Carmelo Anthony

As time wears on Kobe Bryant has become more skilled at telling it like it is. Years ago he would have been brash and brazen. Now he’s pensive and calculated in a way that makes you place more stock in what he says. So listen up. Commenting on the next collective bargaining agreement—the current one [...]

Phil Jackson is ready to spend New York Knicks owner James Dolan’s money. The NBA recently reached a $24 billion TV deal with Turner Sports and ESPN, and the salary cap is expected to explode by 2016-17 as a result. Projections vary at the moment, since the NBA could decide to implement a smoothing-out process [...]

Bet you wish you had Carmelo Anthony’s connections. In anticipation of acclimating himself and his game to Phil Jackson’s famed triangle offense, Anthony apparently reached out to former trianglers Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, who each won at least five championships playing within the system. Their collective advice to him? Be patient. Be [...]

Three cheers for backtracking! Or rather, context! Yay, context! Carmelo Anthony created quite a stir at Knicks media day when he apparently said the following to ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard: [tweet https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/516643510192439296] For shame, Melo! For shame! How dare ye incite such bedlam weeks before the regular season, and mere weeks after the New York Knicks [...]

Well, now. Carmelo Anthony had a busy offseason. He went free-agency hunting, eventually re-signed with the Knicks and even lost some weight. Things aren’t going to settle down now with training camp underway, either. He has a team to lead and a new system to learn. And a bunch of righteous, hard-nosed, reputation-defaming bastards to [...]

Phil Jackson bleeds confidence. Neither you nor me nor James Dolan nor that inebriated guy at the bar undressing himself whilst screaming “Come see my beer muscles bitches!” at the top of his lungs has more confidence than Jackson. It’s been easy to forget that in recent years, mind you. Since Jackson has been out [...]

If you didn’t already know the New York Knicks hired Derek Fisher, you’d think Jeff Van Gundy was still angling for their head coaching position. During an interview with Anthony Donahue for his Internet radio show on The Knicks Blog, Van Gundy said some pretty nice things about the Knicks. Like, for instance, he thinks [...]

Truckloads of money cannot quell the winner inside New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony. We’re talking strictly games, to be sure. He hasn’t won anything at the NBA level, other than some games, a handful of playoff series, a scoring title and the dishonor of being the player most likely to be whacked in the [...]

Carmelo Anthony knows a thing or two about free agency. After exploring the open market himself for the first time this past summer, Melo has a better understanding of how available players think and what goes into their decision-making process. And after general manager Danny Ferry and controlling owner Bruce Levenson were caught with their [...]

Carmelo Anthony fancies himself a trend-setter. During an interview with former New York Giants great Michael Strahan for Adweek, Anthony was asked whether LeBron James’ decision to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers influenced his return to the New York Knicks. He, of course, said it was the other way around. From Newsday‘s Al Iannazzone: “Honestly, [...]