The New York Knicks are off to their worst start in franchise history currently at 4-19. There’s a lot of arguing, cursing, defiance and doubt as the team is seemingly imploding early in the season. Things reportedly came to a head during game 5 of their current 9-game losing streak as Carmelo Anthony told Tim Hardaway Jr. he was going to beat him up.
The New York Knicks were en route to their fifth straight loss last week against Brooklyn when a frustrated Tim Hardaway Jr. screamed angrily, “Get the rebound!”
Certain his second-year teammate was speaking to him, Carmelo Anthony approached Hardaway on the way down the court and used an expletive to ask Hardaway who in the world he thought he was talking to.
Anthony, according to sources, then used another expletive in telling Hardaway he was going to beat him up when they got into the locker room after the game.
While the two players never wound up fighting, the episode was emblematic of the volatile state of the Knicks.
Sources said the most tension exists between Anthony and Hardaway as they haven’t cared for one another almost since Hardaway joined the team last season, with each player believing the other shoots too much and doesn’t care about defense. Sources said Hardaway was also bothered by the favorable treatment Anthony received under last year’s coach, Mike Woodson.
Apparently Hardaway isn’t the only person who has a problem with Anthony. He’s long been criticized for being an iso, one-man army and the team is voicing their displeasure.
Several Knicks, in addition to Hardaway, are at odds with Anthony and believe he’s not playing team basketball. Sources said players voiced their displeasure with Anthony this past weekend, telling him he shoots too much, doesn’t move or pass the ball, and only plays defense when he feels like it.
One thing the whole team has a problem with, is running the triangle.
Sources said one thing Anthony and his teammates do agree on is their disdain for the triangle offense. For weeks, if not longer, the players have been ready to ditch the triangle and move on to another system
h/t ESPN
