Carmelo Anthony will use the NBA All-Star Game weekend as a chance to sell future free agents on joining him with the New York Knicks.

"I hope so. I hope so," Anthony said after practice ahead of Friday's game in Brooklyn. "For the most part I think guys pretty much know New York. Especially the guys like veteran guys who have been in the league for a long time that come in and out of New York.

"People come here in the summer time, in the offseason, they spend time here. When they come to play, they spend time being out and about and just experiencing different things. I am pretty sure people already know New York. It is just a matter of kind of knowing and learning the Knicks organization at that point in time."

Anthony doesn't believe the Knicks' poor record will take any luster away from his place among on the league's other stars.

"Nah, at the end of the day it's still an achievement, still an accomplishment. I can't go into that weekend thinking about what we've been going through our regular season with the Knicks," he said. "It's just a moment to kind of get away from that for a minute and just enjoy that weekend and after that weekend I'll get back into the flow of things."