The Hawks are in turmoil. Danny Ferry generalises Luol Deng during a conference call saying he has “A little African in him”. Owner Bruce Levenson willingly sells the franchise after a racially ignorant E-mail. Stupidity is never too far when it comes to professional sports these days.
In an article by the New York Post, Carmelo Anthony says what we’re all thinking. That if people were 50/50 about ever going to the Hawks. They damn sure won’t want to anymore.
“[There] ain’t nobody [who] would want to go there,” Anthony said at the Citi Carmelo Anthony Basketball ProCamp at Baruch College Saturday morning. “At the end of the day, Atlanta … I think it puts Atlanta back even further now, from that standpoint.”
“Atlanta is a great city, a great market, great people, great atmosphere,” Anthony said. “But as far as the comments were made, I think it was uncalled for. From an owner, from a GM, those are not things you play with.
“As a player, as an athlete, we’re looking for a job, we’re trying to find a place where we can move our family, we can make our family comfortable, where we can be comfortable in a comfortable environment, but those comments right there, we would never look at. I’m speaking on behalf of all athletes. We would never look at a situation like that, I don’t care what it is.”
I like this Carmelo Anthony. Why didn’t we get this “ambassador for the game” stuff before?
Phil Jackson must’ve rubbed off on him because even though he picked the wrong team in terms of prosperity, his mindset has clearly changed for the better and that’s great to see.
