Name:Carmelo Kyan AnthonyHeight:6'8Weight:220Date of Birth:May 29, 1984Position:ForwardHigh School: Oak Hill AcademyCollege:Syracuse '03 NBA Team:Denver NuggetsPERSONAL:Carmelo Anthony was born May 29, 1984 in New York City.Son of Mary Anthony… Has two brothers Wilford and Robert, and a sister Michelle.His Dad(whom he is named after) Died was Carmelo was just 2 years old.Anthony grew up in a ghetto that was routinely witness to murder, burglary and drug activity. His mother kept him in line as best she could, teaching him the importance of an education. Fortunately, the message got through his head, and Anthony avoided trouble throughout his childhood.When Carmelo Anthony was eight, the family moved to Baltimore, Maryland and he started winning awards for his play at local recreation centers. HIGH SCHOOL:Carmelo was forced to play for a private catholic high school where his mom sent him. He was a star there but never really broke out until his senior year when he transfered to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia where he was named a high school All-American. He led the school to a 32-1 record and a No. 3 ranking in USA Today,Many People including myself felt that he could jump right into the NBA from college. He would have liked to but Anthony's mom insisted he go to college, where he would become a star for the Syracuse Orangemen. COLLEGE:Carmelo Anthony attended Syracuse University. In his freshman year at Syracuse Carmelo Anthony led the Orangemen to the NCAA Title with an 81-78 victory over Kansas, and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.Unranked in the preseason Associated Press poll, Syracuse had one of the youngest teams in the country. They lost their first regular season game and local media already began criticizing them. With Anthony at starting small forward, however, things quickly changed. They steamrolled much of the competition and went into the NCAA Tournament as a No. 3 seed with a 24-5 record. Having both the numbers and championship to back him up, Anthony was named the 2003 NCAA Final Four MVP and was voted Freshman of the Year. Everyone knew he would be a top draft pickNotable Awards-Named by The Associated Press All-America Second Team as a freshman.-Named Most Outstanding Player of the 2003 Final Four and of the NCAA East Regional-Consensus National Freshman of the Year.-Unanimous choice as Big East Conference Freshman of the Year and was an All-Big East First Team selection.-NCAA ChampionsipNBA CAREER:Carmelo Anthony was in one of the most hyped up drafts in NBA history.Though he had only played a year of college ball, his body and mind were ready for the pros.Carmelo Anthony was picked third overall in the first round by the Denver Nuggets, just behind Darko Milicic and, of course, LeBron James.In this role as an underdog, if you could call it that, Melo thrived, seeing personal as well as team successBefore he arrived the Nuggets were in the basemaent of the NBA and posted one of the worst seasons in NBA history.Led Denver in 2003-04 to a 43-39 overall record and into the 2004 Playoffs. Denver in ‘03-’04 won 26 more games than the Nuggets recorded in 2002-03 when they tied Cleveland for a league worst 17-65 mark and it was Denver’s first Playoff appearance since 1995. CAREER STATS:20.9 ppg5.9 rpg.428 fg%.298 3pt %2.7 apgNotable Awards-Won all six Rookie of the Month awards for the Western Conference in his rookie season-NBA All-Rookie First Team honors-2005 got milk? Rookie Challenge MVP -2004 Olympic Team FACTS-Appeared in singer Ciaras video "And I"-Was apart of MTV's hit show Punked-Carmelo's favorite football team is the Baltimore Ravens. - Anthony has a scar above his left eyebrow, which he picked up when he was four years old. He fell off a speaker he had climbed on to, in order to look through a window to watch his older brother play basketball. -Recently released a children’s book entitled “It’s Just the Beginning.” -Carmelo became engaged to MTV host and VJ. Alani Vasquez (La La Vasquez) on Christmas 2004--------------------------------------------------------------I posted this on the old site figured I would post it here also.
I knew all those facts except this one<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>- Anthony has a scar above his left eyebrow, which he picked up when he was four years old. He fell off a speaker he had climbed on to, in order to look through a window to watch his older brother play basketball.</div>
Nice job ballaholic, I didn't realize he was just only 23, I don't know why but I thought he was a little older. Imagine if he stayed at Syracuse?? Him and G-Mac would have had 4 titles in a row.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Many People including myself felt that he could jump right into the NBA from college.</div>Just a quick typo there, nice job though.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC @ Mar 13 2006, 08:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I dont see it </div><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JustBlaze)</div><div class='quotemain'>Many People<u>,</u> including myself felt that he could jump right into the NBA from college.</div>Think that is it.
No I meant jump into the NBA from college? Don't you mean high school? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Many People including myself felt that he could jump right into the NBA from college. He would have liked to but Anthony's mom insisted he go to college, where he would become a star for the Syracuse Orangemen.</div>There's the whole paragraph.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Longhorns10 @ Mar 16 2006, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>amazing bio man did you rite that all your self?</div>Yes.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Melo, clutchish player in the league.</div>whoaaaaa hey thereAlthough Melo is clutch, Paul Pierce is clearly more clutch than Melo, he's also been more clutch for about 5 years longer too.
