On May 22, Beijing time, NBA star Cameron Anthony officially announced his retirement through social media, drawing a perfect end to his 19 season, so far the NBA03 platinum generation is only James has not retired.
Anthony, as one of the most iconic stars of the 03 platinum generation, played in the NBA for 19 seasons, was selected as an All-Star 10 times, won the NBAD scoring title in the 12-13 season, was selected to the All-NBA Second Team six times, and scored a total of 28,289 points in the regular season, ninth in history. Named one of the NBA's top 75 superstars, he averaged 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1 steal per game in his career.
Throughout Anthony's career, it is indeed not as dazzling as James, but as the top pick of the 03rd class, Anthony was also the person who made the whole league crazy for him, averaging 21 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in his rookie season, not inferior to James's 20.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists, almost robbing James of the best rookie.
Anthony's flowing playing style and textbook shooting posture have also succeeded in countless fans for it, of course, Guago also has its own obvious shortcomings, heavy punches on the offensive end, lazy on the defensive end, and Iverson formed a Nugget double gun, but has been hovering in the playoffs and has never been able to go further. was greeted as a hero in New York, and because of his arrogant personality, he was swept out of Apple City, followed by a change of team, from the Thunder to the Rockets, from the Rockets to the Blazers, although they have put down their bodies, but they have never been able to touch the championship, in the 21-22 season, chose to join the Lakers, but in exchange for Wei Shao could not integrate into the team, James and thick eyebrows were injured one after another, so that the Lakers failed to advance to the playoffs. After a year without a team, Anthony said many times in interviews that he longed to return to the NBA stage, but his pride told him that it was time to retire.
Like most NBA superstars, Anthony's career was dazzling and won many honors, but he didn't get a championship ring of his own, which may be because of this regret that we will always remember the cute boy with the headband.
Most of the players in the current '03 draft have long faded from view, and some of them have even transitioned into management and coaches. For example, the Warriors' development adviser Pachulia, the Pelicans' current head coach Willie Green and others, with the retirement of Guago, only James is still fighting on the NBA court, this is James' 20th season, looking at James' performance now, he is likely to play on the NBA stage for another 2 to 3 years.
James is not only the only leader in the '03 class, but with the choice of Heat player Haslem and Warriors player Iguodala to retire this season, James has also become the oldest and longest-serving player on the NBA stage. James' eldest son, Brownie, should cut the 24-25 season draft, and we'll see a classic father-son moment on stage.