Carmelo Anthony Biography
Carmelo
Anthony was part of the 2003 draft picks super
trio which included LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
Over the past three years he has took the NBA
by storm establishing himself in the small forward
position for the Denver Nuggets with a current
high points score of 45 against the Philadelphia
76ers. His successes on the court have resulted
in lucrative deals off the court including major
sponsorship deals with Nike and Michael Jordan's
Shoes and Apparel line.
Carmelo
Anthony was born on May 29, 1984, in Brooklyn,
New York and has three older siblings. His father
died from liver disease when he was only three
years old and he was thereafter raised solely
by his mother who he moved to Baltimore with when
he was eight.
By
1992 he was winning local basketball awards and
by 1999 he had grown to an impressive 6"5
and was the best basketball player in his area.
At Oak Hill Academy in Virginia he became a high
school All-American before he attended Syracuse
University where he led the team in scoring and
rebounding maintaining a season average of 22.2
points per game. After the close of the season
Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim described Anthony
as, "...by far, the best player in college
basketball. It wasn't even close. Nobody was even
close to him last year in college basketball.
That's the bottom line." It was a sign of
things to come.
Feeling
ready to move on, rather than continuing his collegiate
career he declared himself for the 2003 NBA Draft
and ended up 3rd overall choice for the Nuggets.
Just in front of him were LeBron James as 1st
overall for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Darko
Milicic who was 2nd overall choice for the Detroit
Pistons.
With
the addition of Anthony, the Nuggets underwent
an extreme transformation from a non-competitive
side to playoff contenders. With an average of
21 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game
Carmelo just lost Rookie of the Year honors to
the Cavaliers' LeBron James. He did, however,
win himself a spot on the 2004 USA Olympic basketball
team alongside him.
As
he has made his mark on the basketball court his
celebrity status off of it has also increased.
In 2004 he was Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher and in
2005 made a cameo appearance on singer Ciara's
single, And I.
At
only 22 his future in and out of the NBA is a
bright one and many already consider him to be
laying his stake to the NBA Hall of Fame and Slam
Magazine's All Time Greatest Basketball Players
List. With his supreme basketball instincts and
impeccable court vision you may want to watch
this space!
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