MILWAUKEE – Carmelo Anthony broke his silence with the media before today’s game vs. the Bucks, but he actually broke it with his teammates in a clear-the-air film meeting in their Milwaukee hotel yesterday in which he told his mates to be patient with him and not to expect him to get that frustrated on the court.
Melo, who blew off the media following Friday’s game after his awful 2 of 12, 6-point showing, admitted to a great amount of “frustration”, but said the club was joking about it after the film session.
During the loss, Anthony had bad body language, didn’t join a huddle at one juncture and yapped at Toney Douglas after not getting a low-post feed. “What I was frustrated was neither here nor there, that day is over with,” Anthony said. “I was happy yesterday. I got a chance to talk to coach and the guys. Letting them know, don’t be used to me getting frustrated out there. All around it was just a bad day, us losing. The way we lost. That stuff is frustrating.”
Late Friday night, Amar’e Stoudemire called out Anthony, saying the club must “buy in” to Mike D’Antoni’s offense. Asked if he took Stoudemire’s remarks personally, Anthony said, “Not at all. Why would I do that? D’Antoni got a helluva offense. Everybody knows that around this league. It’s a matter of me picking my spots in the offense, figuring it out in a timely fashion. What I the told guys is let’s be patient, man. It’s not going to be 100 percent in two and half weeks. It’s going to take some time.”
Regarding his bad body language after not getting the ball, Anthony said, “That happens. Nothing personal. I’m still getting used to these guys. These guys are getting used to me. There’s nothing personal. Me and Toney laughed about it after watching film. Me and couple of guys laughed about it.”
Tomorrow is the month anniversary of the trade. Anthony never talks before games but made a special exception today because of the controversy that followed his blowoff. A source said he did not address the media because he was upset at a non-call on Chris Wilcox on his missed driving layup with 32 seconds left and did not want to get fined.
“All around it was just a bad day, us losing, the way we lost,” Anthony said. “That stuff gets frustrating. ‘ I allowed myself to get a little frustrated throughout the course of the game. It was one of them days. A rare day I let myself to get frustrated.”
Mike D’Antoni said after looking at the tape, he agrees Anthony did not get enough shots as he needs.