Phil Jackson continues to cause the vast majority of the New York Knicks’ off-court drama, and Carmelo Anthony is not happy about it.
Anthony was critical of the timing of Jackson’s comments about how he holds the ball too much, and also confirmed that Thursday’s cryptic Instagram posts were in relation to the situation.
“At the end of the day we’re playing good basketball,” Anthony said, via Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News. “That’s the only thing that matters at this point. So any negativity that’s coming towards me or towards the team, I don’t think we need it at this point.”
Anthony and Jackson have not spoken about the comments.
“I didn’t talk to him so I don’t know where he was coming from with those comments,” Anthony said. “If he wants to talk about it, cool. If he don’t, cool. In my eyes it’s over.
“I feel like we’re playing good basketball, and just to have a temporary black cloud over our heads. I don’t know when the comments were made or the gist of them, I just know something was said.”
Anthony added that his Instagram posts were simply a product of his emotions.
“I’m a big quote guy so there’s a million quotes in my phone,” Anthony said. “Sometimes it just pops up at the right time.”
It’s quite obvious that Anthony wasn’t happy with the content or the timing of Jackson’s comments. Between this and some other drama Jackson has sparked, Anthony and the Knicks probably wish he’d just shut up.
