During the Brooklyn Nets pep rally Joe Johnson and others were talking a lot of trash about being the best team in New York and having the ability to do better than the New York Knicks. Â When Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony was asked about this of course he wasn’t happy. Â Read more after the jump.
Joe Johnson said Friday the Brooklyn Nets are the best NBA team in New York City.
New York Knicks small forward Carmelo Anthony’s response?
We’ll see about that.
“I hear they’re talking trash, but we’ll be ready for the challenge,” Anthony told ESPNDeportes.com’s Marly Rivera at an event in Washington D.C. “I haven’t looked at the schedule, but when that game happens, we will be ready.”
On Friday, Johnson, who earlier this month was acquired by the Nets in a blockbuster trade with the Atlanta Hawks, was asked which New York City team is better.
“The Nets. Definitely, the Nets,” he said.
The Knicks always have been New York’s basketball team, but the Nets believe they have a chance to take over the city after an offseason in which they’ve added Johnson, Bosnian stretch forwardMirza Teletovic and rugged rebounder Reggie Evans to a re-signed core of Deron Williams, Brook Lopez and Gerald Wallace.
The Knicks, who made the playoffs last season before losing to the Miami Heat in the first round, re-signed J.R. Smith, brought in veterans Marcus Camby and Jason Kidd and brought back Raymond Felton and Kurt Thomas.
