In a development that literally everyone saw coming, it turns out that James Dolan demanded he publicly apologize.
As I'm sure you know, the Knicks released a statement yesterday attributed to Carmelo Anthony in which he apologized for suggesting that a heckler ask James Dolan for his money back. Today, reporters had a chance to talk to Melo after practice and get some off-the-cuff thoughts on this -- well, I hesitate to call it an "issue" because it truly, truly is not one, so I won't -- thing.
— Stefan Bondy (@SBondyNYDN) March 3, 2016
Carmelo said "the Knicks" prompted him to release the statement about fan exchange.