The Knicks visit Portland on Nov. 25, and it figures again to be a night full of boos for Knicks point guard Raymond Felton.
Two days ago, in an interview with two writers at an Under Armour appearance at Herald Square, Felton went on a long rant about his unfair depiction as a Blazer.
At the Rose Garden in March, Felton was heckled by the road fans like he was Alex Rodriguez. Felton is still bitter at the character assassination he believes he received in Portland two seasons ago.
“I laughed at the crowd,’’ Felton said. “We’re in the playoffs. What about you all?’’
Felton went on for more than a couple of minutes. The Blazers caught wind of Felton’s monologue and posted this on their official Twitter account:
The Felton-Portland feud won’t go away.
“At the end of the day, they said a lot things about me,” Felton said the other night regarding the Portland media and fans. “Said a lot of things about Jamal Crawford. They said me and Jamal were bad eggs. I’m sitting back like, ‘Jamal is with the Clippers having a great year, up for Sixth Man of the Year. His team was in the playoffs.’ And our team is in the playoffs. I don’t think we were the issues of bringing that team down. Not in the playoffs again and you want to put the blame on two guys. It was our fault they didn’t make the playoffs. Really?
“I don’t think that we were the issue because we were not there last year and they were not in the playoffs,” Felton added. “I was kind of upset about that because then you’re trying to kill my character. That’s not what I’m about. That part pissed me off. Now you’re trying to mess with my character? I was kind of upset about that. I’m not a type of cancer in the locker room.’’
Felton said he has lost at least 20 pounds since his stint with the Blazers during the lockout-shortened, 2011-12 season.