The Knicks just aren’t performing as well as expected and tensions are mounting amongst the team and it’s fans. On Saturday night they were blown out by the Atlanta Hawks losing 110-90, making it the fifth straight home game loss. Now with a 3-6 record and near the bottom of the Eastern Conference blame is of course being passed out. Carmelo Anthony has been questioning the effort of his team and he’s definitely disappointed.
via ESPN
“We ain’t playing worth a s— right now,” Anthony said. “We got to play harder.
“I am disappointed too in all of our effort. We are just not getting it done. It ain’t nothing that Coach [Mike] Woodson is doing [or not doing]. It ain’t got nothing to do with X’s and O’s out there on the basketball court. We are not getting it done from an effort standpoint. It’s like we are not even trying right now.”
Anthony, who led the Knicks with 23 points and 12 rebounds, left the Garden baffled and angry.
“You just got to do more I guess,” Anthony said. “Just try to go out there and get it done as a team. I am not going to do it by myself. I don’t want to do it by myself. We got to do it as a team. We keep digging ourselves deeper and deeper.
“It’s frustrating. Messed up feeling. Nasty feeling. I really am kind of at a loss for words right now.”
With Carmelo’s frustration rising, the Knicks better get it together if they want to keep him. JR Smith’s shooting woes continue, Andrea Bargnani has stepped up in the absence of Tyson Chandler but he still struggles defensively, Iman Shumpert is surrounded by trade rumors and Raymond Felton basically gets killed by every skilled point guard he’s up against. The team definitely needs some work.
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