height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team image_size draft_pick number image college caption high_school weight_lb birth_place medaltemplates draft_team position draft_round letter league height_in bbr article_title
6 american 29 may 1984 2003 2003 start -- 2010 end 2010 end -- present 2003 new york knicks denver nuggets new york knicks 250px 3 7 carmelo anthony nov 2013.jpg syracuse -lrb- 2002 -- 2003 -rrb- anthony with the knicks in november 2013 towson academy -lrb- mouth of wilson , virginia -rrb- catholic -lrb- towson , maryland -rrb- oak hill 240 brooklyn , new york men 's basketball denver nuggets small forward / power forward 1 a nba 8 anthoca01 carmelo anthony

carmelo anthony

carmelo kyam anthony -lrb- born may 29 , 1984 -rrb- is an american professional basketball player who currently plays for the new york knicks of the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- .
anthony attended towson catholic high school and oak hill academy before playing college basketball at syracuse .
in anthony 's freshman season , he led the orangemen to their first ever national championship and was named the ncaa tournament 's most outstanding player .
anthony then entered the 2003 nba draft where he was selected with the third overall pick by the denver nuggets .
since entering the nba , anthony has been named an all-star eight times and an all-nba team member six times .
while playing for denver , he led the nuggets to the playoffs every year from 2004 to 2010 , winning two division titles in that span .
in 2009 , anthony led the nuggets to their first conference finals appearance since 1985 .
in 2011 , he was traded from denver to the new york knicks just days prior to the nba trade deadline .
on january 24 , 2014 , against the charlotte bobcats , anthony set the madison square garden and knicks ' single-game scoring record after he scored a career-high 62 points .
anthony has been a member of the united states olympic men 's national team three times , winning a bronze medal at the 2004 olympics and gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 olympics .
in 2012 , anthony set the usa men 's olympic team record for most points in a single game when he scored 37 points against nigeria .
