A perk of Carmelo Anthony's shoe contract is having Michael Jordan serve as an advisor.

"I talked to him a couple weeks ago," Anthony said Friday before Denver's game against the Toronto Raptors. "He hit (called) me. It wasn't nothing about basketball. Just talking to see how I was doing. He was checking up on me."

The short conversation came after Anthony's signature Brand Jordan shoe, the Carmelo 1.5, debuted in stores.

From Chicago came rumors that Jordan was unhappy that Anthony was selected as the next young face of the Jumpman line produced by Nike.

Anthony dismissed the notion that he and Jordan have any problems.

"There's always rumors going around, man," he said.