Carmelo Anthony: (Knee) No Restrictions In Camp

Not only would Fisher benefit from a more hands-on approach from Jackson, but it will also help the team morale – you would think – to simply see, and hear, Jackson around the facility more often than not.

Jackson and Fisher each said they were too anxious previous year about stepping on each other’s toes, and gave each other too much space in trying to make it comfortable in roles neither had performed before.

“I just think that he is healthy and feels good about his body and where he sees himself going”, Fisher said.

This time around, the 13-time championship victor is just hoping for a better start to the season, having watched the Knicks open at 2-8 under rookie coach Derek Fisher. “I think I’ll probably be even more involved than I was a year ago as far as being here and being watchful and suggestive, watching film together with Derek at times”.

Jackson, who has won an NBA-record 11 titles as coach of the Bulls and Lakers, will not be sitting on the bench alongside Fisher anytime soon. “We want to talk about competitiveness [and] home court advantage”.

“It’s a long season”, Anthony said. “No. But the pieces that we got, I’m really intrigued at what we did and what we’re going to go out with this team”.

Franchise player Carmelo Anthony is rumored to be in the Knicks’ trading block when the new season begins this October.

“Health is an important thing to a pro athlete”, Fisher said.

No less than Knick legend and former point guard Walt Frazier, now color commentator for the MSG Network, mentioned in an interview with ESPN that Anthony sure “wasn’t happy” about Jackson selecting Kristaps Porzingis fourth overall in the recent draft and could demand for a trade in the regular season if he feels that he is not fit within the Knicks’ plans.

Over the past several months, Carmelo Anthony has sent mixed signals – publicly and privately – about his thoughts on the Knicks’ offseason. “That may be a situation where a coach may want to be together with his staff and talking about what we have to get done or what we didn’t get done”, Jackson said. If the Grizzlies can package Jeff Green and a few more players (Matt Barnes, Vince Carter) without giving up Mike Conley, Zach Randolph or Marc Gasol, they would be a deadly team that can challenge the defending champions (Golden State Warriors).

Anthony’s surgically-repaired knee is good to go and he won’t be on any specific limitations when training camp starts next Wednesday.

“I was very kind of excited about what we did this offseason”, Anthony said.