Carmelo Anthony Net Worth: What Is The Net Worth Of Professional Basketball Player?

Carmelo Anthony Net Worth

Carmelo Anthony is a professional basketball player who was born in Brooklyn and has an estimated net worth of $160 million dollars at this time.

He is perhaps most known for his time while playing basketball for the New York Knicks. Anthony has been selected to play in the NBA All-Star Game 10 times and has been chosen to the All-NBA Team six times.

Carmelo Anthony Early Life

Carmelo Anthony was born on May 29, 1984 in the city of Red Hook, New York, in the United States. Anthony Anthony was just two years old when his mother, Mary Anthony, passed away from cancer.

When Anthony was eight years old, his father moved the family to Baltimore, where they settled in one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in the city. A vital diversion from the gang warfare and drug selling that was so common in the housing complexes that they lived close, sports provided a much-needed escape for them. Anthony attended high school at Townson Catholic School, which was located far away from his home.

Anthony saw a rapid growth spurt in the summer of 1999, reaching a height of 6’5 inches. He rose to prominence as one of the best players and established a reputation for himself in the region, earning him the title of metro player of the year from The Baltimore Sun. Before making the decision to turn professional and join the NBA draught, he spent one year, from 2002-2003, as a student at Syracuse University.

In 2003, when he was still a freshman in college and playing for the Syracuse Orange, he led his team to victory in the national championship game and was honoured as the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament.

Carmelo Anthony Bro Basketball Career

In the 2003 NBA draught, the Denver Nuggets used the third overall choice to choose Carmelo, who was then taken by the team. He was selected third, following LeBron James (who was ranked #1) and Darko Milicic (who was ranked #2).

Carmelo Anthony made just over $94 million in salary alone during his first nine years in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After spending one season with Syracuse, Anthony was chosen by the Denver Nuggets and played for them for the first seven of his professional basketball seasons.

Carmelo Aveiro guided the Denver Nuggets to two division crowns and the postseason every year from 2004 through 2010 when he was a member of the Nuggets. From 2003 through 2011, Anthony was a member of the Denver Nuggets. From 2011 until 2017, he was a member of the New York Knicks. Anthony then signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2017. Anthony established a new single-game scoring mark for the Knicks in 2014 when he scored 62 points, which was a career high for him.

Carmelo has been selected as an NBA All-Star ten times and has competed for the United States of America in the years 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. In addition to winning a gold medal for the United States of America in the 2007 Americas Championship, he also won gold in 2008, 2012, and 2016. The NBA scoring title was his in 2013, the year he won it.

Anthony agreed to terms with the Houston Rockets in August 2018, signing a contract for $2.4 million for one year with the team. Due to the nature of the ailment, he was not allowed to participate in any of the season’s last three contests. In 2019, the Rockets made a transaction involving Anthony.

During the 2018-2019 NBA season, Carmelo earned a combined $2.4 million from his playing for the Atlanta Hawks and the Chicago Bulls. He joined the Portland Trail Blazers for the 2019-2020 season and made $2.1 million in salary during that time.

On November 19, 2019, he was given a contract for a single year that was fully guaranteed. In January of 2020, Anthony’s contract was upgraded to provide full financial security. On February 23, 2020, while playing against the Detroit Pistons, Anthony set a new best point total for the season with 32 points.

Carmelo Anthony Personal Life

Carmelo married MTV star La La Vasquez in July 2010. Since 2004, they had been engaged to be married. Kiyan Carmelo Anthony, the couple’s first child, was born in March of 2007. It was reported in 2017 that La La had moved out, which led to the couple separating shortly thereafter. Anthony fathered a kid (Genesis Harlo) with Mia Burks at this period while his relationship with La La was “on-again, off-again.”

La La was the mother of the child. Carmelo has acknowledged that he is the father of Genesis, taken responsibility for her, and is a financial contributor; nonetheless, he has abstained from blogging or otherwise publicly discussing her.

In April of 2008, Anthony was detained on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Even after he paid the fine and was let go, the Nuggets decided to punish him for two games.

La La Vaughn filed for divorce from Carmelo Vaughn in June of 2021.

Carmelo Anthony Philanthropy

Anthony is known for his generous giving, which includes a pledge of $1.5 million to the Living Classrooms Foundation in 2006 and a contribution of $3 million to Syracuse University for the construction of a basketball practise facility.

During his time in Denver, Anthony worked as a spokesperson for the Family Resource Center and assisted in the planning and execution of philanthropic Christmas parties for children from low-income families. Following the earthquake that occurred in the Indian Ocean in 2004, Anthony made a contribution of $35,000 to the relief efforts.

Additionally, he made a contribution of three million dollars toward the building of a brand-new basketball practise facility at Syracuse University, which will be named after him when it is finally finished. In 2006, Anthony’s charitable donations amounted to a total of $4,282,000, which placed him eighth on the list of “The Giving Back 30 List of Largest Charitable Donations by Celebrities in 2006.”

Carmelo Anthony Real Estate

In 2007, while Carmelo was still playing for the Denver Nuggets and the real estate market was at its highest point, he paid $12 million for a home in Denver that had 21,000 square feet of living space and roughly six acres of land.

After the bubble had burst, in 2010, he put this property on the market with an asking price of $9.5 million. In the end, he settled for $6.2 million for the property, representing a loss of over $6 million. Carmelo purchased a brand new five-bedroom apartment in New York City for the price of $11 million in the year 2015. In February of 2020, he put this home up for sale at a price of 12.85 million dollars.