Carmelo Anthony has announced his retirement from basketball on Monday (5/22) morning after playing 19 years in the NBA.

Anthony is a 10x NBA All-Star, 6x All-NBA selection, and currently sits in 9th place for all-time points. His career stats included 22.5 points per game, 6.2 rebounds per game, 4.7 assists per game, and a field goal percentage of 44.7%.

Anthony was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 2003 NBA Draft, where he begun his playing career. As a rookie, Anthony played in and started all 82 games averaging 21.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.8 assists — This being the only season he played all 82 games.

In 2011, one of the biggest trades in the organizations history went through right before the trade deadline when the New York Knicks sent Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov, a first-round pick, and two second-round picks to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams, Anthony Carter, and Renaldo Balkman.

With the New York Knicks, Anthony averaged 24.7 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 3.2 assists. In New York, Anthony was also able to rack up 10,186 points in 7 years.

In the 5 years that followed the end of his tenure with the Knicks, he played with 4 different teams including the Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trailblazers, and finally, the Los Angeles Lakers.

In his time with the Denver Nuggets he led the team to the playoffs every year from 2004 to 2010 along with the teams’ first Western Conference Finals appearance since 1985.

Anthony was also a member of the U.S.A. Olympic Basketball team with which he earned three gold medals in 2008, 2012, and 2016.

An incredible career that should be celebrated as such.