HOUSTON (AP) — Carmelo Anthony was the first player Jerry Colangelo talked to about joining a new U.S. national basketball team program. Now, he's the last one standing.
An Olympic career that started miserably is still going 12 years later, so long that some of Anthony's teammates were middle schoolers when it began. He will become the first U.S. man to play in four Olympics, and if the Americans medal he will leave Rio de Janeiro as the most decorated men's basketball player ever.
"He's going to be the leader of this team along with (Kevin Durant).