"That’s not very smart.''
"Put yourself in his shoes,'' Bryant said.
"I don’t think it helps,'' Bryant said of the boos.
"Obviously, it’s hard to trade him.
So maybe he won’t be traded.
Who the hell knows?
But you got to show support for him.
He’s still playing hard.
Either you ride with him or you don’t.''
But he said the fans stopped booing him when they saw he was playing hard.
Bryant was Anthony’s teammate on the 2008 Olympic gold-medal winning outfit and keeps in touch with him regularly.
He says Anthony’s main focus is to play with a winner.
"It’s about winning.
Get a team around a guy that will help you win and there will be no problems.
It’s not rocket science.''
That announcement overshadowed Denver’s big win over the Thunder.
He made all three.
"I hate to see him going through that.
But, at the same time, I’m a player.
Nobody cared about them not being loyal to me…
It’s a double standard.''
Nuggets coach George Karl also looked at both angles on Anthony hearing boos.
"I see both sides,'' Karl said.
"I want to support Melo but I also want to support the fans.
The fans are a part of us.
They’re a part of our organization.
We can’t be successful without them.
I can’t deny that some of them are probably very frustrated.''
Frustrated enough that Bryant says Denver fans aren’t helping any chance there is of Anthony sticking around.
