Carmelo Anthony is surprised to see Jeremy Lin as the face of the Brooklyn Nets.
Lin was a teammate of Anthony with the New York Knicks before he signed a multi-year deal with the Houston Rockets in 2012.
The Nets signed Lin to a three-year, $36 million deal in the offseason.
“He is the face of their franchise – believe it or not,’’ Anthony said after Friday’s practice. “He came up, they paid him. Now the ball is in his hands. Now he’s one of the franchise players over there. I don’t know what you want me to say about that. I’m happy for him, excited for him to see how it’s going to turn out over there.’’
Mike D’Antoni said on a Vertical podcast Anthony didn’t “adapt’’ well to Lin’s rise.
“That was five, six years ago, bro,’’ Anthony said. “I forgot about that.’’