Position:	Forward
Height:	6’8” / 203 cms
Weight:	230 lbs. / 104 kgs
Born:	May 29, 1984
College:	Syracuse University
NBA Team:	Denver Nuggets

(As of 6/12/08)

USA BASKETBALL NOTES
• Member of the 2007 USA FIBA Americas Championship Team that finished 10-0, won gold and qualified the United States men for the 2008 Olympics. The USA Team was a team comprised of members of USA Basketball Senior National Team program.
• Started and played in nine of the USA’s 10 FIBA Americas Championship games. Averaged a team best 21.2 ppg., added a team second best 5.2 rpg., 1.4 apg., a team fourth most 19.4 mpg., while shooting 61.3 percent (65-106 FGs) from the field overall, 57.8 percent (26-45 3pt FGs) from 3-point, and 71.4 percent (35-49 FTs) from the foul line. Tied for team lead in made and attempted free throws, ranked second on team for made field goals, made 3-pointers.
• Among all FIBA Americas Championship competitors he ranked second in scoring, fourth in made 3-point field goals per game (2.89), fifth in 3-point percentage, seventh in field goal percentage, and 17th in rebounding.
• Set USA records for an Olympic qualifying tournament for points averaged, total points scored, most made and attempted free throws, ranks second for made and attempted FGs, second for 3-point percentage, tied for second for most made 3-point FGs, fourth for most attempted 3-point FGs.
• Led or tied for the USA’s top scoring honors in six games, scored 16 or more points in all nine games he played in.
• For USA Olympic qualifying game records his 28 points versus Mexico ranks tied for the second most; his 27 points versus Puerto Rico ranks tied for fourth highest; Set a USA single game record for field goals attempted with 17 versus Mexico.
• In the 2007 State Farm USA Basketball Challenge he helped lead the Blue to a come-from-behind 105-104 victory and recorded a game high 28 points, and added six rebounds, four assists, three steals in 34 minutes.
• Named the 2006 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year.
• Helped lead USA to an 8-1 record and bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.
• Named to the five-man 2006 FIBA World Championship All-Tournament Team.
• Named a tri-captain of the 2006 USA World Championship Team.
• Finished as the USA's leading scorer at the Worlds, averaged 19.9 ppg. while playing 23.9 mpg. Shot 50.4 percent from the field, 44.0 percent from 3-point, while adding 3.7 rpg., 1.9 spg. and 1.4 apg.
• His 179 points scored and 19.9 scoring average rank as the second most by a USA player in a World Championship,
trailing only Luther Burden's 182 points and 20.2 ppg. average in 1974.
• Also set a U.S. single-game scoring mark with 35 points versus Italy. His 13 made field goals in that contest also tied a U.S. team record for most made field goals in a game.
• Shot 22-for-50 from behind the 3-point arc and now ranks fourth on the USA all-time World Championship list for 3-pointers made in the championship and his 50 attempts ranks fourth all-time. His 17 steals ranks him tied for sixth for steals in a World Championship.
• Finished the 2006 FIBA World Championship ranked sixth in scoring, ninth for made 3-pointers per game, and ranked tied for ninth in steals.
• Named on August 17, 2006, a member of the 2006 USA World Championship Team. Named on March 5, 2006, to the 2006-2008 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team.
• Member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team that finished 5-3 and won the bronze medal, played in seven of the USA's eight Olympic games, averaged 2.4 ppg. and 1.6 rpg.
• Member of the 2004 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team that compiled a 5-1 record in its pre-Olympic training, averaged a team third best 10.1 ppg., 2.8 rpg. and 2.0 apg.
• Member of the 2002 USA Junior World Championship Qualifying Team that traveled to Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, and finished 4-1 and won the bronze medal. Started all five games and averaged a team leading 15.6 ppg., while adding 6.2 rpg. (second on team), 1.8 apg., and shot 54.1 percent from the field.
• Participated in the 2001 USA Basketball Men’s Youth Development Festival for the silver medalist East Team,
averaged a team high and tied with LeBron James for a Festival best 24.0 ppg, while adding 4.3 rpg. and shooting a Festival high 66.1 percent (39-59 FGs) from the floor and 76.5 percent (13-17 FTs) from the foul line.

NBA HONORS
• All-NBA third team in 2006 and 2007.
• An unanimous selection for 2003-04 NBA All-Rookie first team and finished a close second in Rookie of the Year voting (James had 508 points, Anthony had 430 points).
• Voted a starter for the first time for the 2008 NBA Western Conference All-Star Team, recorded 18 points, seven rebounds in 21:38 of action.
• Selected a reserve member of the 2007 NBA Western Conference All-Star Team. Accounted for 20 points (10-15 FGs), nine rebounds, one assist and one steal in 25 minutes of action to help lead the West to a 153-132 win over the East.
• Finished ninth in the voting for 2005-06 NBA’s Most Improved Player Award.
• Scored a game-high 31 points and earned MVP honors in leading the Sophomores to a 133-106 win over the Rookies in the 2005 Rookie Challenge.
• Competed in the 2004 Rookie Challenge and recorded 17 points, five assists and three rebounds in 30 minutes.
• Named Western Conference Player of the Month for April 2007 and March 2006.
• Named the Western Conference Player of the Week eight times, twice in 2007-08 - Mar. 24-Feb. 30, 2008, and Dec. 18-23, 2007.

• Won all six Rookie of the Month awards for the Western Conference to join LeBron James, San Antonio greats David Robinson (1989-90) and Tim Duncan (1997-98) as the only rookies in NBA history to earn Rookie of the Month honors every month of their

inaugural season.

NBA MILESTONES
• Entering the 2007-08 season ranked seventh on Nuggets all-time scoring list (7,286).

• Tied Alex English’s Nuggets NBA team record of six consecutive 30+ games twice in 2006-07.
• Scored his 2000th career point on Dec. 4, 2004, to become the third fastest player to reach the milestone (LeBron James and Kobe Bryant).
• Became the second-youngest player in NBA history (19 years, 305 days) to score 40 points in a game when he recorded a Nuggets rookie record with 41 points at home against Seattle on March 30, 2004. Shot 19-29 from the field, both career-highs and his 19 made field goals set a Pepsi Center record.
• At 19 years and 151 days old, became the second-youngest player (Kobe Bryant) in NBA history to score 30 points after recording 30 points in his sixth career game - fewest games for a Nuggets rookie to reach 30 points.
• Became the third-youngest player in NBA history to reach the 1,000 point plateau.

NBA NOTES
• Completed in 2007-08 his fifth NBA season, all with Denver.
• Helped lead Denver in 2006-07 to a 50-32 regular season record and the 2007 NBA Playoffs.
• Played in and started 77 of Denver's 82 regular season games in 2007-08, averaged 25.7 ppg., 3.4 apg. and career highs of 1.3 spg. and 7.4 rpg., while shooting a career best 49.2 percent from the field, a career best 35.4 percent from 3-point and 78.6 percent from the foul line.
• Finished 2007-08 ranked fourth in the NBA in points per game (25.7) and fifth in points scored (1978); third in the made field goals (728) and sixth in attempted field goals (1481); eighth in free throws attempted (590); 11th in made free throws (464); 13th in efficiency ranking (23.55); 27th in steals per game (1.27); 33rd in rebounds per game (7.4); 34th in minutes per game (36.4) and 35th in field goal percentage(.492).
• Started as a rookie in all 82 regular season games in 2003-04, averaged 21.0 ppg., 6.1 rpg, 2.8 apg. and 1.2 spg. in 36.5 mpg. Ranked first among NBA rookies in scoring, second in efficiency rating (16.87), third in rebounding, third in steals (1.18 spg.), third in minutes played per game, tied for sixth in assists per game, seventh in free throw percentage (.777), eighth in 3-point percentage (.322), eighth in blocks per game (0.50 bpg.) and ninth in field goal percentage.
• Drafted in the first round, No. 3 overall, of the 2003 NBA Draft by Denver. Became an early entry candidate after one collegiate season at Syracuse University.

COLLEGIATE NOTES
• Led Syracuse in 2002-03 to a 30-5 record and the school's first NCAA championship.
• Named by Associated Press All-America second team as a freshman. Also named Most Outstanding Player of the 2003 Final Four and of the NCAA East Regional.
• In the NCAA national championship game victory over Kansas, recorded 20 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and in the Final Four win over Texas, exploded for a season-high 33 points and 14 rebounds.
• Averaged in SU’s six NCAA games 20.2 ppg. and 9.8 rpg.
• Consensus National Freshman of the Year, unanimous choice as 2003 Big East Conference Freshman of the Year and was an All-Big East first team selection.
• Named Big East Rookie of the Week a league-record 10 times.
• As a freshman in 2002-03, averaged 22.2 ppg. (16th in the NCAA) and 10.0 rpg. (19th in the NCAA).
• Led team in scoring, rebounding, minutes played (36.4 mpg.), field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted,was second in assists (2.2 apg.), steals (1.57 spg.) and in 3-pointers made and attempted.

 

PERSONAL NOTES
• Born May 29, 1984 in New York, New York.
• Full name is Carmelo Kyam Anthony, son of Mary Anthony.
• Has two brothers, Robert and Wilford, a sister, Michelle, and half sister Daphne.
• He and his fiancιe La La Vazquez have a son, Kiyan (pronounced kai-ann) Anthony.
• Led Oak Hill Academy to a 32-1 record and a No. 3 final ranking in USA Today in 2001-02.Named 2002 All-America First Team by USA Today and Parade Magazine and was named to the McDonald's All-American Team.
• Also attended Towson Catholic High School (Md.).
• Opened the Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center in East Baltimore in 2006.
• Made a major contribution to the construction of the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center at Syracuse University.

 

USA Basketball Statistics:

TEAM	G/S	FGM-FGA	PCT	3PM-3PA	PCT	FTM-FTA	PCT	REB/AVG	PTS/AVG	AST	BK	ST
2007 OLYQ	9/9	65-106	.613	26-45	.578	35-49	.714	47/ 5.2	191/ 21.2	13	3	6
2007 SNT	1/1	11-23	.478	2- 5	.400	4- 5	.800	6/ 6.0	28/ 28.0	4	0	3
2006 WC	9/8	64-127	.504	22-50	.440	29-46	.630	33/ 3.7	179/ 19.9	14	0	17
2006 SNT	5/3	31-55	.564	8-17	.471	14-19	.737	11/ 2.2	84/ 16.8	5	1	7
2004 OLY	7/0	7- 28	.250	2- 11	.182	1- 2	.500	11/ 1.6	17/ 2.4	0	0	2
2004 MSNT	6/0	20- 52	.385	5- 17	.294	17- 21	.810	17/ 2.8	62/ 10.3	12	2	5
2002 JWCQ	5/5	33- 61	.541	3- 9	.333	9- 15	.600	31/ 6.2	78/ 15.6	9	1	6
2001 YDFE	4/0	39- 59	.661	5- 13	.385	13- 17	.765	17/ 4.3	96/ 24.0	5	1	4
Totals	46/26	270-511	.528	73-167	.437	122-174	.701	173/ 3.8	735/16.0	62	8	50

2007 OLYQ -- 2007 USA Men's FIBA Americas Championship Team (the USA finished 10-0, won the gold medal and qualified the U.S. men for the 2008 Olympics).
2007 SNT- - 2007 State Farm USA Basketball Challenge USA Blue Team (the USA Blue Team defeated USA White Team 105-104).
2006 WC- - 2006 USA Men's World Championship Team (the USA finished 8-1 and won the bronze medal).
2006 SNT- - 2006 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team (the USA compiled a 5-0 record).
2004 OLY -- 2004 U.S. Olympic Games Team, Athens, Greece (the USA finished 5-3 and won the bronze medal).
2004 MSNT -- 2004 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team (the USA compiled a 5-1 record).
2002 JWCQ -- 2002 USA Junior World Championship Qualifying Team, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela (the USA finished 4-1 and won the bronze medal).
2001 YDFE -- 2001 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival North Team, Colorado Springs, Colorado (the USA East finished 3-2 and won the silver medal).

NBA Regular Season Statistics:

YEAR	G/S	FGM-FGA	PCT	3PM-3PA	PCT	FTM-FTA	PCT	REB/AVG	PTS/AVG	AST	BLK	STL
2007-08	77/77	728-1481	.492	58-164	.354	464-590	.786	571/7.4	1978/ 25.7	259	39	98
2006-07	65/65	691-1453	.476	40-149	.268	459-568	.808	391/ 6.0	1881/ 28.9	249	23	77
2005-06	80/80	756-1572	.481	37-152	.243	573- 709	.808	394/ 4.9	2122/26.5	216	42	88
2004-05	75/75	530-1230	.431	37-152	.266	456-573	.796	426/ 5.7	1558/20.8	194	30	68
2003-04	82/82	624-1465	.426	69-214	.322	408-525	.777	498/ 6.1	1725/21.0	227	41	97
Totals	379/379	3329- 7201	.462	246-837	.294	2360-2965	.796	2280/6.0	9264/24.4	1145	175	428

College Statistics (Syracuse University):

YEAR	G/S	FGM-FGA	PCT	3PM-3PA	PCT	FTM-FTA	PCT	REB/AVG	PTS/AVG	AST	STL
2002-03	35/35	277-612	.453	56-166	.337	168-238	.706	349/10.0	782/22.2	2.2	1.6