Carmelo Anthony suggested the New York Knicks had a “bad energy” last season.
The New York Knicks were dreadful last season, winning just 37 games and missing the postseason in a dreadful Eastern Conference.
Why were things so bad for the Knicks during the 2013-14 NBA season?
Well, Knicks star Carmelo Anthony suggested to the New York Post that the team had a “bad energy” last year.
"“I knew it was different the first day we stepped into training camp,” said Anthony after the Knicks prepared in Tarrytown for Tuesday’s Garden game with the Wizards. “Just the culture and the atmosphere that’s here. The mindsets of people — not just the players, but the coaches and the staff. How positive everybody was.“There’s no bad energy flowing through our team, the organization right now. That’s always a big key when you have that kind of atmosphere around.”"
Still, Anthony wanted to make clear these recent comments are not a shot at those who left the team this past summer such as Tyson Chandler or Raymond Felton.
"“I’m not talking about any players, I’m just talking about as a whole. As an organization, as a whole, the energy was just different last year from Day One,” Anthony said."
Regardless of what Melo is referring to, the Knicks are 2-1 to start to the 2014-15 season, so the team making changes and ridding themselves of the “bad energy” appears to be paying off at the moment.
Anthony is averaging 22.3 points and 3.7 assists per game this season.
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