Carmelo Anthony is an All-Star small forward playing for the NBA's Denver Nuggets. On January 5, 2009, Carmelo Anthony injured his hand during a game against the Indiana Pacers. Team officials believed that the hand was "probably fractured" and Anthony saw a hand specialist for an extensive evaluation. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=290105007

In August of 2010, Anthony confirmed that he would rejoin Team USA to play in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England.http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_15761353?source=rss&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitter

In August of 2010, Anthony was rumored to be interested in leaving the Nuggets for another team. Denver had extended a three year, $65 million extension to Anthony to encourage him to stay with the team. According to NBA sources, the Nuggets owner, Stan Kroenke, is aware that Anthony will likely not return to the team for the 2010 NBA season.http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5468878

Some teams have already expressed interest in Anthony, but according to sources, he is most interested in joining the New York Knicks to play with Amare Stoudemire. Stoudemire moved to New York during the off-season. Superstars LeBron James and Chris Bosh both moved to Miami to play with Dwyane Wade. At Anthony's wedding in July 2010, Chris Paul, who plays for the New Orleans Hornets, joked that Anthony should join the Knicks.http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Now-Carmelo-Anthony-wants-to-join-the-New-York-K?urn=nba-263015

After years of dating, Anthony married former MTV veejay LaLa Vasquez at a wedding in New York City. The two have a three year old son, Kian. Among their wedding guests were LeBron James, who was booed by New York fans who were expecting James to sign with the Knicks for the 2010 season.http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/next_year_hope_n8JDt2alJtnWBT0j28FD4I

Carmelo Anthony attended Towson Catholic High School in Baltimore, Maryland. After three years he transferred to Oak Hill Academy where he became an McDonald's All-American team player and won the Sprite sponsored slam dunk contest. He opted to attend Syracuse University and helped the Orangemen to its first national title in 2003. At the end of the season, Anthony declared himself eligible for the draft.http://www.nba.com/playerfile/carmelo_anthony/bio.html

The small forward from Brooklyn was the third overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft behind LeBron James and Darko Milicic. He entered the NBA after leading Syracuse University to their first NCAA tournament title. He finished second in Rookie of the Year voting and was named to the All-Star team in his second season.http://www.nba.com/playerfile/carmelo_anthony/bio.html]

On December 22, 2008, news agencies reported that Carmelo Anthony would miss at least two games with an injury to his elbow. He has reportedly felt pain in his elbow since training camp. He is hoping the rest will help the pain subside to a manageable level so that he can still play at his accustomed all-star caliber level.http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3787537