20 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Carmelo Anthony

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DJ Clue put a lot of people on. He was instrumental to Fabolous' and Joe Budden's careers and he was also instrumental in bringing LaLa and Melo together. Anthony kept pressing the legendary DJ to introduce him to his soon-to-be-wife, and after about a month of friendship they decided to go together.

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Not just big cats such as lions and tigers that are born to kill, but Carmelo's fears extend to the everyday household cat. The only thing left to wonder is what caused his fear of cats. Cat's aren't the friendliest creatures, they kind of just sit and stare at you without any emotions. You know what? Cats are pretty weird.

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Phil Jackson should find his way onto Carmelo's "Framily Plan" with Jordan, to keep him from leaving New York this summer.

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LeBron James, Spike Lee, Chris Paul, and others attended Carmelo's wedding, but His Airness was absent. Carmelo's response to the no show? "He was supposed to come but you know, it's Jordan."

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Wait, what? It's true, we have footage. Can you believe he won with those weak ass dunks? He beat out the likes of Raymond Felton, Rashad McCants, Hassan Adams, Chris Bosh, Michael Thompson, and Amar'e Stoudemire.

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The hustle never stopped, even after his NBA career took off.

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Finally, an explanation for that "military-style" outfit that Carmelo wore in 2013.

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The Melo Sandwich might be responsible for Raymond Felton's weight. Besides being packed with pastrami, corned beef, salami, bacon, tomato, and Russian dressing on rye bread, it also carries a $21.95 price tag.

If Carnegie Deli sells around 3,000,000 of them, it will equal to Carmelo's $65 million dollar contract.

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Carmelo's fashion sense has improved since wearing a white headband to meet the POTUS after winning a National Championship with Syracuse. Besides upping his dress game, Carmelo also started a high-end watch and luxury lifestyle magazine called Haute Life, which launched in 2013.

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Who's favorite player wasn't Jordan or Dr. J growing up in the '80s and '90s? But the Bernard King reference foreshawed Melo's inevitable future with the Knicks and even King himself has said that he see's a lot of his game in Carmelo's.

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Melo's 33-point performance in the Final Four was just setting the bar. Anthony has amassed 262 games of scoring 30-plus points in his NBA career.

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Similar to Michael Jordan, Anthony was cut from his high school team as a freshman. Carmelo might not have the accolades as Mike, but eclipsing the 20,000 point mark next season won't be bad. Anthony sprouted five inches during his sophomore season and committed to Syracuse before the end of his junior year.

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Melo stands at 6'8", 230 lbs, but doesn't possess the ability to palm a basketball. The Reign Man, Shawn Kemp, also couldn't palm the basketball proving that size isn't everything.

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Melo bought the house for $12 million, listed it at $9.5 million,  and sold it for $6.2 million when he requested to be traded.

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Since he's admitted to being afraid of cats, Carmelo couldn't have an ordinary household animal. So, he went out and bought a camel. Who knew that camels could even be purchased?

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The things Carmelo Anthony would do to watch the sport he loved. He was giving blood, sweat, and tears to the sport before he ever picked up a ball.

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Although he hated Spanish music when he was younger, it's all he plays in his house. When he was a kid his aunt would play Willie Colon all day and it drove him crazy.

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Losing his father at such an early age drove Melo to embark on making a documentary of the late Iriarte entitled Looking for a Lord.

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While researching his late father's background, Anthony discovered that the elder Melo was a member of the Puerto Rican militant group called the Young Lords. They originated from a Chicago street gang and evolved into Puerto Rican nationalists that brought awareness to issues affecting New York City ghettos.

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Baltimore and its drug trade are forever immortalized in HBO's The Wire. Luckily for us and Melo, his jump shot was wicked enough to dodge the pitfalls many minorities face in America's ghettos.

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