Kevin Durant posts HILARIOUS Carmelo Anthony’s ‘retirement special’ IG story

Carmelo Anthony announced his retirement after a 19-year NBA career.


Kevin Durant posts HILARIOUS Carmelo Anthony’s ‘retirement special’ IG story

Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthoy as teammates for the USA National Basketball Team (Eric Gay/Associated Press)

Carmelo Anthony’s retirement announcement has everyone in the NBA fandom shocked and emotional. The veteran forward called it quits on his 19 season NBA career in an emotional announcement video. Following his announcement, Anthony received well wishes on an amazing basketball career and his life forward. Out of the many who reacted to his retirement, Kevin Durant has had the funniest one so far.

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The Phoenix Suns forward took to his Instagram to reminisce about his long-standing friendship with Anthony. Durant posted four slides on his story each being a picture of him and the former player together. While the first three slides were pictures of them on court, the last was a screenshot of one of Anthony’s funnier moments. The image featured Anthony making fun of Durant in the comments of a very old picture he had posted quite a while ago.

The picture was of Kevin Durant sitting idle with a rather blank expression on his face. Carmelo Anthony commented on the post saying “Ya milk dud head a**!!!!! Lmfao.” Amid all the bittersweet feelings that the entire NBA community was going through, Durant decided to lighten the mood with this throwback post. As expected, fans were left in splits.

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A small flashback to Carmelo Anthony’s basketball career

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Carmelo Anthony for the New York Knicks (Image via Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

Carmelo Anthony was one of the most prolific scorers during his time on the court. During his college days, he played for Syracuse University and led them to their first NCAA championship. After just one year at college, he was drafted by the Denver Nuggets as the third overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. During his time with the Nuggets, Anthony reached the NBA Finals in 2009. However, Denver lost to the Los Angeles Lakers as Anthony missed a championship ring by a whisker.

Anthony was traded to the New York Knicks in 2011. He played for NY till the 2016 NBA season and continued to build his reputation as a threat to the opposition on the court.

He then moved to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2017 and then to the Houston Rockets in 2018. He played the next two seasons for the Portland Trail Blazers from 2019-21 after which he moved to the Los Angeles Lakers for his last NBA season in 2021-22. Anthony ended up being the ninth all-time leading scorer in the NBA making himself a part of an elite list. Other players who are a part of the list are LeBron James, Wilt Chamberlain, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan among others.

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