The Manhattan native, Carmelo Iriarte, is the late father of professional basketball player Carmelo Anthony who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.
Carmelo was named to the 75 Greatest Players in NBA History in 2022.
Iriarte died of cancer when Anthony was just two.
Anthony’s early life was not accustomed as a single mother raised him and his four siblings after his father made his demise.
From Left, Carmelo Anthony, his Mother, Mary Anthony, and his Father, Carmelo Iriarte (Source: wtfoot.com)
Please stick to the end of the article to know more about the father of NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony.
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Carmelo Kyam Anthony is an American-born professional basketball player who plays as small/power forward in the NBA.
He has to date, played for 19 seasons in total with six different NBA teams, the last one being the Los Angeles Lakers.
Anthony is one of the most prominent players in the NBA, and in 2022 he was regarded as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history.
Similarly, Anthony ranks ninth on the all-time NBA scoring list.
Carmelo Anthony For Los Angeles Lakers (Source: bleacherreport.com)
According to Forbes magazine, Anthony positions among the most paid players in the NBA.
As for his education, Anthony attended Towson Catholic High School, where he was a star player garnering honors such as Baltimore Sun’s Metro Player of the Year and Baltimore Catholic League Player of the Year.
His professional career began when Anthony was drafted into NBA by the Denver Nuggets in 2003.
He was outstanding as a rookie, received accolades like NBA Rookie of the Year and Rookie of the Month, and was elected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.
After seven long years with the Nuggets, he was traded to New York Knicks.
Aside from that, Carmelo has played for Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Los Angeles Lakers.
Net Worth
As of April 2024, Carmelo Anthony has a net worth of a staggering $160 million.
Carmelo primarily earns through his NBA salaries and brand deals with top-tier brands and companies.
During the peak of his career, i.e., the 2017-2018 season, he earned an annual salary of $26 million.
Carmelo has to date, earned $262,523,093 from NBA salaries and incentives alone, enough to make him one of the top NBA earners.
Carmelo Iriarte was born in Manhattan to Puerto Rican parents.
He was of Spanish, African, and indigenous ancestry, and some of his roots traced to Venezuela.
Anthony had four children with his wife, Mary Anthony. His wife, Mary, is of African-American ethnicity.
His four children are Wilford, Michelle, Robert, and Carmelo, with Carmelo being the youngest.
Late Carmelo Iriarte’s Wife, Mary, and Son Carmelo Anthony (Source: ebiography.com)
As mentioned earlier, Iriarte died when his youngest son Carmelo was only two years old.
Similarly, after Iriarte’s death, he left all his responsibility to his wife, Mary.
Carmelo Iriarte | Career
According to some sources, Anthony’s father, Iriarte, was a poet. And after his demise, Anthony inherited a book of poems his father had written.
Likewise, he also made a concerted step to learn further about his Puerto Rican heritage, making a number of tours of the country to excavate his roots and ancestry.
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