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New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony has been one of the NBA's most vocal and active advocates among his peers.
Anthony didn't take to social media, following suit with his fellow NBA players, but contemplated his plans for the future.
He spoke with ESPN's Ian Begley regarding the recent election results.
Article Continues Below“I wasn't honestly surprised, to be honest with you. I wasn't surprised. The way that things are going now in this country, the educated and uneducated, the people that is out there who was voting, I wasn't surprised at that.”
He also talked about what he felt is his sense of responsibility is in the aftermath of Tuesday's election, and how he wants to continue to use his platform.
“Now it's our responsibility as men and women take it into our own hands, be role models and be our own leaders at this point, regardless of kind of who's the commander in chief. I think we have more of a responsibility now, especially with the youth and kind of educating them. I've talked to youth, I've talked to kids today, this morning, my family. You could just hear kind of the nervousness. They're afraid. They don't know what to think. People don't know what to do at this point. So I think it's up to us as individuals to kind of just take that responsibility and lead, everybody got to lead in their own way. We can't rely on a system or one person. We got to move on from that.”
Team USA had a chance this summer in Rio to get a few lessons about how important their position is, and Anthony declared he won't stop there.
“I'm trying to get guys on board with that and help them understand that—enough of the gesturing and talking and all of that stuff—we need to start putting things in place.”
As much as Anthony's leadership has been questioned in the past, he seems like the man for the job.
