You can call Carmelo Anthony a clairvoyant. Or maybe the NBA's percolating player vs. official power struggle finally boiled over.
A week prior, Anthony reflected on a time when players and officials had dialogue. Not that it's completely gone in 2018, but when Anthony entered the league in 2003, the game was slower, the rules were different, the relationships were greater.
“The game's changed a lot since I've come in 15 years ago,” Anthony said. “Whether it was good, whether it was bad, there was always that point where they would let you get a little steam off, then come to you and say ‘OK, that's enough, let's move on.