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Oscar Robertson: Melo Should Leave Knicks
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All posts by Basketball InsidersUpdated3 hours ago on April 20, 2024
If Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson were advising Carmelo Anthony, he’d tell him to leave the New York Knicks this summer.
“I would leave today [if I were Carmelo],” Roberston said on SiriusXM NBA radio Thursday. “… 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 [the Knicks] that cannot play.
