NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony was eager to return to Denver next month.
Now not only could that game be lost, but the New York Knicks all-star forward is concerned there might not be any basketball at all this season.
“Right now, anybody would be,” he said Wednesday. “They cancel the first two weeks of the season, maybe in a couple of days they cancel another two weeks of the season. So I don’t know how to feel right now.”
Anthony indicated he wanted to play in Denver on Nov. 16, just to get the trip to his first NBA home out of the way.
Anthony knows it could be a “circus” when he does go back, but said: “I can’t shy away from that. I’ve got to deal with it. . . . Of course you’re going to have some boos and people weeping and whining about (the trade) — but for the most part I can say I did a hell of a job out there in Denver. I think it was kind of a win-win situation for both teams.”
The current season opener is Nov. 15, but games slated for the rest of that month could be gone if there is no collective bargaining agreement soon.
“Looks like everything is up in jeopardy,” Anthony said.
However, there is hope.
The NBA and its locked-out players are turning to George Cohen, the same federal mediator who tried to resolve the NFL’s labor dispute months before it eventually ended, to oversee negotiations starting Tuesday. The Associated Press
