Amare And Carmelo Attached By The Hip At New York Concert

Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony are good friends; we all know this and they were spotted together Wednesday night at rappers Eminen and Jay-z's concert at Yankee Stadium. Amare and Carmelo's names have been mentioned in the same sentences for quite some time now; everything they do is tied to each other one way or another. Amare's manager was present at the concert as well and I'm not calling this guy the next Nostradamus but he tweeted this during the concert.

@Amareisreal and @carmeloanthony in the suite choppin it up. I wonder what they are talking about…hmmm NYKnicks

Maybe this gentleman is right, maybe he's wrong but it does raise an eyebrow does it not? I'd bet my money they weren't talking about Melo taking his talents to Manhattan though and here's why. That conversation MOST DEFINITELY has already happened, these guys are close friends, maybe even best friends and I'd bet my life that they've already talked about Carmelo playing with the Knicks in the future. They were probably talking about how sweet Serena Williams has been to Amare you follow me? I believe Amare already knows what Carmelo is planning to do and I'm sure there are other people who knows also. Let's get to that other someone.

(From Right to Left: New York Jets Pro Bowl Offensive Lineman D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Amare Stoudemire, Fat Joe, Mike D'Antoni, Spike Lee, Allan Houston, Chris Rock, John Starks.)

As you can see in the picture above Fat Joe has some connections with the Knicks organization appearing at a get together for top of the line Knicks supporters and personnel. Let's not be angry at Fat Joe. Yes he's a "gangsta" rapper and shouldn't be too involved with the Knicks, Yes he's known for his belly and its Mr. Fantastic rubbery flexibility but he's worked wonders for this franchise as of late. Dolan actually publicly thanked him for recruiting Amare. I know Dolan's approval may only be worth a bite size milky way nowadays but I'd take his recommendation on my resume any day of the week. Let's get to the point; what does Fat Joe have to do with anything? Keep reading you know you want to.

 "Fat Joe", is definitely a very good friend of Carmelo; also, Fat Joe is a huge Knicks fan and is "in" with the Knicks organization. Yesterday (09/15/10) during a radio interview he said that there is a "99.9%" chance Melo comes to the Knicks, and said "wink-wink", and he also said that he has been begging  Chris Paul to come as well.

Via KnicksVision

Once again, I'm not saying Fat Joe is the next Nostradamus but he's going all in with Knicks recruiting and I'd love to keep him on the books. He isn't the best rapper alive or even in the top 30 on my list but if he has some kind of influence on players and could get them to eventually sign here why not embrace him? Whether he persuades with grenades or hugs I'm all for it. This isn't the only time he's been hinting that Carmelo intends to be a Knick, he reportedly actually got Carmelo to say it himself.

Source at oak1: Fat joe..."We need you in NY with amar'e you coming?...melo-"yeah"...crowd goes nuts...#we'llsee

Via Tommy Dee

At a nightclub here in New York, Fat Joe and Carmelo appeared on stage and Joe asked Melo if he's coming to NY to play with Amare. Carmelo answers a very dull "Yeah" but it's a vocal answer nonetheless, something HWSNBN has never done when asked if he would play here. Tommy Dee wasn't the only person reporting this, nor did he break the news. A bunch of riled up drunk belligerent party goers' actually laid this one out there, how's that for a source ESPN.  Whether you want to believe it or not that's up to you, but if a group of drunks all told me this I'd believe em. I don't know what that says about me as a person but I'm willing to take the heat.

Lastly, has anyone noticed the amount of time Carmelo has been in New York in the past week? I had no idea until I read it at KnicksVision. He's been to the U.S. Open (With Amare), various fashion shows, the concert at Yankee Stadium, the Ravens/Jets game (...) and he took his son to visit FAO Schwartz which is a toy store in Manhattan. He's living it up. Yeah I know I just crapped on P&T with another Carmelo post but in the near future it will all be justified, stay optimistic my friends.