Carmelo Anthony announces his retirement after 19 NBA seasons

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Former Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony officially announced his retirement Monday after 19 seasons in the NBA.

Anthony spent two of those seasons, the 2019-20 and ’20-’21 campaigns, with the Trail Blazers, signing with the team as a free agent early in the 2019 season.

He played 127 total games with Portland, averaging 14.3 points a game.

His final NBA season came with the Lakers in 2021-22. He went unsigned this past season, and now makes his retirement official.

Thank you #STAYME7O pic.twitter.com/4au8cOd13s

— Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony) May 22, 2023

Anthony was the No. 3 overall pick of the Denver Nuggets in the 2003 NBA Draft after leading Syracuse to a national championship in his lone freshman season.

He was named one of the 75 greatest players in NBA history and is the ninth leading scorer all-time with 28,289 points scored.

Anthony was named to 10 All-Star teams and six All-NBA teams.

He turns 39 years old on May 29th.

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