Not exactly sure how Broussard set him up. He asked him a direct question about feeling underrated and Melo gave a direct quote saying he is the most underrated superstar in the NBA. It isn’t Broussard’s fault he laid the trap and Melo took the bait.
Melo is now backtracking on those comments via NY Daily News.
The Knicks forward attempted to clarify Thursday that his recent comments about being “the most underrated superstar out there” were taken out of context.
“I don’t feel like that,” Anthony said, referring to a sit-down interview he gave to ESPN’s Chris Broussard at Monday’s media day before the start of training camp. “I think it was just the course of the way the conversation was going. They took it and ran with it. That’s something, I don’t get into. I let you guys write about (if) I am underrated or not. I know what I can do and I know what I’ve done on the basketball court. I know what I can get better at.
“But as far as, you know, self-proclaiming me as being an underrated superstar, that’s out of my league.”
Anthony believes he was “set up” when asked specifically by Broussard if he believes he’s an underrated superstar, to which Carmelo laughed and replied, “I think I’m the most underrated superstar that’s out there, but that doesn’t matter to me.”
Melo has been in the NBA far too long to be “set up” by a reporter. He said it, he should own up to it and not throw Broussard under the bus.