Miami Heat power forward Amar'e Stoudemire stated Tuesday that his previous comments about his teammates during his time with the New York Knicks had nothing to do with Carmelo Anthony.
Ian Begley of ESPN passed along the response from Stoudemire, who had remarked about some players being unhappy with Jeremy Lin's sudden rise to fame and the triangle offense's lack of success. He said he reached out to Anthony to make sure they were on the same page.
"I've never mentioned his name once. We're close friends, family," Stoudemire said. "Our kids were born a couple months apart. Our wives are very close friends. He knows I wasn't talking about him."
Anthony confirmed after the Knicks' blowout loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night that he spoke with his former teammate about the situation. That said, he didn't want to get into specifics about the conversation, according to ESPN.
"I don't really want to waste any time on that. What's understood don't need to be spoken upon," Anthony said. "... Me and Amar'e got an understanding. We spoke, and that's that."
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Amar’e Stoudemire Denies Comments on Knicks Tenure Were About Carmelo Anthony
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