Carmelo Anthony

There are just some things you don’t do in the NBA, and talking trash to Giannis Antetokounmpo feels like one of those them. Antetokounmpo just looks and talks so nice. Any anecdote you hear paints the picture of an innocent 20-year-old kid, one who is great at basketball but doesn’t seem like he has a [...]

One of these summers, the New York Knicks are going to stay out of the unflattering rumor mill. Not this summer, though. For a team that’s having an understatedly good offseason, even though they failed to nab another superstar in free agency, the Knicks just cannot escape the negatively charged conjecture bugaboo. This is mostly [...]

Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson are not in constant contact with one another. Everybody panic. With the New York Knicks electing to prioritize the long-term picture over the immediate one this offseason, a lot of people are left wondering where Melo fits into Jackson’s apparent grand scheme. There were rumors that Melo was unhappy about [...]

Carmelo Anthony and New York Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis aren’t best friends. Yet. Rumors bandied about the NBA following the Knicks’ decision to select Kristaps Porzingis—hereto forth known as Krispy Pringles—with the No. 4 pick in this year’s draft. Anthony apparently wasn’t happy. The word betrayed was tossed around casually. Put simply: He was pissed. [...]

Jared Dudley wants Carmelo Anthony to know that he’s sorry. The Milwaukee Bucks swingman sent some waves throughout NBA circles on Wendesday when he called Melo the league’s most overrated player during an interview with ESPN Radio’s Colin Cowherd. Here’s what he said on Melo then, per ESPN New York’s Ian Begley: “The reason I [...]

Doesn’t Charles Oakley know that, contrary to his playing days, the NBA is like one big band of loving brothers exchanging hugs and fist bumps and laudatory pleasantries? Sure doesn’t seem like it. The former New York Knicks bruiser is now on record as questioning Carmelo Anthony’s superstar status. Seriously. From the New York Post‘s [...]

Chauncey Billups knows what we all know, but what the New York Knicks inconveniently do not know: Carmelo Anthony isn’t a vocal leader. Here’s what Melo’s former teammate had to say, per ESPN New York’s Ian Begley: Chauncey Billups, an ESPN analyst who played with Anthony for three seasons in Denver and New York, said [...]

Carmelo Anthony is doing work. No, he isn’t playing. He’s still injured. And no, he isn’t on the sidelines cheering for his teammates. There isn’t much to cheer for these days. Plus, you know, he’s afraid of suffering another injury while watching court side. The kind of work he’s doing is happening behind the scenes, [...]

Carmelo Anthony still has a job to do. Although the All-Star forward is done for the season after undergoing a successful knee debridement, the New York Knicks still want him hanging around, readying himself to be the emotional leader they need, the same one he’s never been. From Newsday‘s Barbara Barker: [tweet https://twitter.com/meanbarb/status/572511505691889664] [tweet https://twitter.com/meanbarb/status/572513261788246016] [...]

Carmelo Anthony has been injured a looooooooong time. This thing with his left knee is not new. We know that. But we really never pinpointed it. Some thought he was injured during the second game of the New York Knicks’ season, a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers (how the hell did that happen again?). Turns [...]