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Carmelo Anthony: If Jackson Doesn’t Want Me, Let’s Talk

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Could this be the beginning of the end for Carmelo Anthony in New York?

After the Knicks’ 116-101 loss to the Raptors on Sunday, Anthony told reporters that if team president Phil Jackson wants him out, “I guess it’s a conversation we should have.”

The remarks came after Charley Rosen, Jackson’s biographer and close confidant, wrote in a column for FanRagSports.com that Anthony’s “legs are going, going, almost gone” and, “The only sure thing is that Carmelo Anthony has outlived his usefulness in New York.