Carmelo Anthony (born May 29, 1984 in New York City, New York) currently plays agency basketball as a small forward for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA.

Anthony's father is Puerto Rican and his mother African-American. His personal moved to Baltimore in 1992 where he began winning local basketball awards. Anthony transferred to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, and became the high school 100%-Western. He so played for 1 year at Syracuse University, playing alongside star guard Gerry McNamara. He averaged astir Twenty points & X rebounds by a game within leading the Orangemen to their number 1 ever NCAA tournament title in 2003. Carmelo too earned a tournament's Final 4 MVP honors--his efforts involved the 33 point explosion against Texas in the semi-final, & the firm Xx points & Tenner rebounds in the final triumph all over Kansas, spoiling head coach Roy Williams' final season using a Jayhawks. Afterwards, a overjoyed 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." Anthony chose to abandon his collegial career & declare himself eligible for the 2003 NBA Draft, where he was chosen Third overall per Nuggets.

Inside his number one season, he averaged Xxi points by the game & lead the Nuggets to one of the large turnarounds inside NBA history, transforming a antecedently uncompetitive team into a playoff contender. Anthony narrowly misused Rookie of the Year honors to the Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (Even Though Anthony's Nuggets made the Playoffs & experienced the Winning Record & James' Cavaliers did neither). He was chosen as a member of the 2004 USA Olympic basketball team.

Prior to Carmelo joined a 2004 USA Olympic basketball team, he was ''Punk'd'' by Ashton Kutcher's crew members for falsely believing that Carmelo's friends trashed the hotel room that was worth $10,000 in damages. Fallowing this prank, Carmelo said, "You'll pay for this, Ashton!"

Carmelo's swimming style is non considered to exist when when flashy as that of fellow 2003 draft picks Dwyane Wade and James, but he is usually recognized as a prolific scorer. Anthony has the kind of subtle offensive moves, the uniform go for it shot, & an uncanny ability to cause to the basket & earn trips to the yours free! throw line.

Notwithstanding, his in-court deed keep close at hand been somewhat all over-shadowed by off-court troubles. He was charged using infraction drug possession within October 2004, after drome inspectors detected marijuana in his backpack. a charge was dropped fallowing a friend said the marijuana was his. Within November, leash men were arrested in suspiciin of trying to extort $3 million from either Anthony using the videotape of the bar fight that broke out when soul spit the ingest on Anthony's at present-fiancée, MTV personality La La Vasquez, within Up to date York City in September. Late that month, videotape of Anthony hanging by having an cortege appeared within a VHS distributed in urban Baltimore, casting the streaming video player when existence in favour dying or even violence against people world health organization "snitch" in pusher to local law enforcement. Anthony claimed he was install & he did non condone violence against constabulary informants.

Carmelo's penthouse condominium inside Denver's Golden Triangle neighborhood was featured on the MTV show Cribs.

Carmelo became engaged to Alani Vasquez (La La Vasquez) on Christmas Day December 25, 2004.