Tennis Star Disses Carmelo Anthony

Why did one tennis sensation take a shot at Carmelo during this year's Wimbledon? After 23-year-old Coco Vandeweghe pulled an upset over 11th ranked Karolina Pliskova in the second round on Wednesday, she decided to share with reporters her thoughts on the match.... and Carmelo Anthony? It's not a surprise in fact that Vandeweghe would address topics on the Knicks. Vandeweghe's grandfather, Ernie Vandeweghe, was a Knick. Her uncle, Kiki Vandeweghe, is a former Knick, coach and G.M. and is now the NBA's V.P. of basketball operations. In fact her uncle Kiki was the man that drafted Carmelo Anthony out of Syracuse in 2003 to the Denver Nuggets. After being asked about her favorite team, the Knicks, Coco Vandeweghe said

"I just feel that Carmelo, he is a bit soft," she said. "And now, this is just my own personal opinion, I think he is soft. I don't think he has a killer instinct in his eyes, at least this last year. And I also think he needs people around him that have that killer instinct, because then that brings it out of you. And with him taking such a high salary, I think that kind of handcuffs the Knicks in being able to get those types of players that are getting big contracts. There's no way around that."

Coco will have to shift her attention away from the Knicks and on to her third round matchup with the 22nd ranked player in the world Samantha Stosur.