Carmelo Anthony retires at the age of 38

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According to the Canadian Press on Monday, 10-time National Basketball Association All-Star Carmelo Anthony of Brooklyn, New York retired at the age of 38. Anthony spent 19 seasons in the NBA from 2003 to 2022. He was with the Denver Nuggets from 2003 to 2011, the New York Knicks from 2011 to 2017, the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2017 to 2018, the Houston Rockets from 2018 to 2019, the Portland Trail Blazers from 2019 to 2021, and the Los Angeles Lakers from 2021 to 2022.

Anthony played in 1260 NBA regular season games. He averaged 22.5 points per game, 6.2 rebounds per game, 2.7 assists per game, a field goal percentage of .447, three-point percentage of .355, and a free throw percentage of .814. While with the Knicks in 2012-13, Anthony led the NBA in scoring with 28.7 points per game.

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Anthony’s 28289 total points are ninth all-time in NBA history. His former Lakers teammate, LeBron James is the all-time leader with 38652 points. Anthony’s most magical game came on January 24, 2014. On this night he scored 62 points in a 125-96 New York Knicks win over the Charlotte Bobcats at Madison Square Garden. Anthony is 15th on the all-time list among NBA players for most points in a single game.

Anthony did not win the NBA Finals. However, he had one great college season with Syracuse University in 2002-03, where he was the most outstanding player of the 2003 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament, and guided the Orangemen to their first college basketball title in school history. From there, Anthony was the third overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Nuggets. He was only drafted behind James by the Cleveland Cavaliers and Darko Milicic by the Detroit Pistons.

Does Anthony have the credentials to be a Hall of Famer? The answer is yes.

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