Carmelo Anthony's Five Favorite Sneakers
We caught up with the New York Knicks's new Captain Awesome to get his favorite basketball shoes of all time.
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It's been a week, but Carmelo’s trade to the Big Apple is still the talk of the sports world. Not only is it a good look for the Knicks, but it’s great for Jordan Brand to finally have a marquee athlete in the greatest city in the world. We can’t help but think the brand of champs is cooking something up for Melo on the court in Navy and Orange, but we'll have to see. We caught up with 'Melo to get is top five favorite basketball sneakers of all time, click through our gallery of Carmelo Anthony’s five favorite sneakers and his thoughts about each one.
J 9
Air Jordan IX
CARMELO ANTHONY SAYS: The Jordan IXs are my favorite. It's one of the shoes that I played in during high school. I never could afford a pair of Jordans, so those were one of the first pairs of Jordans I played in because our team was sponsored by Jordan at Oak Hill Academy. I had a special pair. When Quentin Richardson was with the Clippers, he sent me a pair of his IXs because he was on Jordan Brand. They didn't match the uniform [laughs], but they were an exclusive.
J 2
Air Jordan II
CARMELO ANTHONY SAYS: It's one of the shoes that you can wear off the court, on the court, to a wedding, wherever. Also I had a chance to play in them in my second year in the NBA. I had the special white/Carolina blue-yellow colorway.
Penny 1
Nike Air Penny 1
CARMELO ANTHONY SAYS: I'm a big Penny Hardaway sneaker fan. I like the original Penny Hardaways, not the new models. I was young when I got them, and I could actually afford a pair of Pennys.
Force Max Barkley
Nike Air Max Force (Barkley)
CARMELO ANTHONY SAYS: I like the old school Barkleys. The all-black and silver ones or the black and grey with the strap. I still get them when they re-release. I buy sneakers everyday. Whenever I'm out and about and I see a pair, I'm going to buy them.
Nike Uptempo
Nike Air More Uptempo (Pippen)
CARMELO ANTHONY SAYS: I was real young when these came out and on the team that I played for, all the older guys wore them. They all bought their shoes and sneakers. At that time they were the hottest shoes in the street.