Knicks fans who are worried about Carmelo Anthony ditching the Knicks after the season ends via free agency might want to start familiarizing themselves with Kevin Love. Following a Martin Luther King Day beatdown at the hands of the Brooklyn Nets at Madison Square Garden 'Melo sounded off once again about his team's effort.
"That's the only thing that kind of bothers me: Today we didn't even fight. I felt like we didn't fight as a team," Anthony said after the 23-point drubbing. "Them guys from the jump ball just came in and it felt like they owned us."
Even more worrisome were his comments regarding his impending free agency, coupled with lots of losing. "I didn't think we would be in this situation," Anthony said. "I don't really know how to deal with situations like this. I'm learning. This is the first time for me."
While Anthony is no defensive maven, he mentioned how out of sorts the Knicks were vs. Brooklyn, and praised Nets coach Jason Kidd. In doing that, he seemed to join center Tyson Chandler in calling out head coach Mike Woodson in passive fashion.
"We couldn't get into defensive sets and [were] just scrambling and double-teaming and switching, basically just scrambling the whole game," Anthony said. "They played to the mismatches. That's something that Jason does well, even when he was here. That was his big thing: play to the mismatch."
Those piggybacked off Chandler's remarks. "I think we came to play. They outschemed us," Chandler said. "They played to our defense as far their offensive scheme, knowing our rotations and knowing what we wanted to accomplish. Kind of putting us in vulnerable situations."
Back in November, rumors sprouted up that the Knicks would be targeting Love in 2015, when he would be eligible for free agency. If this season continues as is, they might have a lot more money to throw at him.
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