I tried to figure out how this big lie was turned into a media firestorm. LaLa revealed Anthony had choice words for Garnett on the court and then afterward when Anthony confronted him near the locker room area and by the Celtics team bus.
Anthony was suspended one game for the off-court confrontations. LaLa had attended the game. But when Melo went to have words with him, I knew it had to be more than an in-game beef. Because he and I were never more than passing acquaintances. It was just dumb. There were reports last season Anthony and LaLa were separated for a short time, but that was denied at the time.
But in one potential foreshadow, LaLa reveals their first real date occurred in Southern California where she was filming. The couple have a place in Los Angeles and reports have Anthony considering the Lakers or Clippers this summer. I can be laid-back and relaxed there. I also could see myself eventually settling there, like my retirement spot. Their son, Kiyan, when he was 2, had an emergency six-hour surgery on an ailing kidney. Some Kids at school said, Your dad sucks.
They were engaged for six years before their New York wedding. LaLa also admits in the book she never would have gotten involved had she known the truth — that Anthony was only 19 years old when they met. She was
