Biography
Carmelo Anthony is an American basketball player playing in the position of light forward. Do not go through the bad path of the guy, since childhood a former witness to the fight, murders and purchase and sale of drugs, helped the prayers of mother cleaners and sports.Childhood and youth
A fourfold participant in the Olympic Games was born late in the spring of 1984 in the international Brooklyn family. Carmelo - the younger son of Mary and Iriarte. Two brothers were older than the future basketball player for more than 10 years and called the baby caramel.
Mother's ancestors are Africans, and Father - Puertorikans, Spaniards, Indians and Dark-skinned inhabitants of Africa. Iriarte died from cancer when Carmelo turned 2 years old. At 8 years old, a boy with his family moved to West Baltimore.
Embed from getty imagesAnthony, grew up on the street, pinned a basket with buddies from the boards, nailed her to a street pillar and trained. Besides basketball, friends played baseball and American football. Carmelo from the young age earned on pocket expenses: soap the scrapers of the car at the crossroads, bought in bulk the gas meter and resell it before sporting contests.
The mother gave the youngest son to the Catholic School of Tuuses. A woman who came to the annual expenses of $ 5.8 thousand, in the educational institution was captured by the training program and discipline, and Carmelo - the ability to improve in basketball. For 3 years of study at school, the guy received a lot of recovery for being late and disruption of the dress code.
Personal life
The athlete is married to the actress and screenwriter Elany Nicole La La Vasquez. The wedding of celebrities took place in July 2010, when their joint son Kiyan was already 2 years and 4 months.In 2017, the basketball player quarreled with his wife and moved from a family apartment, but at the end of 2018, the spouses were recalled. In mid-2019, Anthony posted a photo of his wife in "Instagram" and explained to Elany in love.
Personal life Carmell has repeatedly overshadowed charges of storing marijuana and violation of road rules, including drunk driving. The greatest punishment of Anthony suffered in the summer of 2008 - 24 hours of public works, a year of the conditional period and $ 1 thousand fine.
Basketball player - prominent benefactor. In 2004, Carmelo sacrificed $ 35 thousand to help the tsunami victims in the Indian Ocean. In December 2006, the athlete opened the Center for the Development of Youth Development in Baltimore.
Several times Anthony starred in films and TV shows. So, in 2014, the Olympic champion performed an episodic role in the criminal drama "Children of Anarchy".
From 17 years old Carmelo is friendly with another outstanding basketball player James. The torso and the hands of Anthony are degraded with tattoos, among the inscriptions on the body there are "loyalty", "honesty", "blessing" and "deliverance".
Basketball
College of the Syracuse University dreamed of getting a promising athlete. To receive an applicant, it was necessary to gain ACT (passing score) at least 18, in 2002, Carmelo received 19 and was enrolled in an educational institution. The head coach Jim Boheheim called Anthony the best basketball player of the college.
Career Carmelo in the NBA began in June 2003. The first professional team in the biography of the young native Bronx was "Denver Nuggets".
Since 2004, Anthony - a member of the national team of the United States, in which, according to statistics, played more matches and scored more points than any other basketball player. Carmelo - record holder and by the number of Olympiads in which participated. In January 2014, the game for the team "New York Nix" against Charlotte Hornets from North Carolina Anthony scored the maximum number of points for his career - 62.
Embed from getty imagesThe best programs of Carmel entered the annals of basketball. In 2016, Anthony became an Olympic champion for the third time and received the title of the US Basketball Player for the third time. However, in 2017 and 2018, the career of a basketball player whose growth is 203 cm, and the weight is 109 kg, it seemed to decline.
In August 2018, Anthony concluded a one-year contract with Houston Rockets, but in January 2019, as a result of the exchange between clubs, Carmelo enrolled in Chicago Bulls. However, in early February 2019, Chicago Bulls abandoned Anthony services.
Carmelo Anthony now
In November 2019, Anthony signed a contract with Portland Trail Blakesers. In an interview with CLUTCH POINTS, the athlete admitted that it was already going to leave basketball when he received an invitation to the Oregon team. In the debut match for "Portland" with Pelicans from New Orleans, Carmelo scored 10 points.In the last week of November 2019, the New Anthony team held three games and won in each of them, and Caramel, whom Melo's dad greeting now became the best player of the week in the Western NBA conference. In American social networks, a form for apologies before a basketball player has now appeared.
Achievements
- 2001 - Best District Player Baltimore
- 2004 - Bronze medalist of the Olympic Games
- 2006 - Bronze medalist of the World Basketball Championship
- 2007 - Basketball Champion of America
- 2006 - "Basketball Player of the Year in the USA"
- 2008 - Champion of the Olympic Games
- 2012 - Champion of the Olympic Games
- 2013 - the most efficient player of the NBA regular championship
- 2016 - Olympic Champion