Carmelo Anthony Invites Jeremy Lin to Podcast to Address Past Knicks Issues

Carmelo Anthony invited Jeremy Lin to appear on his podcast during Monday's installment of the "7PM In Brooklyn" podcast. Anthony said he wants to clear the air with his former Knicks teammate more than a decade after Lin's rise to prominence in New York.

"Jeremy Lin, I'm giving you my invite to come sit on the couch," Anthony said. "Let's have a conversation, let's clear the air on a lot of bullshit that's out there please. At the time, Lin led the Knicks to 10 wins in 13 games when he averaged over 22 points and nine assists after the Knicks called him up.

Anthony was dealing with a groin injury at the time. After that season, Anthony called Lin's Houston Rockets contract offer of three years and $25 million "ridiculous," which led to reports that he was jealous of Lin's fast success.

Anthony has discussed the matter on multiple occasions. During a May 2024 installment of his podcast, Anthony and a teammate from the 2012 Knicks team said they were supportive of Lin's fame behind closed doors. "People always talk about … nobody liked the Linsanity … personally me, you get what I'm saying?

They throw that out there," Anthony said. " Lin acknowledged reports that Anthony being jealous played a part in his Knicks exit but declined to feed speculation in a 2022 interview. Lin said there were multiple points of opposition outside of Anthony within the organization.

Lin had stints with the Warriors, Rockets, Lakers, Hornets, Nets, Hawks and Raptors after going undrafted out of Harvard. He was part of the 2019 Raptors team that won the franchise's first championship. He most recently played for the New Taipei Kings of the P.

League+ in Taiwan, alongside his brother Joseph Lin. Lin announced his retirement from professional basketball in an Instagram post last August.