson aren’t shy about complimenting the New York Knicks’ frontcourt. In fact, they believe the combination of Robin Lopez, Kristaps Porzingis and Melo himself make it the best frontcourt in the Eastern Conference. Per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Both Phil Jackson and Carmelo Anthony believe that the Knicks have the best front [...]

Carmelo Anthony is excited for Jeff Hornacek to start coaching the New York Knicks. We know this. But that doesn’t mean he influenced team president Phil Jackson’s decision. Because he didn’t. As relayed by Keith Schlosser of SNY.TV: Anthony said team president Phil Jackson didn’t speak to him about Hornacek. “Whatever Phil did, he did [...]

If Phil Jackson is really looking for Carmelo Anthony to waive his no-trade clause, all he needs to do is what he’s planned on doing all along: keep Kurt Rambis as the New York Knicks’ head coach. Seriously? Seriously. Appearing on CBS Sports Radio’s Brown and Scoop” podcast, former writer/still-well-connected Peter Vecsey, painted a pretty [...]

Carmelo Anthony still wants to have some input on who the New York Knicks hire to be their next head coach. But, at this point, it feels like Jackson has other plans. Melo sat down with Russ Bengtson over at Complex Sports to shed some light on New York’s coaching expedition, and he offered the [...]

Carmelo Anthony has now had some time to think about his situation with the New York Knicks since their regular season ended, and about whether he still wants to be part of their long-term future. His verdict? He wants to stick around. Still. Per The Wall Street Journal‘s Chris Herring: [tweet https://twitter.com/HerringWSJ/status/725691514005913600] [tweet https://twitter.com/HerringWSJ/status/725691684252729347] If [...]

Now that the NBA regular season is over, the New York Knicks can resume their rumor-mill prominence. What’s that, you say? Oh, they never left the rumor mill? Like not even for a millisecond? Okay then. Well, on that note, they won’t be leaving it anytime soon, either. The Knicks are now left to hire [...]

With the New York Knicks’ 2015-16 regular season winding down, Carmelo Anthony has been given many opportunities to distance himself from the organization’s rebuilding process—to provide a shadow of a doubt that he wishes to remain in the Big Apple. He hasn’t seized any of those opportunities. And that didn’t change following the Knicks’ loss [...]

With New York Knicks slogging through a meaningless final stretch of the 2015-16 season, Carmelo Anthony has, apparently, taken rookie Kristaps Porzingis further under his wing, teaching him about the game and, well, life in general. Take some time to read this excerpt from Ian Begley’s fantastic piece for ESPN.com: It’s late in the fourth [...]