"Maybe, just maybe, Carmelo Anthony is shooting too much. That was one of the issues Anthony raised during his impromptu confessional with reporters Saturday night after the Knicks lost their sixth straight game.

Maybe, Anthony said, the blame for the Knicks' terrible start should fall on his shoulders. Maybe he needs to defer more to Amar'e Stoudemire and take a few games off to rest his aching body.

Those were thoughts bouncing around Anthony's head as he sat at his locker, still in uniform, for nearly 20 minutes after his former club defeated the Knicks in double overtime. Mike D'Antoni called it "a little crisis" after the Knicks lost to Phoenix on Wednesday."