Profession: Professional Basketball Player
Claim to Fame: Five-time NBA All-Star and Olympic gold medalist
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Birthday: May 29, 1984
Height: 6 ft. 8 in.
my After is: Relaxing after a workout, listening to music, and refueling with chocolate milk
Fun Facts:
Short Bio:
Carmelo Kiyan Anthony, nicknamed "Melo", is a professional basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks. Anthony attended Syracuse University for college where he led the Orangemen to their first National Championship in 2003. After one season at Syracuse University, Anthony left college to enter the 2003 NBA Draft, where he was selected as the third pick by the Nuggets. He was traded to the Knicks several days prior to the 2011 trade deadline.
Since entering the NBA, Anthony has emerged as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league. He was named to the All-Rookie team, to the All-Star team four times and to the All-NBA team four times. Anthony led the Nuggets to two division titles and to the playoffs every year from 2004 to 2010. In 2009, he helped the Nuggets advance to the Conference Finals for the first time since 1985. As a member of the USA National Team, Anthony won a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics and a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics.
Doing Good:
In Denver, Anthony was a spokesman for the Family Resource Center and helped organize a Christmas party, entitled "A Very Melo Christmas," for less fortunate children. In Baltimore, Anthony hosts an annual 3-on-3 tournament, known as "Melo's H.O.O.D. Movement 3-on-3 Challenge (Holding Our Own Destiny)" and is helping fund the revitalization of a local community center for local youth.
Anthony opened "The Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center" in Baltimore in December 2006. He contributed $1.5 million to the Living Classrooms Foundation, a non-profit organization that "provides innovative hands-on-education, job-training and community service programs for over 35,000 children, youth and young adults in the east Baltimore community."
In addition, Anthony has made numerous donations to his alma mater Syracuse University. For charitable contributions totaling $4,282,000, Anthony was listed as number eight in "The Giving Back 30 List of Largest Charitable Donations by Celebrities in 2006."