Carmelo Anthony Comments on Decision to Apologize for Exchange with Heckler

March 3rd, 2016 by Tim Daniels Leave a reply »

Carmelo Anthony stated Thursday that the New York Knicks asked him to release a statement after responding to a heckler during a loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.

Al Iannazzone of Newsday passed along Anthony's remarks about the situation, and the forward said Knicks owner James Dolan made the final decision to release the statement. Ian Begley of ESPN previously highlighted the controversial comments from Tuesday's game.

"Look, the owner's right there," Anthony said. "Ask for your money back."  

Anthony elaborated on the situation after the contest, per Begley:

He kept calling my name, calling my name, saying, 'You guys suck, you guys suck,'. "At that point, I was trying to gather myself, and I turned around. All I did was point at Dolan and told him, 'Look, the owner's right there. Ask for your money back.' He's calling me and telling me he's never coming to another game and we suck. Just don't want to hear that. I pointed to the owner and told him, 'You deal with that with him. Maybe you can get your money back.'

The Associated Press provided the original apolo ...

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