Knicks fan or not, the one thing almost everyone agrees on is that Carmelo Anthony should shut it down for the season. The Knicks have the worst start in franchise history and aren’t going to get any better. Still Anthony was out there playing a ton of minutes on a knee that likely requires surgery. Anthony has made it clear that he want’s to keep playing so it’s not the Knicks forcing him to play but they should take a stand and protect their franchise player. He’s sat out the past couple of games and coach Derek Fisher may finally be ready to shut him down for the season but notes that it’s a decision that has to be agreed upon by both Carmelo and the organization.
via ESPNNewYork.com:
Fisher reiterated Friday that any decision to shut down Anthony for the season would be made with input from both Anthony and the Knicks organization.
“From the conversations I’ve been a part of, I think everybody is smart enough to realize, calendar wise, timing wise, that there may come a point that that’s the decision that needs to be made,” Fisher said Friday. “But [we realize] that we can’t force Carmelo to that point just yet….
“We can’t unilaterally just say, ‘Hey, you know, you can’t play for the rest of the season because of A, B and C,’” Fisher said. “I think our medical staff, our training staff, continue to have conversations with him about where he is. He’s conversing with us about how he’s feeling, what the symptoms are. And so as each day kind of unfolds, decisions are being made. It’s not something that we’re just kind of stepping back and saying, ‘Carmelo, you kind of tell us when you don’t feel like playing anymore.’”
