La La Anthony: Marriage started falling apart after Carmelo Anthony's trade to New York
During an appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, titled “Life After Professional Athletes,” La La Anthony said her marriage started falling apart after Carmelo Anthony was traded from the Nuggets to the Knicks in 2011. “When we lived here [in New York] under all of that [attention], that’s when things became complicated. I think that was kind of the start, now that I look back, that was kind of the start of the demise of the marriage,” La La said. “It is the hardest with the scrutiny and the media and the press, just everything. It is really hard. That’s not the only reason things didn’t work out, but things got tough with New York… just constantly being under the spotlight and people watching every little thing.”
Source: Jenna Lemoncelli @ New York Post
Source: Jenna Lemoncelli @ New York Post
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James Bouknight finally got the ball through the hoop. The #Hornets hope it’s the start of a surge and he does, too.
“It felt good,” Bouknight told @theobserver. “We needed someone to step up with Terry and Melo out and I think I did a good job.”
charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlot… – 10:50 AM
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