Melo: Hard to trust Phil Jackson after tumultuous season

The New York Knicks agreed Thursday to stick it out with president Phil Jackson at the helm for another two years, at least. This, despite the fact that Jackson has apparently lost the trust of the team's highest-paid, highest-profile player.

Over the course of this season, Jackson eroded his relationship with Carmelo Anthony by taking scantly veiled potshots at him through the media, repeatedly trying to deal him away despite Anthony's no-trade clause, and incensing Anthony's good friend LeBron James with insensitive comments that he never really apologized for.

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More than anything, Anthony was vexed by Jackson's passive-aggressive managerial approach, and told reporters after Wednesday's season finale that he finds it "hard to trust" the Knicks president, according to ESPN's Ian Begley.

"If somebody was talking bad about you indirectly at your job, what would you do? You would feel a certain way," Anthony said. "You would want that person to come straightforward with you. And I feel the same way. I'm always open. I'm a very honest person. I know the business and I know the game and I know how it works. So if it's something that you want to get across, a message that you want to get across, I've always been open."

Anthony acknowledged that "there was a point in time when I didn't think I would be back (in New York)," and that being traded this summer remains a possibility. Ultimately, because of the no-trade clause, the decision will be Anthony's to make, but given how the past few seasons have gone, and how his faith in the front office has frayed, that decision may be easier than it would've been in the past.

"I'll know more in the upcoming weeks or so," Anthony said. "I'm pretty sure the organization has an idea, a thought of what they want to do, how they want to do it. But at this point, it's all on me."