While some fans and analysts of the Boston Celtics may be surprised by the supposed ire between former costars on the wing Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown as they wonder what might be the root cause of it, to Hall of Fame forward Carmelo Anthony, the answer is a simple, structural one.
For the former Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks icon, there is no need to psychoanalyze the two longtime teammates. "From my understanding, it's organizational structure, right?" said Anthony on a recent episodeof his "7 PM in Brooklyn" podcast. "It's business at the end of the day."
"And you put two guys who built something together, drafted their All-Stars together, finals MVP, championship, all of these things that they accomplished together for the organization,"
he added, "for the business to come in and play that part and draw a wedge in that and then leave it to the two players to figure it out."
"I think it put those two guys in uncomfortable situations that both of these guys are trying to do the same thing," said the former Knicks legend.
"We won together. Okay. Now I'm an alpha, you're an alpha. Just we are not going to be alphas together anymore. And the business of it put a lot of friction in the middle of that."
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