Basketball legend Carmelo Anthony has earned basketball’s highest honor with his election to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025. The announcement comes ahead of the official reveal scheduled for Saturday during the Men’s Final Four in San Antonio.
Hat off to the one and only, Melo. He deserves this.
Get this: The ten-time NBA All-Star and six-time All-NBA selection was among 17 finalists named by the Hall in February. Anthony’s storied career began when the Denver Nuggets selected him third overall in the star-studded 2003 NBA Draft. He went on to become one of the league’s most prolific scorers during stints with the New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Los Angeles Lakers.
Over a decade ago, Anthony captured the 2013 NBA scoring title and was selected to the league’s prestigious 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. His collegiate career, though brief, proved equally remarkable—he led Syracuse to its first and only national championship in 2003 while earning Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors during his lone college season.
“I’m incredibly humbled by this honor,” Anthony said in a statement. “Basketball has given me everything, and to be recognized among the game’s all-time greats is beyond anything I dreamed of when I first picked up a ball.”
Get this: The formal enshrinement ceremony will take place later this year in Springfield, Massachusetts, where Anthony will join fellow basketball immortals at the sport’s most sacred shrine. His induction cements his legacy as one of his generation’s most gifted scorers and influential players.
Congrats again to one of the greatest athletes of all time. Period.