At 33, Carmelo Anthony is a lot closer to the end of his career than the beginning. His trade from the Knicks to Oklahoma City on Saturday had the feel of a last chance to go for a championship.

Few would knock Anthony’s basketball talent. The main criticism he faces is his teams’ lack of success over the years. In 14 seasons with the Knicks and the Denver Nuggets, Anthony made it to the playoffs 10 times. But his teams have lost in the first round on eight of those visits. His playoff series record is 3-10, with just one trip to the conference finals, in 2009 with Denver.

But there is one way in which Anthony stands out as the consummate winner. In Rio de Janeiro last year, he earned his third Olympics gold medal, the most for any male basketball player.

Most male basketball Olympians play in the Games once, maybe twice, then bow out to make way for younger players. The 2016 team did not include several former gold medalists, including LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and Chris Paul, who would surely have made the team again had they chosen to play.