Carmelo Anthony announces retirement from basketball at 38

Carmelo Anthony announces retirement from basketball at 38 – leaving the game as the NBA’s ninth-highest points scorer of all time

Carmelo Anthony, the ninth-highest scorer in the history of the NBA, has retired from basketball after 19 seasons. 

The 38-year-old made his announcement on social media on Monday morning. 

Anthony was a 10-time All-Star who scored 28,289 points with six different teams. He did not play this season and last played with the Lakers in 2021-22.

Anthony played for the Denver Nuggets, new York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers before joining the Lakers.

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