If Carmelo Anthony's status with the Knicks was being clocked by Facebook, it would either read “it’s complicated” or “open relationship.”
The All-Star forward had a sit down with team president Phil Jackson recently during which the two discussed the team's future.
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“The ball is in their court,” Anthony said when asked about the topics covered, via the New York Post. “They have an opportunity, we have an opportunity to do something this offseason. We got to do something. It’s there. Everybody has money this summer. It’s an even playing field. We got to hit the ground running.’’
Anthony and Jackson are at the center of a team that, at 28-40 and on the verge of missing the playoffs for the third straight year, is going nowhere fast. Both men decided it was time they had a face-to-face meeting to discuss the (not-too-distant) future.
Anthony didn’t really go into details about the conversation but called it a “good” chat.
“I thought it was a good time for us to sit down and talk," he said. "It was more of just an open dialogue. Questions that I had. I won’t go into details about those questions. It was good for me to get it out there. Talk about it. Get his response and feedback. That was that.’’
For his part, Anthony has played pretty well of late. He’s averaging 25.1 points while shooting 51.9 percent from the field in his past 10 games. The Knicks are 4-6 in those games but they have won three of their past five.