There is "strong support" within the New York Knicks organization for the retirement of Carmelo Anthony's No. Begley first reported in May 2023, the week after Anthony announced his retirement from the NBA, that "there was strong support among some in Madison Square Garden to retire the number." "In checking around about this over the past couple of weeks, I can say that there remains strong support internally for retiring the number," Begley wrote Wednesday. Anthony, who was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame earlier this month, told reporters in April he would "love to see" his jersey retired by his former franchise. The Knicks haven't honored a player with a jersey retirement ceremony since 2003, when Patrick Ewing's No.