Carmelo Anthony was named to the All-NBA Second Team Thursday. Anthony led the league in scoring and finished third in the MVP voting, in which Melo was the only player other than LeBron James to garner a first-place vote. James and Kevin Durant finished ahead of Melo in both the MVP voting and the race to secure the two forward spots on the All-NBA First team.
-By Tommy Rothman
League sources revealed Thursday that Knicks sixth man J.R. Smith played through a knee injury during the postseason. Smith had fluid on his knee, which is the same ailment Carmelo Anthony suffered from in March. Anthony’s game was severely impacted by this injury, and it seems to have had a similar effect on Smith, who struggled mightily in the playoffs. Smith reportedly began complaining of the injury during the first-round series against the Celtics, in which he played well in the first couple games before getting ejected and suspended for elbowing Jason Terry, after which he was not the same for the rest of the postseason. Anthony’s problems went away immediately after he got his knee drained. Smith is considering getting the same procedure. It is hard to imagine why he did not do this earlier (especially during his suspension), and it is hard to imagine that he will be foolish enough to decline to get the knee drained now, with the Knicks facing a 5-month layoff.
— By Tommy Rothman
Knicks’ superstar Carmelo Anthony learned Wednesday that he has a partial tear of the left labrum in his shoulder. Carmelo hurt his shoulder on April 14 and then injured it again in game 5 of the series against Boston. The Knicks hope Carmelo can avoid surgery and solve the issue with a month of rest. Surgery would likely set Anthony back 3 or 4 months.
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The J.R. Smith/Chris Smith package deal is shaping up.
The Post has learned point guard Chris Smith, J.R. Smith’s brother who injured his knee during Knicks training camp, has fired his agent, Marc Cornstein, and will hire J.R.’s rep, CAA superagent Leon Rose, who also handles Carmelo Anthony.
J.R. Smith is expected to opt out of his contract and re-sign with the Knicks in a four-year deal starting at about $5 million because the Knicks own his early-Bird rights rules.
The Knicks could be outbid for J.R. Smith by an under-the-cap team, though it’s unlikely considering his playoff flop. But having Chris Smith as part of the package has convinced the Sixth Man of the Year he wants to stay. After the Game 6 loss Saturday, the embattled Smith said “I want to retire a Knick.’’ Keep Reading Here
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