‘The time has come’: NBA legend calls time on career in emotional announcement
Ten-time NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony confirmed his retirement from basketball on Monday, formally bringing the curtain down on his two-decade skilled profession.
Anthony, 38, whose final sport within the NBA was for the Los Angeles Lakers in April 2022, introduced his resolution in a video montage of his profession posted to his Instagram account.
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“I remember the days when I had nothing, just a ball on the court and a dream with something more,” Anthony stated within the video.
“But basketball was my outlet. My purpose was strong. My communities, the cities I represented with pride and the fans that supported me along the way.
“I am forever grateful for those people and places because they made me, Carmelo Anthony.
“But now the time has come for me to say goodbye: to the court where I made my name, to the game that gave me purpose and pride.”
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Anthony, chosen with the third general decide within the 2003 draft, departs the game as one of the crucial prolific scorers in basketball historical past.
Over the course of 20 seasons within the NBA, he amassed 28,289 factors at a mean of twenty-two.5 factors per sport, with 7,808 rebounds and three,422 assists.
He launched his profession with the Denver Nuggets earlier than shifting to the New York Knicks in 2010, the place he spent seven years earlier than stints with the Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers and Lakers.
At worldwide degree he received three straight gold medals as a member of the US Olympic workforce in 2008, 2012 and 2016 and in addition a bronze on the 2004 Athens Games.
