One On One - A Conversation With Carmelo Anthony
Produced by: Dan Hwang | Interview and Written by: Jesse Carr

You’ve accomplished a great deal at such a young age. You won a national championship in your freshman year at Syracuse, you were picked third in the draft (behind LeBron and the legendary flop Darko Milicic), brought your team from worst to first, and won a gold medal. What are your three main professional goals?

First and foremost, my main goal is to a championship.  And my second goal, is to win another one (laughs).  Really though, my three main professional goals are all the same – to win a championship.

I saw a video of you on YouTube in a shooting contest with MJ at a camp.  How much interaction do you have with Jordan himself?

I have a lot of interaction with him.  We talk over text a lot.  Whenever I see him, we sit down and talk.  Sometimes we talk about business, sometimes we talk about sports, other times we talk about whatever’s going on in the world at the moment.

I saw in an interview from 2008 where you said that you liked to match your hat, shirt, jeans, and sneakers. Do you still have the same style? It seems like your photos lately show you in a much more refined light.

Ya, I still do that.  I still dress like that a lot.  It all depends on the occasion, though.  I have incorporated some different things into my wardrobe, too.  My style has definitely become more refined.

Off the court, it seems like you’ve been a busy man lately. Tell us a bit about Krossover Entertainment. Who are your main recording artists? What are your main roles in dealing with the record label?

Well, my label has been around for 2-3 years and we’re about to make a big impact.  We’ll probably release some stuff next month.  I have three main artists on the label (hip hop artists Cassidy and Diego Cash and R&B/pop artist Midian).  When it comes to music and my record label, I’m a behind-the-scenes guy.  I’m not trying to be in front of the camera as an artist or anything.  My main role is to help make it successful and help run the business side of things.