Kenyon Martin and Metta World Peace got into a "heated" verbal argument during a Knicks workout prior to Sunday's game against the Pelicans, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. The two veteran forwards did not come to blows, but the back and forth was described as "intense" by one source with knowledge of the dust-up.
World Peace and Martin smoothed things over prior to the Knicks' 103-99 loss to the Pelicans on Sunday night, sources with knowledge of the situation said.
These dust-ups, of course, are typical of the frustration that surfaces when teams are losing. The Knicks have lost nine straight games and are tied with Milwaukee for the worst record in the Eastern Conference.
It is unclear what the argument stemmed from. It wasn't the only disagreement among Knicks teammates on Sunday.
4MSG cameras showed Iman Shumpert yelling at Carmelo Anthony during a break in the game against the Pelicans.
Shumpert appeared to be upset at Anthony for a missed defensive assignment that led to a Ryan Anderson 3-pointer in the third quarter of the Knicks' loss.
Both Shumpert and Anthony downplayed the incident after the game.
Wow this team is beyond a mess, woodson has no control over his players, they don't care for each other, he can't figure out who to play, and because of this, woodson chose to play kmart l7 minutes (your starting center and best big defender) MWP 34 seconds (one of your better defenders) shumpert played 20 minutes( your best perimeter defender)
Melo logs 43 minutes and by the 4th quarter his legs are dead, part of the reason he's been anything but clutch in the 4th.
we have the worst PnR defense i have ever seen..
I wouldn't be surprise to see THJ in the starting line up against the nets..
12/2/2013 9:34 PM