C’mon Melo! Don’t do this! I know it’s the smart thing to do for Carmelo Anthony, but for us Knicks fans — we don’t want to see this! He explained in a recent interview that he does want to test free agency.
Report after the jump…
Via ESPN:
New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony said in a recent interview that he wants to opt out of the final year of his contract this summer and test free agency.
“I want to be a free agent,” Anthony told the New York Observer. “I think everybody in the NBA dreams to be a free agent at least one time in their career. It’s like you have an evaluation period, you know. It’s like if I’m in the gym and I have all the coaches, all the owners, all the GMs come into the gym and just evaluate everything I do. So yes, I want that experience.”
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Anthony hasn’t said anything publicly about his plans beyond this summer. But in the New York Observer story Anthony noted that he’s grown comfortable with the high expectations that come with playing in New York.
“I came to New York for a reason,” he said. “I’ve been with you all my life, almost to a fault. I wanted to come here and take on the pressures of playing in New York. So one thing I would tell my fans: If you haven’t heard it from me, then it ain’t true.”
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