NBA: Carmelo Anthony retires after 19 seasons
FILE – Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks celebrates his three level shot within the last minutes of the sport in opposition to the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Sq. Backyard on February 12, 2017 in New York Metropolis. Elsa/Getty Photographs/AFP
One week shy of his thirty ninth birthday, Carmelo Anthony retired from the NBA on Monday.
A co-headliner within the 2003 draft with LeBron James, Anthony is ninth on the NBA’s all-time scoring checklist and was a six-time All-NBA choice.
Anthony made the announcement through Twitter, saying, “The time has come for me to say goodbye.”
Thanks #STAYME7O pic.twitter.com/4au8cOd13s
— Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony) Might 22, 2023
He performed for the Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Path Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers.
A ten-time All-Star with 28,289 profession factors, Anthony performed for six completely different groups and was not below contract throughout the just-completed season.
He final performed with the Lakers in 2021-22.
FILE – Carmelo Anthony #7 of the Los Angeles Lakers throughout the first half of the NBA sport at Footprint Heart on April 05, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. Christian Petersen/Getty Photographs/AFP
Anthony’s profession gave the impression to be accomplished in 2019, however one yr after he final performed for the Rockets, he signed to come back off the bench for the Path Blazers and averaged 15.4 factors per sport.
Anthony was a three-time Gold medal winner for Staff USA and led Syracuse to the 2003 NCAA nationwide championship in his lone faculty basketball season. He was drafted third total by the Nuggets.
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