Carmelo Anthony decided not to engage negatively with comments made by George Karl in his new book.

Anthony said he was pleased that former Nuggets teammates J.R. Smith and Kenyon Martin defended him in the wake of Karl's assertions in his book, "Furious George," that Anthony is selfish and a "user" and that he played with a lack of commitment on defense.

"It's irrelevant to me. It's irrelevant at this point," Anthony said. "The truth of the matter is everybody else is kind of speaking up for me from their own experience. So I really don't have to speak on it."

Anthony said he wasn't disappointed by Karl's remarks.

"I just hope that he finds happiness in what he's doing. His book, hopefully, will bring him happiness," Anthony said.

"I'm past being disappointed," he said.

Karl coached Anthony in Denver from January 2005 to February 2011.

"Carmelo was a true conundrum for me in the six years I had him," Karl wrote in the book. "He was the best offensive player I ever coached. He was also a user of people, addicted to the spotlight and very unhappy when he had to share it.

"He really lit my fuse with his low demand of himself on defense. He had no commitment to the hard, dirty work of stopping the other guy."