New York Knicks

Report: Carmelo Anthony feels 'betrayed' by Phil Jackson drafting drafting Kristaps Porzingis

Published Jun. 26, 2015 3:23 p.m. ET

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Well, this is getting weird.

The Knicks drafted Kristaps Porzingis with the fourth overall pick in last night's draft. Many scouts believe Porzingis has the highest ceiling of any player in this year's class, but just about everyone knows he will be a bit of a project as he develops in the NBA.

Apparently, Carmelo Anthony is not OK with this, as ESPN's Stephen A. Smith chronicled while on Mad Dog Sports Radio earlier Friday:

To Smith's credit, Frank Isola of the New York Daily News actually reported the same story Friday:

(H/t to Dan Feldman of NBC Sports for the find.)

Photo Credit: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

I talking to my sources last night. All they said was, he’s furious. He’s livid. He feels completely hoodwinked and betrayed by Phil Jackson. He feels like he was lied to, like he was sold a bill of goods. He knew that he couldn’t get as money anywhere else, and he’s willing to concede that he wanted his money. But he didn’t know it was going to be like this. He didn’t know it was going to be this bad. And he can’t believe that his second season under the Phil Jackson regime, he has to look forward to it being worse than even last year was.