Knicks Legend Carmelo Anthony Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame

Former New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony will be forever immortalized in Springfield.

Mar 30, 2014; Oakland, CA, USA; New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (7) smiles on the court against the Golden State Warriors in the first quarter at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images | Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images

A metropolitan basketball journey, one that featured an eventful term with the New York Knicks, is heading to Springfield.

Per Shams Charania of ESPN, former Knicks star Carmelo Anthony is set to headline the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2025. The full class listing will be unveiled this weekend at the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's Final Four in San Antonio.

The election is the culmination of a sterling basketball career for Anthony: the Brooklyn native gets into Springfield on his first ballot after scoring 28,289 points, pulling in 7,808 rebounds, and dishing out 3,422 assists.

He spent parts of seven seasons (2011-17) with the Knicks after a high-profile trade with the Denver Nuggets sent him to Manhattan in February 2011. Anthony previously entered the Association as the third pick in the 2003 draft after leading Syracuse University to its first national championship as a freshman.

Anthony continues to hold several sterling spots in the Knicks record book, as he's one of seven New Yorkers to reach five digits in scoring in a New York uniform and he also still has the single-game franchise record with 62 points, earned in a 2014 win over the Charlotte Bobcats. During his NBA career, Anthony was named to 10 All-Star teams and was also named to the league's 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.

In addition to Denver and New York, Anthony also repped the Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Los Angeles Lakers during his 19-year career. He still ranks 12th among all-time NBA scorers and is one of two Knicks to pace an NBA season in points per game, joining that that exclusive brotherhood with Bernard King after earning 28.7 in 2012-13.

Though a visit to the NBA Finals was ultimately denied, Anthony also earned three Olympics gold medals as part of the United States' men's national basketball team. Anthony was one of four players from the Americans' disappointing bronze medal showing in Athens in 2004 (along with Carlos Boozer, LeBron James, and Dwyane Wade) to join the "Redeem Team" in 2008 and he stood as Team USA's all-time leading scorer until Kevin Durant succeeded him at the Paris Games last summer.

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