Carmelo Anthony is an American professional basketball player who has played for the Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, and Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has a net worth of $120 million.
Anthony was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 29, 1984. He began playing organized basketball at age eight with the help of his father, who was also his coach. Carmelo attended Towson Catholic High School and Oak Hill Academy before enrolling at Syracuse University. As a freshman at Syracuse, he helped lead the team to their first-ever NCAA national championship. After one season at Syracuse, Anthony declared himself eligible for the 2003 NBA draft where he was selected third overall by the Denver Nuggets.
During his time with the Nuggets, Anthony established himself as one of the best scorers in the NBA. In 2006-2007 he averaged 28 points per game which led the league and earned him his first All-Star selection. That same year he helped lead Team USA to a gold medal at the FIBA World Championships in Japan. In 2009 Carmelo was traded to the New York Knicks where he spent six and a half seasons before being traded again in 2017; this time to Chicago Bulls (who then waived him). Most recently he signed with Houston Rockets but after just 10 games they too decided to part ways with Anthony via trade sending him back close to home -to Atlanta Hawks.
Throughout his 16 seasons in NBA Carmelo has averaged 24 points per game while shooting 45 percent from field and 35 percent from three-point range; making him one of only seven players ever averaging those numbers over their career while also playing more than 15 seasons (others being Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, LeBron James, Michael Jordan , Dirk Nowitzki and Wilt Chamberlain).