Everyone seems to have some advice for New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony. You can add Hall of Fame point guard Oscar Robertson to the list as well.
While making an appearance on SiriusXM NBA Radio show, “Spike Lee’s Best Seat in the House,” which airs Thursday night at 7 p.m. ET, Robertson said he would bolt the Knicks today if he was in Anthony’s shoes.
Oscar Robertson: “I would leave today. … Let me tell you why. Wherever that kid has gone, when he was at Denver, they had a team that fooled around with the ball, fooled around with the ball, then all of the sudden when they needed a basket, threw it to Carmelo. Then, when he shot the ball, they said he shot too much. Then when he didn’t shoot they said he didn’t shoot enough. No matter what he does in New York they’re going to criticize him, the people are going to criticize him, because you got guys on that team (the Knicks) that cannot play. You got guys that are hurt all the time…”
Spike: “Yeah but, O, that’s why we got Phil Jackson, to clean this mess up.”
Robertson: “Let me ask you: When was the last time Phil Jackson played? … I think Phil is great to have gotten $12 million out of [Knicks owner Jim Dolan]. Super job. Take the money and run. If I were Carmelo I would say, ‘Listen, I’m not gonna stay here and take all this gruff and all this criticism. You got other guys on this team making $12, $15, $16 million and doing nothing, and here I am averaging 28, 29 points per game.’”
It will definitely be interesting to see how Jackson’s comments about Melo taking a pay-cut plays out in the Anthony camp.