Carmelo Anthony blames Linsanity for selfish label

[StateOfMind12]

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Carmelo Anthony addressed the widespread notion that he's a selfish player, pinpointing in his mind when the "Anthony is selfish" meme began.

"Let's be frank about it," he said. "When it comes to the Knicks, we're talking about one particular point in time. We're talking about the whole Linsanity thing. That's when it started. That's when it started to escalate as far as people saying I was selfish."

Jeremy Lin led the Knicks to an 8-1 record while Anthony was out with an injury last winter.

The Knicks stumbled when Anthony returned to the lineup, leading Mike D'Antoni to resign.

"Lin came and we started winning games and then we started losing games, and they could only point to one thing, which is me, the leader of the team," Anthony said. "They're not going to point to Amar'e (Stoudemire). They're not going to point to (guard) Iman Shumpert. They're going to point to me. I accept that. It doesn't bother me."

[el gringos]

You are a ****. To exist on ish only to hate on 1 player would be a pathetic life choice

[NewYorkNoPicks]

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He was speaking of Linsanity the EVENT not Linsanity as in the moniker for Jeremy Lin himself. But nice misleading title bruh!

[ripthekik]

More like he got exposed. True that.

[StateOfMind12]

He was speaking of Linsanity the EVENT not Linsanity as in the moniker for Jeremy Lin himself. But nice misleading title bruh!

I know which is why the thread title says Linsanity instead of Jeremy Lin. I edited the title though for the people who could believe it is misleading but it looks like it is too late.

[strifed169]

Carmelo shoudl just leave it alone, its bad enough knowing when he came back Linsanity ended and the L's came back in waves, along with their head coach resigning (before getting fired)

[Scoooter]

Nah, they were talking about it well before that (this year I mean, to say nothing of the rest of his career). There was a game against the Bobcats where he tried to prove a point in response to the criticism by only taking one shot.

[spiegel]

I cant wait till we play Knicks.

[Jax]

Got exposed, cancer of the team.

[Xiao Yao You]

[niko]

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It pretty much is for you 100%. I can see others doubting this but for you its the sole reason.

[bluechox2]

melo looked pissed not being out there at the end

[FKAri]

More like he got exposed. True that.

How did Melo get exposed? He was unfit all season. He'll be back stronger next year.

[FireDavidKahn]

How did Melo get exposed? He was unfit all season. He'll be back stronger next year.

LOL. Whose fault is that?

[FKAri]

LOL. Whose fault is that?

Im just trollin. I hate Melo.

But he will be back stronger next season and I will be rooting against him as always. Just a SF sized Monta Ellis.