Knicks' Carmelo Anthony defends WNBA players for T-shirts: WNBA players can’t understand why the league isn’t on board with their social activism. And they have an advocate in Knicks star Carmelo Anthony. One day after the league fined the Liberty, Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury players for wearing black warm up shirts in the wake of recent shootings by and against police officers, the players responded with confusion. -- New York Daily News

NBA's stand against anti-LGBT law in North Carolina should be the start of something big: Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James and so many other athletes have talked of taking action, of forcing much-needed social change. And on Thursday, there finally was action. But it didn’t come from an athlete. It came from a league. -- New York Daily News

Carmelo Anthony blasts WNBA for suppressing protest: Carmelo Anthony is on a roll. While announcing his Olympic-team “town hall meeting” he is staging in Los Angeles will be held Monday, Anthony continued his activist role regarding “Black Lives Matter” issues when he criticized the fines levied against politically minded WNBA players. -- New York Post

Derrick Rose’s Knicks optimism is out of control: Derrick Rose isn’t saying the Knicks can go 82-0. But the point guard’s rosy view of the new-look roster is he’s now part of a team equipped to go toe to toe with any opponent in the NBA. “I just love the group,” Rose told Slam Magazine. “I think we have a chance to win every game, and in the league, that is rare.” -- New York Post