The New York Knicks suffered another tough loss over the weekend and the news and rumors are ramping up.
Check out the latest buzz below.
Should Anthony End Season?
Carmelo Anthony is hurting and may need surgery.
If the Knicks were in playoff contention, postponing the operation until the offseason might make sense.
But an increasing number of people are saying the Knicks should end Anthony’s season now, and be content to get a high lottery pick.
That move could be described as tanking.
“With Anthony bothered by a sore left knee (and bruised ego), should the Knicks just send him to the Hospital for Special Surgery already to have it fixed -- thus avoiding the ignominy of wasting one of the good seasons he has left, at age 30 in the first year of a five-year, $124 million contract?” CBS reporter Ken Berger wondered.
“I say, why not? What’s one more lost season and a few less $12 beers if it ensures that the Knicks finally will be able to exercise the rights that come with a premium first-round pick? It’s not like Anthony is taking them anywhere but the lottery anyway.”
Anthony doesn’t want to sit out, but the Knicks could use the highest pick possible in this draft since they don’t have one in 2016.
And it’s become impossible to imagine the team making the playoffs even in the Eastern Conference, sapping any motivation there might be to keep Anthony logging big minutes.
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