Carmelo Anthony is reportedly open to waiving his no-trade clause, that doesn’t mean he’s going ruin his legacy by forcing his way out of New York.
Amid reports that Anthony is trying to bolt the Knicks, the star forward told Ian Begley of ESPN New York that bolting New York now would make him look weak.
“Come on, man. After all the work I did to get here and get back here? If I was to get up and want to leave now that would just make me weak, make me have a weak mind,” Anthony said on Friday morning. “I’ve never been a person to try to run from any adversity or anything like that so I’m not going to pick today to do that.”
Anthony’s agent, Leon Rose, said the idea that Anthony wanted to leave the Knicks is “utter nonsense.”
“Carmelo, as always, is committed to the Knicks,” Rose said in a text message to ESPNNewYork.com on Friday. “There have never been discussions about trades or wanting to leave New York. Any story, rumor, report to the contrary is utter nonsense.”