Jackson also sees Anthony's value off the court. The Knicks president believes
that Anthony, a free agent-to-be, can help the Knicks immensely in attracting
other free agents to New York.Said Jackson: "I think it really helps. I haven’
t been a major recruiter as a basketball coach. I’ve had players who could
recruit by their talent; that’s my great fortune. We didn’t have to send out
Michael Jordan to go out and recruit people. People wanted to play with him. Or
Scottie Pippen. We didn’t have to do that with Shaq [O'Neal] and Kobe [Bryant]
in those situations, and they’re willing to do it. As a result, we ended up
with [Karl] Malone and Gary Payton on a basketball team at one time. "So I’ve
been in situations like that. But one of the reasons I never went to college
[is] because I never wanted to get into that world of promises and dreams. I
want to be in reality most of the time, and I think that really helps. The
reality of knowing a player is going to come in and he sees what’s done and
sees how players get to play, sees the kind of effort that players put out on
the floor is something that goes around this league pretty quickly and guys
want to be a part of it." ESPN.com
尼克总裁 Phil Jackson 认为 Melo 的价值不仅仅只在场上。他相信 Carmelo Anthony 这
位即将成为自由球员的明星前锋，拥有超高的吸引力可以把更多其他在FA的球员，通通都吸
引到纽约来。 Jackson:“我觉得这一定行得通，我过去在当教练时从来就不是个主要的招
募人员，我过去麾下有像是 Michael Jordan 可以站出来并招揽球员。很多人都想要跟他一
起打球。或者像是 Scottie Pippen 也是。同样地我在执教 Shaq 和 Kobe 时候不需要去招
募，他们俩个就会自己跳下去做了。结果就是，我们队上同时之间多了 Karl Malone 跟
Gary Payton。所以这些情况我过去都经历过了，但其中一个原因让我没有去到大学执教，
是因为我从来就不想活在一个充满承诺与梦想的地方。我乐于活在现实状况里，而我也觉得
这样对我而言比较好，活在一个你知道一个球员来到这边，他将会知道我们做过的、知道其
他人是怎么打的、知道他们在场上所付出的努力是可以让他在这个环境里快速成长的，那么
大家都会想要跟我们是一伙的了。”
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