He was a very good international player. I understand why the request was made. I think that has to be done in the [NBA]. The year-old Anthony is a free agent after a tumultuous 16th NBA season where he was effectively dismissed by the Houston Rockets after 10 games before he was traded to the Chicago Bulls, who released him in February. But for all the complicated readings of his NBA career, Anthony has been a staple for the national team for the last decade and a half.
He has made 85 international appearances on 14 different USA Basketball teams in his career, averaging Anthony had seemingly retired from international play after the Rio Games, when he shared an emotional embrace with teammate Kevin Durant and then-coach Mike Krzyzewski upon exiting the gold medal game against Serbia with two minutes remaining and victory secure.
This is it for me. Of those 35, 30 have already withdrawn from World Cup consideration for a variety of reasons including pending fatherhood, injury rehabilitation, filming a movie and preparing for the potential of a long NBA season. More than a dozen other names were officially added to the national team list along the way, with two of those players dropping out already as well. Add it all up, and there have been at least 52 players under real consideration in the last year and a half.
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