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Name-calling Knicks’ Camby rips former coach Carter
Posted: Friday April 21, 2000 08:27 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Marcus Camby called Toronto Raptors coach Butch Carter a liar for telling Camby he would be a cornerstone of the Raptors, then trading him, the New York Daily News said Thursday. Camby, who played for Carter in Toronto before being traded to the New York Knicks, said he doesn't trust Carter and believes his current players don't, either. "He is a liar," Camby said before Wednesday night's 112-85 loss to the Boston Celtics in the regular-season finale. "I remember just before I got traded, me and John Wallace were working out with the team in Boca Raton and we had a meeting and he said, `Yeah, you two guys are going to be the foundation, we are going to keep you guys here.' "From that point on I don't really trust him," Camby said. "I think the guys who played for him don't really trust him and the guys that play for him now -- there was a lot of bickering going on since they had that losing streak.
"No one likes him and no one likes to play for him. That is the kind of guy that he is." Camby's Knicks, seeded third in the Eastern Conference, open the playoffs at home against Carter and the sixth-seeded Raptors on Sunday. Camby was traded to the Knicks for forward Charles Oakley during the summer of 1998 and helped lead New York to the NBA finals last season. Carter recently published a book entitled "Born to Believe" in which he claimed Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight once used a racial slur at a black player. Knight coached Carter more than 20 years ago at Indiana. "He's just been ratting out people and doing things his way," Camby said. "From what I hear, a lot of people are mad at him." Camby's status for the series is uncertain because of a sprained right knee.
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