Carmelo Anthony, the Brooklyn-born former Knicks star who scored the ninth-most factors in NBA historical past, announced his retirement Monday after 19 seasons.
The 10-time All-Star averaged 22.5 factors per recreation for his profession and helped revitalize a New York workforce that hadn’t posted a profitable season in a decade earlier than his arrival in 2011.
Anthony, 38, additionally performed for the Denver Nuggets, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers, final showing in a recreation in the course of the 2021-22 season.
“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,” Anthony stated in a video announcement. “With this bittersweet goodbye to the NBA, I am excited about what the future holds for me.”
Anthony performed one season of school basketball with Syracuse, main the Orange to an NCAA title in 2003. The Nuggets chosen him third total within the NBA Draft that 12 months, and he completed second in rookie of the 12 months voting to LeBron James.
The 6-foot-7 Anthony spent his first eight years with Denver earlier than a mid-season commerce in 2011 to the upstart Knicks, who had added fellow star ahead Amar’e Stoudemire in the course of the earlier offseason. New York completed the 2010-11 season at 42-40 — their first profitable report since 2000-01 — and made the playoffs for the primary time in seven seasons.
The Knicks have been swept by the Celtics of their first-round sequence that 12 months. They certified once more for the playoffs in 2011-12 however suffered one other opening-round exit, falling in 5 video games to the Miami Heat.
Anthony turned in his greatest season with the Knicks in 2012-13, main the NBA with 28.7 factors per recreation to clinch the one scoring title of his profession. The Knicks completed because the No. 2 seed within the Eastern Conference and beat the Celtics within the first spherical of the playoffs, marking their first postseason sequence win since 2000. They have been knocked out within the second spherical by the Indiana Pacers.
The Knicks didn’t make the playoffs once more throughout Anthony’s tenure, which ended with a commerce to the Thunder in the course of the 2017 offseason. Anthony averaged 24.7 factors per recreation with the Knicks and was named to the All-Star workforce throughout every of his six full seasons with New York. His 62 factors on Jan. 24, 2014, stay the Knicks’ and Madison Square Garden’s single-game report.
After beginning each recreation he performed with Denver, New York and Oklahoma City, Anthony transitioned to a bench function towards the tip of his profession. He scored 13.3 factors per recreation for the Lakers throughout his closing season.
Anthony scored 28,289 factors in his profession, made six All-NBA groups and was included on the league’s Seventy fifth-anniversary roster of the best gamers in historical past. He additionally gained three Olympic gold medals with the Team U.S.A. basketball workforce and is second behind Kevin Durant with 336 profession factors throughout 4 Summer Games.
“When people ask what I believe my legacy is, it’s not my feats on the court that come to mind, nor the awards or praise, because my story has always been more than basketball,” Anthony stated in his retirement video.
He then spoke about his son, 16-year-old Kiyan Anthony, who has obtained basketball provides from Division 1 faculties together with Syracuse, Illinois and Indiana.
“My legacy, now and forever, lives on through you,” Anthony stated.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver described Anthony as “one of the NBA’s all-time great players and ambassadors.”
“We congratulate him on a remarkable 19-year career,” Silver stated Monday, “and look forward to seeing him in the Hall of Fame.”
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Source: www.bostonherald.com