Carmelo officially retiring!

[JDubbin]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Cusefan69]

An absolutely outstanding career! Damn I am old. Congrats to Melo and his family.

 

[Sbucketball]

Enjoy your family and your money, Melo, you earned it. I hope to see him get more and more involved with Syracuse, which seems very likely given his son is a 2025 recruit. With his help on the trail, maybe Kiyan can experience a championship too. We'd have to build an Anthony Family Shrine in Syracuse.

 

[DoctorBombay]

I've never seen a retirement announcement as well done as this.
Thanks for everything, Melo- my favorite player ever.

 

[sutomcat]

Greatest player in the history of the Big East. Legend.

Enjoy your retirement Melo!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Trueblue25]

Should be retired as a Knick

Lost interest in the NBA after they turned their backs on Melo. Lousy league.

Hats off to the great one.

 

[Eric15]

I remember standing behind the basket before our first exhibition in the 2003 season watching him warm up. From a distance, he looked like a full-grown man but up close facially he looked like he was 14. I'm just like "whoa this dude isn't missing a single shot."

 

[JarHeadJim]

Goosebumps! Damn that was nice!

 

[samspann1]

I've never seen a retirement announcement as well done as this.
Thanks for everything, Melo- my favorite player ever.

Gotta be honest - got a little lump in my throat watching that.

Every Cuse fan will be forever indebted to Melo. I hope to see Kiyan donning the Orange in short order, to carry on his dad’s legacy.

 

[JDubbin]

Carmelo is just an all time favorite (for obvious reasons). Brought Syracuse the elusive Championship, I was a sophomore for his 1 year at ‘Cuse. I also love the way he played… I’ve had a reputation over the years playing ball of modeling my game after Carmelo a bit. Haha I’ve even been heard to shout “Melo!” a few times on the court before hitting a mid range face up J

Melo is a legend, gonna miss him, desperately wish he got that NBA championship, but he looks content & I’m happy for him as he moves on… including recruiting & promoting the Orange!

 

[samspann1]

I remember standing behind the basket before our first exhibition in the 2003 season watching him warm up. From a distance, he looked like a full-grown man but up close facially he looked like he was 14. I'm just like "whoa this dude isn't missing a single shot."

I remember watching him and GMac against Memphis, and thinking “damn, these two freshman have serious swagger…we might be on to something here”. Little did I know what was in store.

I’ve never been more excited after an SU loss than after that game.

 

[DilemaCuse]

I remember standing behind the basket before our first exhibition in the 2003 season watching him warm up. From a distance, he looked like a full-grown man but up close facially he looked like he was 14. I'm just like "whoa this dude isn't missing a single shot."

I was at that game too. I think it was general admission seating.

I think he had 37?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

So I heard an announcement of retirement from the NBA, but that doesn't mean he won't pop up as a member of... Boeheim's Army.

 

[rrlbees]

Legend. Thank you.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[RF2044]

Top 10.

Amazing career. Glad he went out on a high note, being respected his last few years [versus being bashed by the sports media, as was so prevalent earlier in his career].

 

[MSOrange]

Great video. Thanks for the greatest sports memory I will ever have.

 

[cusefan88]

The PA announcer is etched in my head. A 6-8 freshman from Baltimore Maryland #15...

 

[pfister1]

Can we bring Melo back and call his period in the NBA a Paid Internship??

 

[AZOrange]

God what happened to the last 20 years…

 

[cali315phan]

Anyone else get chills/tear up and then as the video shifted to Ki, start smiling ear to ear at the thought of what Kiyans commitment video is gonna be like?

 

[RandygoCuse]

A great career - He put us on his back! And what gets lost in his NBA career is how bad Denver was the season before he came to the team. He never missed the playoffs with them and took them to the conference finals.

 

[cuseallday]

Love you, Melo.