Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith & Kenyon Martin Crush George Karl After His Book Comments

George Karl unleashed on a couple of his former players in his new book “Furious George.”  Carmelo Anthony received the brunt of the former coach’s vitriol, but he also took aim at J.R. Smith and Kenyon Martin.  Karl called the trio “AAU babies” and “spoiled brats.”  He blamed Anthony and Martin’s faults on not having fathers while at the same time blaming Smith’s father for his tendency to shoot the ball at will.  When asked about their response to the excerpts, Anthony took the high road, Smith had one answer, and Martin said enough for all three of them.

Prior to the Knicks’ 106-95 victory over Orlando, Anthony refused to comment on the book, simply saying “no way,” but he opened up more after the game.

“I just hope that he finds happiness in what he’s doing. His book, hopefully, will bring him happiness,” Anthony said via the NY Post Thursday night, adding that he isn’t disappointed by Karl’s remarks.

“I’m past being disappointed,” he said.

“It’s irrelevant to me. It’s irrelevant at this point,” Anthony said. “The truth of the matter is everybody else is kind of speaking up for me from their own experience. So I don’t have to speak on it [until] I write my book later.”

What will it be called?

“Stay Melo. Not ‘furious’ or anything,” he said.

Smith simply tweeted:

“It’s irrelevant to me. It’s irrelevant at this point,” Anthony continued. “The truth of the matter is everybody else is kind of speaking up for me from their own experience. So I really don’t have to speak on it.”

Anthony was speaking in reference to Martin.  While Smith fired off one tweet, Martin had a whole lot more to say.

Martin also appeared on “Undisputed” on FS1 to address Karl’s disparaging remarks.   Martin says Karl “took a shot at my mom” when he claimed the NBA star didn’t know how to act like a man because he didn’t have a father in his life growing up.

“You’re taking a shot at the way she raised me, and other single mothers out there. You’re taking a shot at them.”

“My mother was my mother and my father. So for you to say that you disrespecting her,” Martin continued.

Karl has not yet responded to the players’ remarks or the shockwaves he’s created with the book.