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New York Knicks Head Coach Derek Fisher commented on the playing status of Carmelo Anthony at the team's training facility on Saturday (3rd January).

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Derek Fisher, New York Knicks Head Coach

"No I don't think shutting down (Carmelo Anthony) is really the conservation that we're having. I think, like we've talked about, Carmelo (Anthony) is involved in all of the discussions because it's his body, it's his career. And so we're all talking about what's best for him, what's best for the team. Right now it's just taking some rest and getting some recovery for the foreseeable future in terms of maybe the next week or so. But not anything more than that has been discussed in terms of for the entire season. And so I still feel strongly that if he or we as a group feel that there's a need to do that, I think we could get to a point where we'll make that decision. But at this point we're no where near that."