Carmelo inisnab ng Team USA
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Gusto ni veteran Carmelo Anthony na maglaro sa Team USA para sa darating na 2019 FIBA World Cup.
Ngunit hindi siya pinagbigyan.
Sinabi ni Jerry Colangelo, ang managing director ng USA Basketball, na ipinaalam nila sa kampo ni Anthony na wala na silang puwesto para sa All-Star forward sa kabila ng bilang ng mga NBA players na tumangging maglaro.
Naglaro ang 35-anyos na si Anthony sa record na apat na U.S. Olympic teams na tinampukan ng tatlong gintong medalya (2008, 2012 at 2016) at isang tanso (2004).
Siya ang all-time leading scorer sa U.S. men’s Olympic history.
Nakita si Anthony sa 10 laro ng Houston Rockets sa nakaraang season bago binitawan noong Pebrero 1.
“I love Carmelo,” wika ni Colangelo. “He made a great contribution. He was a very good international player. But for where we are and what we’re doing, that conceivably could have been a distraction. I understand why the request was made. He’s trying to reestablish himself. I think that has to be done in the (NBA).”
Isang 10-time All-Star, si Anthony ay may mga averages na 24.0 points, 6.5 rebounds at 3.0 assists sa 16 seasons.
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