Knicks player Carmelo Anthony offered some insight into his team's recent defeats on Sunday after confessing that he had been on a 15-day fast.
"It's a long story. I haven't had a good meal in about 2 1/2 weeks. No meats, no carbs, anything like that," Anthony told a Newsday reporter.
But the diet has been taking a toll on the player, prompting Melo to state that he was done with his "spiritual" adventure. Since the beginning of 2013, the Knicks have gone 3-4, with two of those wins coming from lower-tiered teams on the NBA.
"I don't know how I was going through competing at a high level. Just sometimes these past three, four games where the body just feels depleted out there and just trying to find a way to get energy," the player added.
Although with a drooping team record, some fans might suggest that he wasn't "going through" the past few games at all. Sunday's win against the Hornets offered a brief glimpse of hope, one that hopefully will continue now that Carmelo has stated that he is done depriving himself of food.
Anthony shares a home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wife, Lala. He did not elaborate on what had driven him to pursue a spiritual fast. But while the fast is over, Anthony also said that it is something that he does once a year.
"It's for my own sake,'' Anthony told The New York Post. "Sometimes in life you've got to replenish your body, build your body back up and get all the toxins out. [Get] all the things you don't need in your body out. I do this every year, once a year."
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