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Will the Knicks retire Anthony s No. 7 jersey? New York strongly supports it, but the decision is in Dolan

7:36pm, 18 September 2025Basketball

On September 18, there is only about one month left before the start of the NBA regular season in the new season. Famous Ian Begley talked about whether the Knicks will retire Anthony's jersey. He said that the Knicks strongly support the retired Melon jersey, but the final decision lies with boss Dolan! During his six and a half seasons with the Knicks from February 2011 to September 2017, Anthony left a mark that was engraved in the history of Madison Square Garden. In 412 regular season games in the Knicks, he averaged 24.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, with a total score of 10,186 points, ranking seventh in the history of the Knicks, and one of the only seven "Mr. Ten Thousand Points" in the history of the Knicks. Among them, he won the NBA scoring leader with 28.7 points per game in the 2012-13 season, becoming the second player in the Knicks history to win this honor since Bernard King in 1984-85.

When talking about whether the Knicks will retire Anthony's jersey, Ian Begley said: "I can't be 100% sure that the Knicks will retire Anthony's jersey. When Anthony retired, I knew there was strong support within the team and hope that the team could retire his jersey. After understanding the situation in the past few weeks, I can say that the Knicks still have strong support for his jersey. However, I can't be 100% sure that the Knicks will retire his jersey."

Then Ian Begley continued: "In recent weeks, internal discussions on this topic have continued. Whether to retire Anthony's jersey will be decided by team owner James Dolan."

It is worth mentioning that Anthony was inducted into this year's Hall of Fame early this month. After retiring, Anthony has come to the Knicks to watch the game at home many times, and each time he can win the warm cheers of Madison Square fans, which is a good phenomenon for his No. 7 jersey retirement in New York.

Do you think the Knicks will retire Anthony's No. 7 jersey? Welcome to give your opinions in the comment section.

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