With nothing going according to plan in 2013-14, these New York Knicks can be awfully hard to watch at times.
Apparently, playing for them is no picnic either.
At least, not without certain limits in place. Limits that reigning scoring champion Carmelo Anthony hopes can become a little more defined.
"I don't want to play 45 minutes a night," Anthony said the day after logging nearly 44 in a three-point loss to the Houston Rockets, via Marc Berman of the New York Post.
Look, playing time often fluctuates over the course of an 82-game season. When coaches feel tied down by injury-ravaged rotations, then the remaining healthy bodies are sometimes run ragged in spurts.
But this heavy workload is becoming more like a standard than a variance for Anthony. He leads the league in average floor time (40.8 per game) and has seen fewer than 40 minutes just three times in the team's first eight games.
Company man that he is, Anthony said he's willing to do whatever it takes. "At this rate if that’s what I have to do to try to help this team, then I’m all for it," he sai ...
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Carmelo Anthony Wants to Play Less as NY Knicks Need More
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