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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-10-13 · by Brian Mahoney The Associated Press
Carmelo Anthony supports the New York Knicks' decision to pause contract negotiations with players like Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart in order to focus on their basketball performance for the season. Anthony, a former Knicks player now working as an analyst for NBC Sports, sees this move as business-as-usual for professional sports teams and believes both management and players will resolve any issues amicably after the season ends.
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Carmelo Anthony, a former New York Knicks star, believes the team made the right decision by halting contract negotiations with players Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart to focus on basketball. The Knicks paused discussions until later in the season to concentrate entirely on defending their NBA championship. Anthony, now an analyst for NBC Sports, sees this as a sign of business continuity rather than cause for alarm, noting that the team's attention needs to remain on the court given their recent success. He emphasized that such negotiations will resume at an appropriate time post-season.
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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Carmelo Anthony believes the New York Knicks made the right decision in halting contract negotiations with some of their players to focus solely on basketball.
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Knicks → believe → basketball
With Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart eligible for extensions but talks going nowhere, the Knicks said last week they were pausing discussions until later in the season and would devote their attention entirely to defending their NBA championship.
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they → go → championship
Anthony, an All-Star for the Knicks during his Hall of Fame career, said Monday he wasn’t alarmed by what he was hearing from a team that should be enjoying happy times.
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that → say → times
“I think it’s happier times, I just think things just move so fast now that you get a chance to celebrate the championship, then it’s business as usual, right?
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it → think → championship
Business has got to go on,” Anthony said.
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Anthony → get → ?
“I think it was big for them to stop the conversations, and just, we’ll get to that.
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we → think → that
We’ll get to that at the end of the season.”
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We → get → season
Anthony spoke at NBC Sports studios, where he is preparing for his second season as an analyst for the network’s “NBA Showtime” studio show.
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he → speak → show
He will be at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 20 to watch the Knicks raise their championship banner when NBC televises their season opener against LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers.
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NBC → watch → James
Anthony and the rest of the team of Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady and host Maria Taylor will begin the day at Rockefeller Center, where the studio show will set up on the “Today Show” plaza for the 3 p.m. EDT tipoff of Boston at Detroit.
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show → begin → Detroit
He is due to make $57 million this season and has a $61.1 million player option for 2027-28.
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He → make → 2027
He has been disappointed in the progress of talks after being an All-Star in both seasons since coming to New York and told reporters that the Knicks’ statement Friday that they were cutting off negotiations “was news to me.”
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they → disappoint → me
Hart will make $21 million this season and the Knicks have an option for 2027-28 at $22.4 million.
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Knicks → make → million
He said he wasn’t frustrated but had previously noted what it could mean for players at the trade deadline in February if there hadn’t been progress.
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it → say → February
Anthony was represented by Leon Rose, who is now the Knicks president, when he was traded to New York in 2011.
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he → represent → 2011
A frequent spectator during the team’s title run, he believes the players and management will be able to work things out respectfully.
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players → believe → things
“But whatever’s going to happen is going to happen,” Anthony said.
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Anthony → go → ?
“But right now, let the be all be the be all, which is basketball.
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which → let → ?
Let’s go defend this championship.
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’s → let → championship
And I think both parties understand.”
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parties → think → ?
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