Carmelo Anthony Articles - Page 49

Carmelo Anthony has had a very challenging season, to say the least. From the New York Knicks failing to win enough games to make it to the playoffs, to the never-ending trade chatter surrounding him, there have been plenty of distractions that could’ve gotten the best of him. Fortunately for Anthony, he has a strong […]

Carmelo Anthony may have already played his final game for the New York Knicks. With his future with the team still uncertain, it has been announced that he will sit out their final match of this season on Wednesday when they host the Philadelphia 76ers inside Madison Square Garden. Jeff Hornacek confirmed the development as […]

Stephon Marbury made a triumphant return to Madison Square Garden, sitting front row at Sunday’s Eastern Conference matinee matchup between the New York Knicks and the Toronto Raptors. The two-time All-Star spent five seasons with the Knicks, facing plenty of criticism with a hollowed out roster after the surprising retirement of Allan Houston, one of […]

Stephon Marbury came back to his native New York, seeing his former team, the New York Knicks take on the Toronto Raptors in a Sunday matinee showdown. Marbury was a Knick from 2004-09, but was waived after five losing seasons. Following a letdown quarter-season with the Boston Celtics, the Coney Island native took his talents […]

Nicknamed ‘The Banana Boat Crew” after a photo of them riding an actual banana boat went viral, Chris Paul, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony are the best of friends. The foursome takes vacations together, share meals with each other when their respective teams play and continually keep in touch through a group text. […]

Upon his return to Madison Square Garden, former New York Knicks point guard Brandon Jennings put his Washington Wizards yet another game closer to the third seed in the East, but not before reminiscing about his time with his former team and the distractions that came with it. Jennings is especially conscious of the incessant […]

As the season winds down, it seems more and more likely that this will be Carmelo Anthony‘s last year with the New York Knicks. Anthony was in a plethora of rumors before the NBA’s trade deadline in February. However with Anthony’s no trade-clause and team president Phil Jackson’s unwillingness to talk with him about his future […]

Carmelo Anthony appears to have been able to accept his fate with the New York Knicks and seems to already be at peace with it. However, exactly what this is and what the future holds for him in the Big Apple remain mysteries for everybody else. After the Knicks’ defeat to the red-hot Miami Heat on […]

New York Knicks icon Bernard King, who took part in the organization’s reunion of the 1983-84 team, expressed his disappointment after seeing star forward Carmelo Anthony without the proper tools to compete for a championship in the Big Apple. A scoring machine in his own right, King said he feels for Anthony every time he […]

With a record of 28-46, the New York Knicks have just eight more games to play before they close out yet another disappointing season for the team. The Knicks entered the season with high expectations due to the offseason additions of Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose but the team never truly gelled together. They were […]

Carmelo Anthony is known as one of the elite scorers in the league, as he has the ability to score in different ways. He is also a fierce competitor on the court and plays at his best despite all the distractions that surround him. However, what many do not know is he’s an all-natural guy and […]

Despite many believing that this year’s draft will have one of the deepest talent pools in the point guard position, the New York Knicks are targeting a small forward who they think can thrive in their triangle offense, According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, the Knicks have their eyes set on Kansas forward […]

Nearing the end of yet another disappointing season, the New York Knicks are at the bottom of the league with a record of 27-44. The Knicks will miss the playoffs for the fourth straight year and will likely undergo significant roster changes in the offseason. One change that is already scheduled to be put in […]

With all the uncertainties the New York Knicks are currently facing, it does not come as a surprise that their franchise player is also left in the dark when it comes to their future plans. Carmelo Anthony recently admitted, via ESPN’s Ian Begley, that he is unaware of his team’s direction, especially when they failed […]

Despite putting up stellar individual numbers, Carmelo Anthony has not experienced much success during his tenure with the New York Knicks. They’ve had their moments but the Knicks have frankly been a mediocre or simply bad team with Anthony as their No. 1 star. That’s not all on Anthony though. The Knicks have had problems […]

With the New York Knicks‘ season now down to its last 12 games, their coaching staff will look to give more run to their role players and limit their stars’ playing time. This was apparently the case and Carmelo Anthony was already informed of their plans. The 10-time All-Star forward confirmed this recently, via Marc Berman […]

The New York Knicks are expected to remain committed to trading star forward Carmelo Anthony in the offseason, according to ESPN’s Ian Begley. A season that started with plenty of promise with a vast difference in the composition of the roster and two very important signings coming from Chicago, turned into a burning kite, descending […]

Sitting a game and a half back form a playoff spot, the New York Knicks have one of their star players frustrated. Losers of 7 of their past 8 games, the Knicks find themselves in a season worst slump. The Knicks made win-now moves in the summer with the trade for Derrick Rose and signings […]

The New York Knicks are in the midst of a tough stretch and have lost 10 of their last 13 games which dropped their record to 17-20 for the season. Given their current situation, they’ll need everyone from the team to step up and contribute to their cause. However, their All-Star forward, Carmelo Anthony, recently […]

During the New York Knicks‘ loss to the Orlando Magic on Monday night, one play became much talked about when Carmelo Anthony called his own number while the shot clock was winding down. It may seem just like a regular Knicks play, but the camera caught Jeff Hornacek walking away and appearing fed up with […]

The New York Knicks have been mired in a six-game losing streak after the Wednesday’s 105-104 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on the front end of  home-and-home outings. The star forward Carmelo Anthony knows just how important surviving these tough stretches can be for a team trying to come together to make a playoff push […]

On Christmas day, New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony made his young fan’s day by giving him a brand new car following his courageous battle over the past 18 months against a rare form of cancer called Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. A week after receiving his gift from the nine-time All-Star, Jarrell Lara discussed what the car meant […]

Following the New York Knicks heartbreaking 129-122 loss to the Houston Rockets during New Year’s Eve, head coach Jeff Hornacek remained hopeful it bodes well for the team’s effort going forward. “We got to have an effort like we did, all-out 48 minutes of playing hard,” he told Newsday’s Al Iannazzone. “You should come in […]

Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni is not sweating the triangle offense (or whatever is left of it) after Saturday night’s 129-122 victory over the New York Knicks. “If the triangle hit me upside the head, I wouldn’t know what it was,” D’Antoni told Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News prior to the […]

An unhappy Carmelo Anthony was unsure of the severity of his entanglement with forward Thabo Sefolosha during Wednesday’s 102-98 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. The New York Knicks star was forced to hit the showers after 15 minutes of playing time through the second quarter after receiving a Flagrant 2 foul for a backhand fist into […]

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony joked about the chances of team president Phil Jackson returning to the Los Angeles Lakers after him and longtime fiancee Jeannie Buss ended their engagement on Monday night. “That put an end to that, didn’t it?” Anthony told reporters with a laugh. There had been some speculation that the former longtime Lakers […]

There have been plenty of unfavorable comments coming from former NBA Coach George Karl in his new book, “Furious George”. He has taken shots at players such as Carmelo Anthony, Rudy Gay, Kenyon Martin, and Damian Lillard. Excerpts from his book sparked several reactions from around the NBA in response to quotes in the book. […]

During his coaching days, George Karl became one of the more respected head coaches in the league as he is a veteran whose career spanned over 20 years. He recently released a book with the title “Furious George” which has been controversial because of the rants he made against his former players, including New York […]

A high-scoring Christmas Day outing between New York and Boston didn’t exactly draw the best of the holiday spirit, as Knicks star Carmelo Anthony and Celtics center Al Horford had a heated exchange during the third quarter, forcing their respective teammates to come in and separate them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U6LbLgazSc Both players were assessed a technical foul after the […]

Christmas is indeed the season of giving where people share their blessings to others. New York Knicks star forward Carmelo Anthony also felt the need to be generous and before his team’s game on Sunday against the Boston Celtics, he gave a young fan the surprise of his life. On behalf of the nine-time All-Star’s foundation, […]

With Christmas upon us, Bleacher Report have given us a laugh with a Charlie Brown/Carmelo Anthony Christmas parody. A parody of Charlie Brown for “A Carmelo Anthony Christmas” recently surfaced to the sound of the star forward and his struggles of winning a championship. From being one of only a few from his contemporaries who doesn’t […]

Despite some of his former teammates dishing out criticism to former Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl after a series of rants in an excerpt of his new book: Furious George — New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony is at total peace with his relationship with his former coach. Karl had made references to Anthony’s unwillingness to […]

Former Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl took some of his best haymakers at New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony in his latest book “Furious George.” Karl describes his former player as a “true conundrum” and a “user of people,” among with his unwillingness to play defense and lack of pride in being a two-way […]

The Christmas season is back and that means a full day of NBA games awaits fans on the 25th. Players will don Special uniforms and the league will do its best to spread holiday cheer. There is a yearly commercial release where NBA players participate in a classic holiday song to promote the games. A high level […]

There were plenty of teams that threw their hat in the Kevin Durant free agency sweepstakes. Durant eventually signed with the Golden State Warriors where he’s having another fantastic year. That hasn’t stopped the questions coming his way about why he didn’t choose to sign with other teams. Prior to the matchup between the New […]

The New York Knicks have been searching for better talent for a number of years now. After first trading for Carmelo Anthony, they’ve been unsuccessful in recruiting star talent in free agency. New York was unable to strike gold in the LeBron James sweepstakes in 2010, the Knicks acquired Anthony and he has shouldered much […]

The New York Knicks have been one of the hotter teams in the league as of late and are currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference with a 14-11 record. Much of the credit has been given to Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis, but one person who deserves as much is their head coach, Jeff Hornacek. The 53-year-old […]

Despite a 113-111 overtime loss to the Phoenix Suns, the New York Knicks walked away from the game having tested their identity, but even more importantly, getting to see the dog in rising star Kristaps Porzingis. The 7-foot-3 power forward had exchanged heated possessions with Suns forward Marquese Chriss, until the rookie threw him to the […]

Carmelo Anthony and New York Knicks‘ president Phil Jackson have been making a lot of news lately with regards to their much-publicized disagreement. Jackson has called out his team’s star forward for holding on to the ball too long, which has caused their offense to become slower. Anthony fired back with two posts on social media […]