Carmelo Anthony has a message for Knicks fans concerned that he'd ruin the team's new-found chemistry under Jeremy Lin.

"I want Jeremy to have the ball, hands down," Anthony said Monday night after going 3-for-10 in 31 minutes with Lin on the floor in New York's loss to the Nets. "I want him to create for me, I want him to create for Amare [Stoudemire], I want him to create for everybody and still be as aggressive as he's been in the past."

Before Monday's game, there were plenty of questions swirling around Anthony's return to the Knicks.

Under Lin, the Knicks had won eight of nine with offense predicated on ball movement. Six of those wins came with Anthony, who thrives in isolation, sidelined with a groin injury.

So many wondered how Anthony would fit into the mix. He didn't force anything Monday, making four of his 11 shots. Most came within the flow of the offense. But the Knicks (16-17) struggled, hitting 40 percent of their shots. Lin, Anthony and Mike D'Antoni believe there will be an adjustment period before Anthony is fully immersed in the offense.

The Knicks' small forward doesn't want to rock the boat.

"My mindset was just to not try to come in and not do too much, try to fit in and try to play my game within the system," Anthony said on Monday night. "[I want to] play the way that they've been playing the last few weeks: passing the ball, finding the open man, making the right play."