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2013 Playoffs Statistics

PPG
28.8
RPG
6.60
APG
1.6
EFF
+ 19.50
Born: May 29, 1984
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight: 230 lbs. / 104.3 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
Syracuse / USA
Years Pro: 10

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Background

As A Professional:
One of the game's signature performers brought his talents to the world's greatest basketball city in blockbuster, three-team megatrade on Feb. 22, 2011...Currently in 10th NBA season, second full campaign in New York following 7 and a half standout years in Denver...Five-time NBA All-Star (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012) and four-time starter...Five-time All-NBA selection (Second Team in 2010, Third Team in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2012)...All-Rookie First Team in 2004...Western Conference Player of the Month three times (March 2006, April 2007; October/November 2009 with Denver); Eastern Conference Player of the Month once (April 2012 with NYK)...Western Conference Player of the Week 10 times, Eastern Conference Player of the Week twice...MVP of got milk? Rookie Challenge (2005)...Has ranked among NBA Top 20 in scoring in each of his nine pro seasons, finishing in the Top 10 in each of the last seven campaigns...Owns 21 career 40-plus scoring games (19 with Nuggets, two with Knicks) and two 50-plus games (50 vs. Knicks on Nov. 27, 2009; 50 vs. Rockets on Feb. 7, 2011)...Career scoring average of 24.7 over 646 games (all starts), and has averaged 20-plus points in each of his nine NBA seasons...Career .805 free throw shooter, has shot .800-plus from the line in five of the last seven seasons...Is 531-1,648 (.322) career from Downtown and owns one career four-point play (for Denver at LA Clippers, Nov. 21, 2007)...Owns two career triple-doubles (for Denver on Feb. 5, 2007 vs. Suns; 31 pts, 10 reb, 10 ast; for Knicks on Apr. 17, 2012 vs. Boston, 35 pts, 12 reb, 10 ast)...Shares NBA record for most points scored in a quarter (33 on Dec. 10, 2008 vs. Wolves) with Spurs' George Gervin (Apr. 9, 1978 vs. Jazz)...Has started every NBA game in which he's played (646 regular season, 54 Playoffs)...Has led his team to the NBA Playoffs in each of his nine pro seasons, with 24.9 ppg in 54 career games (all starts)...Owns four career 40-plus post-season games (two with Knicks), joining Bernard King (7) and Patrick Ewing (2) as only Knicks ever to record multiple 40-plus Playoff games...Three-time U.S. Olympian and two-time Olympic gold medalist (at Beijing in 2008, London in 2012)...Drafted by Denver in first round (third overall) of 2003 NBA Draft, following freshman season at Syracuse; joined Knicks in Feb. 22, 2011 three-way megatrade with Denver and Minnesota...Quoting Head Coach Mike Woodson: Melo I think now is settling in. He's playing like we all thought he could play. It's beautiful to watch him play because he's doing a lot of things on both sides of the floor. He's making players around him better and it's helping us win and that's what the good players do."

Among The All Timers:
Carmelo comes into the 2012-13 season as the 95th leading scorer in NBA history with 15,926 career points...Just ahead of him on the all-time list are Hall of Famer Pete Maravich (94th with 15,948) and former Knicks Kiki Vandeweghe (93rd with 15,980) and Derek Harper (92nd with 16,006)...Career scoring average (24.7) ranks 14th on the all-time NBA list coming into 2012-13 and fourth among active players (behind LeBron James' 27.7, Kobe Bryant's 25.4 and Dwyane Wade's 25.2)...Ranks 17th among active players in total points (15,926)...On Nuggets' all-time franchise lists, Melo is third all-time in points (13,970, trailing only Alex English's 21,645 and Dan Issel’s 16,589), third in minutes (20,521), sixth in games played (564), seventh in steals (634), sixth in 3PT FG (410), ninth in rebounds (3,566) and 10th in assists (1,729).

Captain Clutch:
One of the game's top clutch performers; has made 17 game-winning shots in the final 10 seconds (16 regular season, one Playoffs)...Has recorded three such shots for Knicks, two in 2010-11 (Mar. 9, 2011 at Memphis; 19-foot jumper with :00.5 left, 110-108; Apr. 10, 2011 at Indiana; 19-foot jumper with :04.9 left, 110-109) and one in 2011-12 (Apr. 8, 2012 vs. Chicago; three-pointer with :08.2 left in OT, 100-99, capping 43-point game)...In the Playoffs, nailed game-winning three-pointer with :01.0 left to give Nuggets 106-105 win in Game Three of West Semis vs. Dallas, May 9, 2009.

2011-12 (Knicks): NBA All-Star...All-NBA Third Team...In first full Knicks season, earned fifth career All-NBA selection (Third Team) and fifth career NBA All-Star honor, solidifying his status as one of the game’s elite performers...Co-captain averaged 22.6 ppg (sixth in NBA), 6.3 rpg and shot .430 (441-1,025 FGA) over 34.1 mpg (32nd in NBA) over 55 games (all starts)...Went 68-203 (.335) from Downtown...Shot .804 from the line (295-367 FTA)...Season Highs: Points: 43 (Apr. 8 vs. Chicago): Assists: 10 (Apr. 17 vs. Boston); Rebounds: 12, twice...Led Knicks in scoring 31 times, rebounds eight times, assists 13 times...Had team-high 14 30-plus scoring games, two 40-plus efforts and eight double-doubles...Recorded his second career triple-double (first with NYK) on Apr. 17 vs. Celtics (35 pts, 12 rebs, 10 ast)...Double-figure scoring in 52 of his 55 games...Assist figure (3.6) was second-highest of career (3.8 with Denver in 2006-07)...Scored 15,000th career point on Jan. 18 vs. Suns, played in 600th career game on Jan. 9 vs. Bobcats, notched 2,000th career assist on Apr. 18 at New Jersey...Scored 20-plus points in a quarter twice (22 in fourth qtr vs. Bobcats, Jan. 4; 21 in first qtr at New Jersey, Apr. 18) and 20-plus points in a half 13 times...Finished sixth in NBA with 22.6 ppg (seventh straight ranking among League’s Top 10) and 32nd in minutes (34.1 mpg)...All-Star: Scored 19 points with nine rebounds in 30 minutes as starter for East at NBA All-Star 2012 at Orlando...Voted onto East squad with 1,041,290 votes in All-Star balloting presented by Sprint, second among East forwards only to Miami’s LeBron James (1,360,680)...Player Of The Month: Named KIA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for Apr. (29.8 ppg with two 40-plus games; Knicks 9-4)...First Knick to be named POTM since Patrick Ewing (Jan. 1995)...Shared monthly KIA honors with Western Conference winner Chris Paul of Clippers...40-40 Vision: Recorded two 40-plus scoring games, his first as a Knick and the 20th and 21st of his career...On Apr. 8, poured in a season-high 43 points (16-31 FGA, 4-5 from Downtown) in ABC Easter Sunday OT win over Bulls. Forced OT with three-point bomb with 11.2 seconds left in fourth qtr (91-91), then capped memorable afternoon with game-winning three-ball with 8.2 seconds left in OT (100-99), his 17th career game-winning shot in the final 10 seconds. Logged Knicks season-high 47 minutes...On Apr. 15, scored game-high 42 points (14-27 FGA, 2-7 from Downtown, 12-15 FTA) in ABC loss to Heat (only Knick starter in double-figure pts)...Injuries: Missed a total of 10 games due to injury, all in season’s first half (Knicks 6-4)...Missed Jan. 14 game at Oklahoma City (sprained right ankle); missed two games (Jan. 27-28) due to sprained right ankle/sprained left wrist/sprained right thumb...Suffered strained right groin vs. Jazz, Feb. 6, and was sidelined for next seven games (Feb. 8-19)...Did not dress (CD) in season finale at Charlotte, Apr. 26...Key Games: Spearheaded season-opening Christmas Day win over Celtics with game-high 37 points. Scored 17 pts in fourth qtr, capped with two FTM with 16.3 seconds left to give NYK final 106-104 margin of victory...Buried a three-point bomb with 15.9 seconds left to cap 37-point (16-33 FGA) night and lift Knicks to win at Washington, Jan. 6; 33 FGA were an NBA season-high for a non-overtime game...Ejected (two techs) in loss to Bucks, Jan. 20 (35 pts)...Held to just one point (0-7 FGA, 1-1 FTA), but added 11 rebounds in 33-point rout of Bobcats, Jan. 24...Game-highs 28 points and season-high 12 rebounds in win over Bucks, Mar. 26...Game-high 36 points with career-high-tying five steals in loss at Atlanta, Mar. 30...Recorded second career triple-double (first as a Knick) with 35 points, season-high-tying 12 rebounds and season-high 10 assists in win over Celtics, Apr. 17, 2012...Spearheaded win at Atlanta, Apr. 22, with 39 points (14-32 FGA) and 10 rebounds. Gave NYK lead for good when his jumper with 1:40 left provided final 113-112 margin.

In The Playoffs:
Averaged team-high 27.8 ppg with 8.2 rpg in the five games (all starts) vs. Heat...Shot .419 (52-124 FGA)...Tied for series-high scoring honors with Heat's LeBron James (27.8)...Averaged 20-plus ppg for seventh straight post-season and recorded second-highest Playoff scoring average of career (30.7 for Denver in 2010)...Recorded Knicks' highest post-season scoring average (over a complete post-season) since Patrick Ewing averaged 29.4 ppg over 10 Playoff games in 1990...Fourth on NBA Playoff leader board in scoring (27.8), trailing only Miami’s LeBron James (30.3), Lakers’ Kobe Bryant (30.0) and OKC’s Kevin Durant (28.5). Fourth on Playoff leader board in minutes (40.8)...Led Knicks in scoring in four of the five games (Games Two thru Five), led in rebounds twice...In Game One, held to 11 points (3-15 FGA) with 10 rebounds (third-lowest Playoff scoring game of career), his 14th career Playoff double-double...Rebounded in Game Two for game-high 30 points (12-26 FGA) in series-high 45 minutes...Team-high 22 points (7-23 FGA) in Game Three loss...Spearheaded Game Four win with game-high 41 points (15-29 FGA, 1-4 from Downtown, 10-14 FTA). Fell one point shy of career Playoff high points (42) and recorded 14th 40-plus scoring game in Knicks Playoff history. Scored 23 points in second half, including 12 of Knicks’ last 16 points...Recorded third 30-plus game of series with game-high 35 points (15-31 FGA) in Game Five finale, incl. 20 points in fourth qtr.

U-S-A:
Three-time U.S. Olympian and two-time gold-medalist was key factor in gold-medal win at 2012 London Games...Member of gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic teams in 2008 and 2012; member of bronze medal-winning U.S. squad in 2004...Averaged 16.3 ppg (second on squad to Kevin Durant's 19.5), 4.8 rpg and .535 shooting (46-86 FGA) over 17.8 mpg in eight games (all off the bench) for gold medal-winning U.S. squad at 12 London Games...Ranked seventh on 2012 Olympic leader board in scoring (16.3), second in 3PT FGM (23-46, 500)...Scored 37 points (13-16 FGA) - a single-game U.S. Olympic record - in just 14 bench minutes in win over Nigeria, Aug. 2, 2012. Went 10-12 from Downtown and set another U.S. Olympic mark with 10 3PT FGM...Scored eight points (3-9 FGA) in 21 bench minutes in gold medal win over Spain, Aug. 12...Joined Knicks teammate Tyson Chandler as 2012 Olympic gold medalists...Averaged 11.5 points for gold medal U.S. squad at 2008 Beijing Olympics; team-high 21 points vs. Argentina in semifinal game...Averaged team-high 21.2 ppg as U.S. won gold medal at 2007 FIBA Americas tournament, with U.S. Olympic qualifying scoring records for scoring average and total points (191)...Team-high 19.9 ppg in 2006 FIBA World Championship of Basketball; named to All-Tournament Team...Named 2006 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year.

Year-By-Year:

2003-04 (Nuggets): All-Rookie First Team...Started in all 82 games with 21.0 ppg...Finished second in got milk? Rookie of the Year voting to Cavs' LeBron James...Unanimous NBA All-Rookie First Team selection...Became first NBA rookie to lead a playoff team in scoring since Spurs’ David Robinson in 1989-90...Led NBA rookies and was 12th overall in scoring (21.0)...Set Nuggets rookie records for points (1,725), scoring average (21.0), field goals made (624), field goals attempted (1,465), free-throws made (408), free-throws attempted (525) and minutes played (2,995)...Had 10 30-plus scoring games...Named got milk? Western Conference Rookie of the Month six consecutive months (November thru April), also earned two NBA Player of the Week honors...Competed in got milk? Rookie Challenge at All-Star Weekend...Scored Nuggets rookie record 41 points vs. Seattle, Mar. 30, becoming second-youngest player (19 years, 305 days) to score 40 points in a game in NBA history.

2004-05 (Nuggets): Notched 20.8 ppg in 75 games (all starts), 19th in NBA in scoring...MVP of got milk? Rookie Challenge at All-Star Weekend (31 pts)...Missed six early-season games due to sprained ankles.

2005-06 (Nuggets): All-NBA Third Team...Eighth in NBA with 26.5 ppg over 80 games, all starts...Finished ninth in voting for the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award...Western Conference Player of the Month for March...Had 28 30-plus scoring games and four 40-plus games...Made five game-winning shots in the last five seconds (Jan. 8 at Houston, Jan. 10 vs. Phoenix, Feb. 24 at Minnesota, Mar. 15 at Indiana, Apr. 6 vs. Lakers)...Inactive (left ankle sprain) vs. Hornets, Nov. 30; DNP in regular season finale.

2006-07 (Nuggets): NBA All-Star...All-NBA Third Team...Scored a career-high 28.9 ppg with career-high 3.8 apg over 38.2 mpg in 65 games (all starts)...Second in the NBA in scoring to Lakers’ Kobe Bryant (31.6)...Highest scoring season for a Nugget since Alex English (29.8) in 1985-86...Western Conference Player of the Month for Apr. (28.5 ppg)...Had 34 30-plus scoring games...Scored 20 points in first NBA All-Star Game appearance, Feb. 18 at Las Vegas...Western Conference Player of the Week twice...Tied Alex English’s team record of six-consecutive 30-plus games twice (Nov. 8-18 and Nov. 22-Dec. 2)...Recorded first career triple-double on Feb. 5, 2007 vs. Suns (31 pts, 10 reb, 10 ast)...Not with team Mar. 7 at Golden State due to birth of first child...Served 15-game NBA suspension (Dec. 18-Jan. 20) in wake of melee vs. Knicks at MSG, Dec. 16, 2006...Scored 26.8 ppg in five Playoff games vs. Spurs.

2007-08 (Nuggets): NBA All-Star. . Fourth in NBA in scoring (25.7), adding career-high 7.4 rpg in 77 games (all starts)...Career-high .492 FG percentage..Joined Alex English as only players in Nuggets NBA history to average at least 25.0 ppg for three-consecutive seasons...Western Conference Player of the Week twice...Started NBA All-Star Game at New Orleans (18 pts)...Missed five games in Jan. with left ankle sprain...Averaged 22.5 in four Playoff games vs. Lakers.

2008-09 (Nuggets): All-NBA Third Team...:Averaged 22.8 ppg (seventh in NBA) in 66 games (all starts) in injury-shortened season...Had 13 30-plus scoring games, two 40-plus games and 12 double-doubles...Dished off a career-high 11 assists at Oklahoma City, Feb. 4, 2009...Scored 10,000th career point at Oklahoma City, Feb. 4; third-youngest player in NBA history to reach mark (LeBron James, Kobe Bryant)...Scored season-high 45 points vs. Wolves, Dec. 10, 2008. Scored 33 points in the third quarter to tie NBA mark (Spurs’ George Gervin had 33 in second qtr at New Orleans, Apr. 9, 1978)...Missed two games in Oct and one in Mar. due to team suspension...Missed three games in Dec. due to right elbow contusion, missed 10 games in Jan. with non-displaced third metacarpal fracture, right hand...Scored 27.2 ppg in 16 post-season games as Nuggets drove to West Finals.
2009-10 (Nuggets): NBA All-Star...All-NBA Second Team...Third in NBA with 28.2 ppg, adding career-high 1.28 spg over 38.2 mpg (ninth in NBA) in 69 games (all starts)...Had 31 30-plus scoring games, seven 40-plus games and one 50-plus game...10 double-doubles...Made his third career NBA All-Star appearance (second start) on Feb. 14 in Dallas, scoring team-high 27 points for West...Western Conference Player of the Month for Oct-Nov; West Player of the Week twice...Scored 20-plus points in each of first 20 games, a club record...Scored a career-high 50 points (17-28 FGA, 1-4 from Downtown, 15-16 FTA) vs. Knicks, Nov. 27, 2009...Missed five straight games (Jan. 2-9) with right knee contusion; missed eight-straight games (Jan. 25-Feb. 6) with left ankle sprain...Had 30.7 ppg in six Playoff games.

2010-11 (Nuggets-Knicks): NBA All-Star...Led Knicks down the homestretch to NBA Playoff berth following acquisition from Denver in Feb. 22 megatrade...Combined with Nuggets and Knicks, averaged 25.6 ppg (third in NBA) and 7.3 rpg (35th in NBA) over 35.7 mpg (30th in NBA) over 77 games (all starts)...Appeared in 50 games for Nuggets, 27 for Knicks...Went 95-251 (.378) overall from Downtown (career-highs 95 home runs and .378 3PT shooting) and had career-high .838 FT percentage (39th in NBA)...Third in NBA in scoring (25.6), trailing only Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (27.7) and Miami’s LeBron James (26.7)...Recorded 24 30-plus scoring games (17 with Nuggets, seven with Knicks)...With Nuggets, added two 40-plus scoring games (including career-high-tying 50 pts on Feb. 7 vs. Rockets)...Had 18 point-rebound double-doubles...Nailed single-game career high six 3PT FGM twice, both vs. Pacers (for Denver on Jan. 23; for Knicks on Apr. 10)...With New York, averaged 26.3 ppg on .461 shooting over 36.2 mpg in 27 games (all starts)...Scored 30-plus points seven times with New York (Knicks high 39 points, twice)...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, became third player in NBA history to score at least 25 points in each of his first four games with a team, joining Wilt Chamberlain with 1959-60 Warriors (10 straight games) and Dominique Wilkins with 1993-94 Clippers (four)...Did not miss a game due to injury as a Knick (listed as inactive in regular season finale, Apr. 13 at Boston)...On Feb. 20 - two days before trade to NY - played in NBA All-Star Game at Los Angeles, with eight points and seven rebounds in 23 starting minutes...Named NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week twice, in back-to-back weeks in Apr. (periods ending Apr. 3 and 10), becoming first Knick ever to win POTW honors in successive weeks...Prior to trade to NY, had 25.2 ppg over 35.5 mpg in 50 games (all starts) for Nuggets...Scored a career-high-tying 50 points (16-24 FGA, 2-3 from Downtown, 16-18 FTA) vs. Rockets on Feb. 7, 2011...Hauled in career-high 22 rebounds at Phoenix, Nov. 15...Missed seven games in Dec; two due to patella tendinitis, right knee, five due to personal reasons...In his final game as a Nugget, scored game-high 38 points in win at Milwaukee, Feb. 16, 2011...Led all scorers with 26.0 ppg in first-round Playoff loss to Boston, adding 10.3 rpg over 39.0 mpg...Tied all-time Knicks Playoff mark for FGA in a four-game series (88, also by Willis Reed vs. Baltimore in 1969)...His 104 total points were nine shy of Knicks Playoff mark for a four-game series (113 by Reed vs. Baltimore in 1969)...Tied career Playoff high with 42 points (14-30 FGA, 4-8 from Downtown, 10-11 FTA), adding Playoff career-high 17 rebounds in valiant effort in Game Two loss (Apr. 19).

As A Collegian:
In his only season at Syracuse, named Second Team All-America by The Associated Press as a freshman in 2002-03, leading Orangemen to 30-5 record and school's first NCAA Championship...Named Most Outstanding Player of the 2003 Final Four and East Regional...Consensus national Freshman of the Year...Unanimous choice as Big East Conference Freshman of the Year and was an All-Big East First Team selection...Averaged 22.2 ppg (16th in nation) and 10.0 rpg (19th)...In national championship game victory over Kansas, scored 20 points, adding 10 rebounds and seven assists...Scored season-high 33 points In Final Four win over Texas.

Community Corner:
Established the Carmelo Anthony Foundation (CAF) in 2005...Member of NBA FIT Team...Joined teammates Renaldo Balkman, Tyson Chandler, Landry Fields, Jared Jeffries, Iman Shumpert, Amar'e Stoudemire and Bill Walker to host a clinic for 100 children to celebrate NBA FIT Live Healthy Week in conjunction with Garden of Dreams Foundation, Jan. 30, 2012 at MSG Training Center...Joined Knicks legends Walt Frazier, John Starks and Earl Monroe and teammates Iman Shumpert, Josh Harrellson and Jared Jeffries at Knicks' Home for the Holidays Youth Clinic presented by Chase at Trinity High School in Manhattan on Dec. 20, 2011 thru Garden of Dreams Foundation...Joined the rest of his teammates to celebrate the holidays with 150 Garden of Dreams Children at the GDF Holiday Launch party at MSG Training Center, Dec. 19...Joined the rest of his teammates along with the Knicks coaching staff, alumni and a galaxy of A-list celebrities at the 13th annual Knicks Bowl at Chelsea Piers, Mar. 2, 2012, the gala, star-studded event that has raised over $1.9 million for the Garden of Dreams Foundation...Appeared with Amare Stoudemire on PBS a Sesame Street episode in fall 2011...Attended gala celebration for Time's 100 Most Influential People in Apr. 2011...Dropped in at Garden to check out the progress of arena transformation, Jun. 30, 2011, chatting with construction workers and signing autographs...Released a children's book in 2004 entitled It's Just the Beginning.

Off The Court:
His No. 7 Knicks jersey was the fifth-most popular NBA jersey based on sales at the temporary NBA Store on Fifth Avenue and on NBAStore.com from Apr. 2011 to Apr. 2012. Joined then-teammate Jeremy Lin (second to Chicago's Derrick Rose) and Amar'e Stoudemire (11th) among the Top 15 Most Popular NBA Jerseys...Also had the eighth-most popular jersey in international sales, based on sales at adidas locations outside the U.S. during the 2011-12 season (teammate Amar'e Stoudemire ranked 13th on the same international sales list)...Co-hosted President Barack Obama at presidential fund-raising shootaround at Chelsea Piers, Aug. 23, 2012, with Hall of Famers Patrick Ewing and Michael Jordan...Attended President Obama's fundraiser at the Waldorf-Astoria in Apr. 2011; met with President Obama at presidential tax event, Sep. 19, 2011, at the home of Ralph Schlosstein and Jane Hartley...Serves as executive VP of innovation for PowerCoco, the next generation's sports drink (named to position in spring 2012)...Immortalized with unveiling of wax statue at fabled Madame Tussouds New York, Jun. 26, 2012...Along with teammate Amar'e Stoudemire, was among star-studded gathering invited to Steve Tisch's and Harvey and Bob Weinstein's gala NY Giants pre-Super Bowl pep rally at Michael's, Feb. 1, 2012...Celebrated launch of his new Jordan Melo M8 athletic shoe with gala, star-studded event at Hudson River Park at Pier 54, Oct 20, 2011...Celebrated landmark partnership with Power Grip with gala event at Modell's in Times Square, Oct 14, 2011...Co-stars on wife LaLa Vasquez's hit reality TV show, LaLa's Full Court Life, which debuted on VH1 in 2011...Wife LaLa joined cast of off-Broadway smash Love, Loss and What I Wore in October 2012...Honored at fabled Carnegie Deli with his own sandwich,The Melo (pastrami, corned beef, salami, bacon, lettuce, tomato and Russian dressing on rye bread)...Appeared in cameo roles on hit TV series Law and Order: SVU” on Sep. 28, 2011 and Nurse Jackie on Apr. 15, 2012...With his wife LaLa, is co-founder of Krossover Entertainment, a music and movie company that produced a highly acclaimed documentary on boxer Mike Tyson in 2009...Krossover will publish a line of children's books scheduled to begin in 2012...Featured during 2010-11 season on two huge midtown billboards: for Boost Mobile at 33rd Street and Ninth Ave., and for Brand Jordan at 34th Street and Seventh Avenue...Wife LaLa's own billboard was unveiled in Times Square in fall 2011...Celebrated NY arrival at Knicks' official Welcome to New York party gala at Abe and Arthur's, Mar. 22, 2011...Guest-starred on NBC's Saturday Night Live, Apr. 2, 2011...Appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, Apr. 18, 2011 to celebrate Knicks' run to 2011 Playoffs.

Personal

Carmelo Kyam Anthony...Son of Mary Anthony...Married singer LaLa Vazquez in New York on Jul. 10, 2010. The couple has a son, Kiyan (5)...Upon joining Knicks, chose the number 7 because his son's birthday is Mar. 7; also because his high school number (22) minus his number at Denver at Syracuse (15) is seven...Fan of the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Orioles and Texas Longhorns football...At Oak Hill Academy, was named First Team All-America by USA Today and Parade Magazine and was named to McDonald’s All-American Team...Featured on the cover of EA Sports' NBA Live 2005 and NCAA Mar. Madness 2004 basketball video games...Annually releases a top-selling signature sneaker with Brand Jordan.