Carmelo Anthony has told confidants he may decide to wait out Phil Jackson and not waive his no-trade clause ahead of the Feb. 23rd deadline.
Jackson is 71 and both the New York Knicks and Jackson have an opt-out clause for 17-18.
“He still feels it’s his team and still loves it here,’’ the source said of Anthony.
In Jackson’s Tuesday tweet, he endorsed an anti-Anthony column suggesting he’s not “a winning superstar’’ and compared him to NBA bust Michael Graham. Jackson tweeted in part: “I learned you don’t change the spot on a leopard with Michael Graham in my CBA daze.”
Anthony tried to play off the comments as ridiculous.
“I definitely wasn’t Googling who Michael Graham was,’’ Anthony said. “I was upset he got the animal wrong. I’m not a cheetah. I’m black jaguar.
“I’m done asking why. I don’t need an explanation. I’m beyond the point of it bothering me.”