http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/basketball/nba/12/03/anthony.dvd.ap/index.html DENVER (AP) -- A homemade DVD shows Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony with a man who warns that people who tip police about drug deals "get a hole in their head." The remark was apparently made in a conversation on a street in Baltimore, where Anthony grew up. In excerpts broadcast on television stations in Denver and Baltimore on Thursday, Anthony does not appear to be participating in that part of the discussion. Anthony's agent, Calvin Andrews, said Anthony "did not knowingly participate in the production of this DVD and does not approve of its message or content." In a written statement, Andrews said Anthony visited with people from his old neighborhood in Baltimore last summer. "Carmelo has never denied the fact that he comes from a tough neighborhood. He does not condone some of the things that happen there and has worked very hard to rise above that difficult environment," Andrews said. The DVD was shown just hours before the Nuggets were to play the Cleveland Cavaliers in Anthony's highly anticipated matchup with LeBron James. Anthony did not meet with reporters before the game. The DVD is the latest in a series of off-the-court distractions for the Nuggets star. He got into a bar fight in New York in September, and police arrested two men on extortion charges for allegedly trying to sell him a videotape of the fight for $3 million. Airport inspectors found mar1juana in Anthony's backpack in October, but prosecutors dropped a drug charge after a friend said the mar1juana was his and Anthony didn't know about it. The friend, James Cunningham of St. Louis, now faces a charge of possessing less than an ounce of mar1juana. Nuggets coach Jeff Bzdelik said he knew nothing about the video but said distractions like this can hurt the team. "Let's put it this way: This is their job," Bzdelik said. "I'm speaking generally now. In order to perform their job well, you have to have a concentrated effort, 24-7, on your job. When something affects one player, it can trickle down and I think that's just a general statement for all of us, whether it be a coach, an assistant coach, or a player." The DVD also shows a laughing Anthony saying his Olympic bronze medal "is in a lake somewhere," KMGH-TV in Denver reported, but it wasn't clear whether he was joking. Anthony was unhappy with his playing time at the Athens Games, and U.S. coach Larry Brown called him lazy. is the media trying to make bad reps for nba stars, or are nba stars getting deservingly bad reps for their actions?
I love all the people that are fans of his and are still very blind to the fact that all this stuff is going down and say that it's all hear say... I was more of a fan of his than Bron, I like the underdog....but now its easy to see who the better player is
Carmelo will jsut end up being a Glenn Robinson/Stackhouse type of player. NO where near the Kobe/Tmac/Garnett/Duncan/ LEBRON league
I'm not sure how this reflect that badly on Anthony. I'm not a fan of his, and don't really like him, but this doesn't seem to have anything to do. Apparently from the article it is news because he was nearby when someone talked about shooting people who snitch on drug deals. It certainly makes the person who made the claim look bad, stupid, and ridiculous. Anthony can't control what idiotic things are going to come out of some other guy's mouth. The article also said that Anthony wasn't even participating in that part of the conversation. I think there are plenty of reasons not to like Melo, but this isn't really one of them.
He's not even with the guy making the statement. If people think these guys are not going to hang with who they grew up, then people are just stupid.
Look, I was never a big fan of Melo, damn Orangemen screwed up TJ's last year here at UT. But come on, he was seen with some who made a comment at another time. It's like people bashing people who hanged out with Ken Leigh at one time or another.
