"If somebody was talking bad about you indirectly at your job, what would you do", Anthony said last week - before Jackson's comments on Friday.
"We voiced with the Commissioner today our view on the inappropriate comments by Knicks President Phil Jackson, " Roberts stated.
Anthony, too, seemed taken aback by the boldness of Jackson's statements, issuing an Instagram with text "Really", and three laughing emojis atop a photo of Leonardo DiCaprio from "The Great Gatsby".
However, we didn't know that the best thing the Knicks have going for it moving forward, young star Kristaps Porzingis, was just as fed up with Jackson as Anthony and Knicks fans.
Roberts' statement refers to a league rule that mandates players be fined for publicly requesting trades.
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"It's offensive and unabashed, " one union official said. Citing league sources, Wojnarowski reported Knicks players are "privately fuming that they want no part of the organization's summer slate of triangle offense regimen at the team's suburban NY practice facility".
Jackson, the Knicks team president, addressed reporters Friday, two days after the team completed its fourth straight losing season. Apparently, Jackson went too far in his public statements in Friday's press conference, which broke a seven-month silence with local media.
Anthony, who said he didn't want to be traded and had no plans to waive the no-trade clause in his contract, was nevertheless irked by what he said was a lack of direct communication from team brass about his role. He has said in the past that if the Knicks presented him with a trade proposal, he would listen.
"We have not been able to win with him on the court at this time and I think the direction with our team is that he is a player that would be better off somewhere else and using his talent somewhere he can win or chase that championship", Jackson said.
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