Sources tell us Carmelo Anthony filed an appeal with the union on Tuesday in an attempt to recover the $176,000 lost courtesy of his one-game suspension from the Kevin Garnett skirmish.

As money from fines and suspensions is given to charities of the NBA’s and players association’s choosing, clearly, Carmelo Anthony would rather fight legal battles to reclaim 1/110th of his $19.5M salary back than let that money go to underprivileged people who need it more.