Carmelo Anthony: Five Ways ‘Melo Made Olympic History

New York Knicks star and USA Basketball legend Carmelo Anthony made multiple forms of history at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Carmelo Anthony may be the greatest Olympic basketball player of all-time. That conversation can, should, and will be held at some point in the near future, but for now, the rational decision is to be objective.

Objectively speaking, Anthony is the single most decorated men’s player in the history of Olympic and USA Basketball.

Anthony has earned his place as an all-time great on the international basketball scene. He began his Olympic career in 2004 and returned with the historically dominant Team USA squads of 2008 and 2012.

It was in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that Anthony firmly solidified his place on the all-time Olympic spectrum.

Anthony helped Team USA defeat Serbia by a lopsided score of 96-66. He tallied seven points and seven rebounds in 18 minutes for the Americans, also contributing two assists, a steal, and a 3-point field goal.

In the process, Anthony completed what will go down as one of the greatest Olympic basketball careers of all-time.

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