--- description: He is expected to miss the next four months title: Carmelo Anthony Afraid of Getting Injured on Knicks Bench image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf56af5bb99674d09/6987867f524fc0d597ded39b/carmelo-anthony-bench.jpg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Basketball](/tag/basketball/) ## Basketball Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Carmelo Anthony Is Afraid of Getting Injured on Knicks Bench by [Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated](/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 8:04 PM CUT  Carmelo Anthony sits on the bench at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 3, 2015. Carmelo Anthony sits on the bench at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 3, 2015.New York Daily News—Getty Images by [Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated](/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 8:04 PM CUT Injured New York [Knicks](http://www.si.com/nba/team/new-york-knicks "undefined") forward [Carmelo Anthony](http://www.si.com/nba/player/carmelo-anthony "undefined") hasn’t been seen on the bench next to his teammates in part because he is afraid of getting injured again by a hustling player who could run into him, [according](http://nypost.com/2015/04/02/one-reason-carmelo-wont-sit-on-bench-during-knicks-games/ "undefined") to Marc Berman of the _New York Post_. Anthony is out for the season and is expected to miss the next four months after having surgery on his left knee in February. The Knicks lost to the Brooklyn [Nets](http://www.si.com/nba/team/brooklyn-nets "undefined") 100-98 on Wednesday, extending their franchise-record number of losses in a season to 61. According to the report, Anthony has been at Madison Square Garden to do light stretching and to mingle with teammates, but he does not join his teammates on the bench when tip-off arrives. When Knicks coach [Derek Fisher](http://www.si.com/nba/player/derek-fisher "undefined") was asked if that was the reason that Anthony was not on the bench, he said he didn’t know. _Read more:_ [_NBA playoff race: Projected matchups_](http://www.si.com/nba/playoff-picture-race-projections-matchups-standings-2015 "undefined") “You can ask him that if you ever get a chance to talk to him or the medical staff,’’ Fisher said. “There’s been no discussion whether Carmelo would be sitting on the bench when he’s recovering from a major knee surgery.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.si.com/nba/2015/04/02/new-york-knicks-carmelo-anthony-reinjury-concerns?xid=IFT-Trending "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_SI.com_](http://www.si.com/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3769637/carmelo-anthony-afraid-injured-knicks-bench/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3769637/carmelo-anthony-afraid-injured-knicks-bench/"},"headline":"Carmelo Anthony Is Afraid of Getting Injured on Knicks Bench","datePublished":"2015-04-02T20:04:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:40:08.651Z","description":"He is expected to miss the next four months","url":"https://time.com/3769637/carmelo-anthony-afraid-injured-knicks-bench/","keywords":["Basketball","Sports topic","New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf56af5bb99674d09/6987867f524fc0d597ded39b/carmelo-anthony-bench.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf56af5bb99674d09/6987867f524fc0d597ded39b/carmelo-anthony-bench.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Carmelo Anthony sits on the bench at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 3, 2015.","caption":"Carmelo Anthony sits on the bench at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 3, 2015.","creditText":"New York Daily News—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/basketball/","name":"Basketball"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3769637/carmelo-anthony-afraid-injured-knicks-bench/","name":"Carmelo Anthony Is Afraid of Getting Injured on Knicks Bench"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Massive Money Behind March Madness","description":"The annual NCAA basketball tournament has an enormous television presence, and its revenues have only been growing in recent years.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dSDz7WMQ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-20T17:21:01.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dSDz7WMQ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3769637/carmelo-anthony-afraid-injured-knicks-bench/","duration":"PT1M44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3769637/carmelo-anthony-afraid-injured-knicks-bench/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```