Carmelo Anthony Says He Got 2 Contract Offers After NBA Retirement

Anthony averaged 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists during his stellar career with the Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers. He made 10 All-Star teams and six All-NBA teams and won the 2012-13 scoring title.

During an interview with Zion Olojede of Complex, Anthony opened up about not winning an NBA title during his career. The future Hall of Famer had a lot to say about “ring culture.”

“No, it don’t bother me because the game changed and the culture of the game changed,” Anthony said. “It was like in the ’80s, ’90s, when it was about ring culture. I think now it’s the money. It’s the bag, It’s let me go get 200 (million) and rightfully so. But the focus is not just rings no more, you know what I mean?”

Although Anthony never reached the NBA Finals, he’s one of the best playoff performers ever. Anthony averaged 23.1 points in the postseason with the Nuggets, Knicks, Thunder and Blazers.

“(Charles) Barkley is who he is. You know, Reggie (Miller) is who he is. We are who we are,” Anthony said. “So because we didn’t get win the NBA championship, we shouldn’t get credit? Like we should just be dismissed on everything? So I will always kind of disagree with that but as far as ring culture, I think people understand that not everybody can win it.”