BALTIMORE -- Knicks coach Mike Woodson wants Carmelo Anthony to focus on the team this season, not on his pending free agency.

"If he's going to test it, he's got to test it. That's on him," Woodson said Thursday. "But at this point, he's got to worry about this season and this season only, because that's what's staring him in the face."

Anthony has indicated he will opt out of the final season of his contract with the Knicks and test free agency next summer.

He said earlier that he wouldn't discuss his plans for the summer. But he addressed the topic Thursday after a New York Observer story quoted Anthony as saying he wants to be a free agent.

"It's definitely an opportunity that I'm willing to explore and experience," Anthony said Thursday. "That not whatsoever means that I'm not coming back to New York or I don't want to be here in New York. So I don't want nobody to get that impression."

Woodson said he doesn't expect the situation to be a distraction or affect Anthony's performance on the court.