Carmelo Anthony retires after 19 seasons

One week shy of his thirty ninth birthday, Carmelo Anthony retired from the NBA on Monday.

A co-headliner inside the 2003 draft with LeBron James, Anthony is ninth on the NBA’s all-time scoring itemizing and was a six-time All-NBA alternative.

Anthony made the announcement via Twitter, saying, “The time has come for me to say goodbye.”

NBA commissioner Adam Silver responded to the publish with a press launch pointing to Anthony’s potential subsequent stop.

“Carmelo Anthony is one of the NBA’s all-time great players and ambassadors. We congratulate him on a remarkable 19-year career and look forward to seeing him in the Hall of Fame.”

Anthony carried out for the Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers.

A ten-time All-Star with 28,289 career elements, Anthony was not beneath contract all through the just-completed season.

He remaining carried out with the Lakers in 2021-22.

Anthony’s career appeared to be carried out in 2019, nonetheless one yr after he remaining carried out for the Rockets, he signed to return off the bench for the Trail Blazers and averaged 15.4 elements per sport.

Anthony was a three-time gold medal winner for Team USA inside the Olympics and led Syracuse to the 2003 NCAA nationwide championship in his lone school basketball season. He was drafted third whole by the Nuggets.