In a span of one difficult year for the Knicks, Carmelo Anthony went from signing a $124 million franchise player deal to becoming the outlier to a rebuild. After a summer defined by patience and youth, one Knicks legend wondered whether Anthony has the patience for Phil Jackson's project.
"I'm sure Melo wasn't happy," Walt Frazier, a longtime employee of James Dolan's MSG Network, said in an interview with ESPN. "His future is now. You know, he's not getting younger. This is going to be a pivotal season for him to see really how he fits into the Knick plans and how this is going to go from here.