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Carmelo Anthony tells Knicks, Phil Jackson he wants to remain with Knicks, source says

Carmelo Anthony met with team president Phil Jackson and general manager Steve Mills Tuesday and told them he wants to stay with the Knicks, according to a league source.

“He said he wants to remain in New York and he wants to win in New York,” the source said.

Anthony’s future as a Knick came into question last week after Jackson confidant Charley Rosen wrote that Anthony “has outlived his usefulness in New York” in an Internet column. On Sunday, Anthony indicated he believed those comments were coming from Jackson, prompting him to say, “If they feel that my time in New York is over, then I guess that’s a conversation we should have.