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WATCH: Knicks Legend Carmelo Anthony Receives Hall of Fame Jacket

New York Knicks legend Carmelo Anthony received a stellar new addition to his wardrobe.
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Dec 8, 2013; New York, NY, USA; New York Knicks small forward Carmelo Anthony (7) looks on against the Boston Celtics during the second half at Madison Square Garden. The Celtics won the game 114-73. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images
Dec 8, 2013; New York, NY, USA; New York Knicks small forward Carmelo Anthony (7) looks on against the Boston Celtics during the second half at Madison Square Garden. The Celtics won the game 114-73. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images | Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images

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A career that began in orange, prominently featured orange thanks to his time with the New York Knicks, will now featured the sweetest kind of orange.

Carmelo Anthony is spending the weekend regaled by the game's finest, as he prepares to enter hardwood immortality through a first-ballot invite to the Naismith Basketball Memorial Hall of Fame. The festivities got underway on Friday, which saw Anthony don the orange jacket granted to all Springfield entrants.

As his lengthy list of accomplishments was read by ESPN host and master of ceremonies Malika Andrews, Anthony, partly-famous for his seven years wearing the metropolitan orange of the Knicks, was joined on stage by his brothers Robert and Wilford, as well as his son Kiyan.

The latter helped his father don the famous Hall-of-Fame jacket while his siblings presented Anthony with his Hall of Fame ring to generous applause. Kiyan is set to follow in his father's sneakers at Syracuse University next season, restoring the Anthony name to the home of the 2003 national champions in men's basketball. That, of course, led to Anthony's NBA entry with the Denver Nuggets as the third pick of the ensuing draft and he later joined the Knicks through a trade in 2011.

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony
Jan 11, 2017; Philadelphia, PA, USA; New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (7) reacts after the shot clock winds down during the second half against the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center. The Philadelphia 76ers won 98-97. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images | Bill Streicher-Imagn Images

Anthony will officially join the ranks of basketball's all-time finest on Saturday, when he'll be presented by fellow new-century legends Allen Iverson and Dwyane Wade.

He'll be joined in the Hall by classmates Mickey Arison, Sue Bird, Danny Crawford, Sylvia Fowles, Dwight Howard, Maya Moore, and fellow Knicks alum Billy Donovan. Anthony and Howard will technically get two entries, as they will also go in as members of the 2008 United States men's national basketball team, which is forever known for its "Redeem Team" run at the Summer Olympics in Beijing.

“I did it my way,” Anthony said of his career on Friday, per Justin Girshon of The Daily Orange. “I did it (in) a way that a lot of people didn’t agree with. I did it a way that I went against the grain a lot of times, not disrespectfully, but just I have my own vision. I have my own ways of doing things.”

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Geoff Magliocchetti
GEOFF MAGLIOCCHETTI

Geoff Magliocchetti is a veteran sportswriter who contributes to a variety of sites on the "On SI" network. In addition to the Yankees/Mets, Geoff also covers the New York Knicks, New York Liberty, and New York Giants and has previously written about the New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Staten Island Yankees, and NASCAR.

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