A striker who enjoyed the era puts down the basketball.
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Carmelo “Melo” Anthony (forward, 201cm, 108kg) is retiring.
Anthony announced his retirement through his social media. Now that he is in his late 30s, he was even expected to say goodbye to the court as he has not been able to play this season. During the season, he also received interest that he would join another club, but no contract was given.
He continued his active career until last season, having a dramatic opportunity in the 2019-2020 season, when he was in his mid-30s. Last season, he ended up playing with LeBron James while playing for the LA Lakers. But the Lakers’ last season wasn’t great. Ultimately, he was unable to re-sign in the offseason. He was interested in staying with him for another season, but the Lakers did not call Anthony.
Anthony entered the NBA in the 2003 draft. After one season with the NCAA Syracuse Orange, he was rated as the biggest draft pick along with James at the time. Received a call from Denver with the third pick in the first round, he was reborn as a superstar representing Denver. Last year in 2009 he led Denver to the Western Conference Finals. In his prime, he was the top scorer in his career.
However, he was traded to the New York Knicks ahead of the 2010-2011 trade deadline. At the time, the New York and New Jersey Nets (currently Brooklyn) competed for him, and New York acquired Anthony. Denver said goodbye to Anthony, but was able to prepare for the future by accepting a number of players. New York, which signed Amare Stoudemire in the summer of 2010, raised expectations by adding Anthony.
He played for New York through the 2016-2017 season. Stoudemire soon after suffered an injury and struggled alone. Meanwhile, Jason Kidd and Tyson Chandler passed by. They made it to the playoffs, but they were far from winning. He was traded again in the summer of 2017. He worked with Russell Westbrook and Paul George (hereinafter referred to as the Clippers) at the Oklahoma City Thunder, but it was different from expectations.
After one season he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, who terminated his contract. After that, he joined the Houston Rockets. He hoped to join Chris Paul (Phoenix) in Houston. However, Anthony’s offensive power was dulled, and his defensive power was worse, so it showed limitations. During the season, he was traded to the Chicago Bulls for a bargain and was released.
After that, Anthony was desperate. He made himself alone and practiced to burn the last flame. During the last 2019-2020 season, Portland had a lot of injuries, and signed with Anthony. Anthony immediately took the starting job in Portland and made a comeback. He refused to bench row all along at Oklahoma City, but he accepted the reality when he came off the bench in earnest from the 2020-2021 season.
In 19 NBA seasons, he recorded 22.5 points (.447 .355 .814), 6.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1 steal in 34.5 minutes per game in 1,260 regular season games. Since his debut season, he has been responsible for averaging more than 20 points for 14 consecutive seasons, and has raised an average of more than 25 points in 7 seasons. He was an All-Star 10 times and was named to the All-NBA Team six times. In the 2012-2013 season, he ranked first in scoring average.안전놀이터
He posted 28,289 points, 7,808 rebounds, 3,422 assists and 1,223 steals in the regular season. He ranks ninth all-time in regular season scoring. He is one of nine players of all time to have posted over 28,000 points. He is the only five players in history to record 28,000 points, 7,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists and 1,200 steals. Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, and even LeBron James are just legends.