I'm not going to let one or two guys ruin a career for me or the relationship I had with my teammates, If you polled my past teammates, I bet 90% would say they enjoyed playing with me. I'm not so insecure as to let the comments bother me.

As far as Thomas, I have not seen the comments. To be honest, I'm not worried about the comments, either. Was Thomas backed into a corner or in a bad mood when he said those things? I don't know, but ripping Thomas is not my nature.

The bottom line is, I didn't play well in the final five games. It starts with me and it should....My expectations of myself are high, and the only one that I let down was myself.

I wished I had played better in the last five games. I knew what I was up against when I got to New York. When I got traded, I thought it was worth a try. I gave it my all. It just didn't work out.