Ten Things You might not know about Carmelo Anthony

As one of the representatives of the 2003 Platinum generation, Carmelo Anthony is still active in the NBA at the age of 37. It can be said that this one in the attack of 18 martial arts master of all points, it is accompanied by countless fans through a long time. So far, Anthony has maintained his form reasonably well, averaging double points per game and using the three-threat probing step technique, which has long been regarded by many fans as a textbook demonstration move.

Every NBA star has a little anecdote or anecdote, and Anthony is no exception. In this article, I've selected 10 unlikely anecdotes about Carmelo Anthony to give you a more complete picture of the NBA star. Of course, due to the limited space, if there is any discussion or supplement, you are welcome to share in the comment section.

1. Anthony's first basketball idol was Bernard King

Every NBA player has his own basketball inspiration, Anthony is no exception, and his first basketball idol in his life is actually a rather obscure ancient star, the "King of New York" Bernard King.

The best point scorer at small forward Bernard King's NBA career spanned 1977-93, with the Knicks' 1982-87 heyday. In fact, Anthony was born in 1984, and the Bernard King he came to basketball with was the late-career Bernard King, not the Knicks' version of the King of New York.

However, Bernard King, Anthony's hometown and a basketball legend from Brooklyn, continued his influence in Anthony's hometown at least into the new century, with his posters and stories plastered all over the neighborhood and many people telling them about him, indeed encouraging young basketball players, including Anthony, to strive to become the new legend of New York. Anthony was indeed eager to return home to play for the Knicks, and expressed gratitude and admiration for Bernard King when he first donned his uniform.

2. Anthony likes to wear aphorisms

Tattoos are common among black NBA players, including Anthony, as a way of expressing themselves. There were tattoos on Anthony's body, and many of them were sayings, idioms, mottos like "When the GrassIs Cut the Snakes Will Show" and "Me Against The World."

Three, about Anthony's nickname

Since Carmelo is spelled and pronounced similar to the word melon, and Anthony has an honest and sweet smile, fans began to call him "Melo" and "Guagua".

Another popular nickname among NBA fans comes from Anthony's appearance on the Baltimore-area Mafia's "Stop Snitching" DVD. Although Anthony disowned the relationship after the incident, after netizens spread and even bragged about it, "Social Melon" became Anthony's hashtag, which later spawned an Internet meme similar to "if there is chaos in New York, Melon decides".

4. Anthony narrowly avoided becoming an NCAA legend

Anthony's participation in the NBA draft coincided with the most popular high school draft trend in basketball. Although he was born the same year as James, Anthony is about half a year older than James, effectively a grade above him in school age.

In 2002, Anthony also thought about entering the NBA as a high school student, because he could bring his talent to the highest stage as early as possible, and because he might not be able to get into his favorite colleges. After thinking about it, Anthony decided to try to catch up, take the American College Testing, and go to college if he passed it.

As a result, Anthony, who had dropped out of college because he was so focused on basketball, finished with a 19 out of 36 on the ACT, even though the lowest admission score at Syracuse that year was 18. In his freshman season, Anthony led the team to the NCAA championship,

As an aside, for reference, the last ACT score in the United States last year was 16.7 for black test takers, 22.0 for white test takers, 18.5 for Latino test takers and 24.9 for Asian test takers. By the way, perhaps because of the pandemic, 2020 was the lowest average ACT score in a long cycle, with whites, blacks and Latinos all having significantly lower averages, except for Asians, who saw their scores rise from 24.6 last year to 24.9.

Back to Guagua, Melo isn't exactly an overachiever, but he's not an outrageous underachiever either. I managed to get into my favorite university after all my hard work. Had he played less that year, Anthony would have been in the same draft class as Yao.

5. Anthony donated more than a year of his salary to his Alma mater after entering the NBA

Drinking water, Anthony never forget his roots, has always been very generous. After entering the NBA, Anthony returned the favor to his Alma mater by donating $3 million to build buildings and a basketball training center.

For Anthony, a rookie at the time, $3 million was a lot of money. Because he made about $3.25 million each year of his rookie contract, after deducting taxes, Anthony donated more than a year's salary to his Alma mater shortly after entering the league.

6. Anthony has the most postseason games of any NBA star

Since entering the NBA in 2003, Anthony has played 20 NBA seasons and made 13 playoff appearances, 11 of them one-round trips. Only in the 08/09 season with Chauncey Billups in Denver and the 12/13 season with the Knicks did Anthony not fall in the first round. Carmelo Anthony has the most first-round games of any active player. He is also one of the most popular first-round regulars in NBA history.

7. Carmelo Anthony was the first NBA player to score 50 points on jump shots alone.

Back in April 2013, during the Knicks' home game against the Miami Heat, Anthony put on his own New York version of Melo's scoring show.

Anthony shot 18 of 26 from the field, including 7 of 10 3-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws. He never entered the color zone on offense and scored all of his points on jumpers, setting up an unprecedented 50-point game.

Eight, the hero to save the beauty of the wife

In the area of love, Anthony in the famous NBA stars can be absolutely single-minded, only one marriage, off-court gossip is not much. Back in 2002, when Anthony was a student at Syracuse University, he was drinking at a bar when he came across a couple arguing and punched her.

Road to see uneven Guagua decided hero to save the United States, drove away the beating man, himself also hang, and then the girl Lala Vasquez knot. At the time, Lala, who was four years Anthony's senior, was already a celebrity TV host and the couple, who helped out Guagua, fell in love with each other and married in 2010.

It's worth noting that both are of Puerto Rican descent. They have a son, Kiyan Anthony, who is currently a high school senior and ranked No. 80 nationally in the Class of 2025.

9. Anthony has invested in Chinese films

While playing in New York, Anthony built his own business world off the court, with a wide range of personal business ventures, including technology, fashion, film and television, and food.

It is worth mentioning that Anthony was an investor in Black Coal, Thin Ice, starring Liao Fan, which won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2014, and Liao Fan was also awarded Best Actor at the prestigious film festival. A year earlier, Anthony also guest-starred in the terrible movie Magic, starring Huang Xiaoming and Fung Delun.

In addition, Anthony has worked on a number of athlete documentaries as lead producer, the most successful being Tyson (2008), an 8.2 minute documentary. For this reason, Anthony and boxer Mike Tyson personal friendship is also good.

Carmelo Anthony is the only player in the NBA's all-time top 10 not to enter the first half

So far, the NBA's top 10 all-time scoring lists are: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, James, Bryant, Jordan, Nowitzki, Chamberlain, Shaquille O 'Neal, Moses Malone, Anthony.

Anthony is an active player and, barring any accidents, will be employed in the NBA next season, with two more years on his current form. Before retiring, Anthony, who currently has 27,370 points, would have had little trouble passing Moses Malone, who has 27,409 points, and O 'Neal, who has 28,596 points, would have been just fine.

If you look back at the NBA's top 10 all-time scorers, Anthony is the only player not to have an MVP and not to have made the first team. In terms of highlights, Anthony is not close to these stars. He is only about the entry level of a super scorer, but he is certainly one of the top players in NBA history in terms of endurance and scoring consistency.