Carmelo Anthony
Role at the time: Retired NBA player and host of the 7PM in Brooklyn podcast, on his podcast
Mixed or conditional
Response to this claim
Giannis Antetokounmpo was difficult to coach and does not necessarily have a high basketball IQ, relying on one way of playing: attacking downhill and forcing the action.
“It's not a shot at him to say there's no finesse to his game ... So, to pinpoint just that part of his game, he's not saying nothing wrong, but it's just why, like, what is the point of saying that?”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Melo Gives His REAL Take on Tatum & Brown's Issues, QUESTIONS Doc Rivers & Wemby's MVP Chase · Carmelo AnthonySegment on Rivers's comments about Antetokounmpo
Why we used this label
Anthony says Rivers said nothing wrong about Antetokounmpo's game but asks what the point of saying it publicly was, and says coaches should handle such issues in the locker room, so we labeled it Mixed or conditional.