Mike Woodson is one of the candidates for the New York Knicks head coaching post. In light of this development, Woodson looked back on his first stint in New York, sharing his insights on why Carmelo Anthony thrived as a power forward.

Woodson was named head coach of the Knicks in the second half of the 2011-12 season to the 2013-14 season. The 2012-13 season was his first full season as the Knicks' head coach. One of the tweaks that Woodson made was putting Anthony in the power forward position.

Interestingly, this Anthony averaged 28.7 points per game — a career-best. From Woodson's observation, Anthony beasted and feasted on the four spot simply because there was no one in that position who could stop him.

“He might be a little bit smaller than a lot of the fours we'd play, so defensively we thought we could cover for him if we needed to. But he played his ass off on defense for us that year. And on the other end, there was not a four in the league that could cover Carmelo Anthony. Not one. And we knew that. So that's why the four was so powerful for him and our ballclub at that particular time. Melo thrived at the four. And we won a lot of games,” Woodson said, in an interview with Ian Begley of SNY.

In that season, the Knicks won 54 games and placed second in the East. They also won the Atlantic Division. In the playoffs, they made it as far as the Eastern Conference Semifinals.