Carmelo Anthony calls digs 'slap in face'

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    New York Knicks small forward Carmelo Anthony disagrees with the widespread notion that he's "a selfish player."
    "That's like a slap in the face," Anthony said during an interview with Stephen A. Smith on "SportsCenter" on Wednesday night. "None of my teammates I've ever played with would say that I was a selfish player. Nobody."

    Point guard Jeremy Lin has reinvigorated the once-flailing Knicks (15-15), who have won seven straight games.

    But many wonder whether Anthony, who thrives off isolation sets on offense, can co-exist with the 23-year-old "Linsation," who has turned the Knicks back into a high-octane pick-and-roll squad.

    "It's a tough situation. I'm human at the end of the day, so it's like damn, where is this coming from?" Anthony said. "I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player."

    Anthony still wants the last shot, though.

    "Of course I want to take the last shot, let's be quite frank: I've been doing for nine years already, and I've made a ton of them," he s

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