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Report: 'Melo secretly rehabbing elbow

Published Jun. 30, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

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Carmelo Anthony has been secretly rehabbing a bum right elbow at the New York Knicks' practice facility, and has been prohibited from lifting weights and shooting since the season ended in late April, the New York Post reported Thursday.

Anthony is suffering from elbow bursitis, a condition he had earlier this season in Denver. It flared up with the Knicks in late February when he talked about the possibility of having a drainage procedure but added he "doesn't like going under the knife."

If, as expected, the NBA owners declare a lockout Friday, Anthony's rehab in Westchester, N.Y., would have to end. Anthony would no longer be able to talk to the coaching or medical staff or have elbow treatment at the practice facility, one of the major behind-the-scenes detriments of the expected work stoppage.

Guard Toney Douglas, who had shoulder surgery after the season, is in the same boat, and his rehab also would take place without Knicks supervision.

After his second game as a Knick on Feb. 25 in Cleveland, Anthony said his right elbow felt numb in the fourth quarter.

"When I shoot it's hard for me to follow through after a shot, it's just painful," Anthony said.

Anthony proceeded to wear a shooting sleeve the following game and donned one off and on the rest of the season. Anthony did not complain about the elbow during the first-round series sweep vs. Boston when he shot 37.5 percent and missed badly on a last-second 3-pointer that would have won Game 1.

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