New York Knicks head coach Derek Fisher explains that Carmelo Anthony is healthy and ready to go for the regular season, but the team will pay attention to his workload this season. (1:14)

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Carmelo Anthony said Monday that he plans to play a "big brother" role for New York Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis this season -- further dispelling the notion that he was upset about the team drafting the 20-year-old European.

"I kind of feel bad for him because there's so much pressure on him at this point and this guy hasn't played not even one minute in the NBA," Anthony said during the Knicks' media day Monday. "I'm going to try to be a big brother to him and kind of take the pressure off of him a little bit.

"It's something that he never experienced before ... so this is new to him. To be a newcomer to this game, to this league, in New York, that's tough. I don't know if he knows what he's about to get himself into, so I kind of have to be that wall for him."